I've done three lots and there'll be more to do tomorrow! Good job Calamagrostis seed is sterile cos' it's all gone straight into the compost heap.
Know what you mean @Plantminded. I've never known a season like it. I'm just hoping there are still Calamagrostis stems to come. Even my 'wispy'...
Thalictrum delavayi[ATTACH]Jasminum officianale[ATTACH]Crocosmia 'Lucifer'[ATTACH]Eryngium 'Big Blue'[ATTACH]
Crocosmia 'Lucifer' - this year's first flower[ATTACH]
A couple of shots of a lovely peach-coloured patio rose[ATTACH][ATTACH]Echinacea[ATTACH]Eryngium 'Big Blue' (again)[ATTACH]...
The view across the front garden is now dominated by the Anthemis 'E.C.Buxton'. Mrs LS is up the stepladder tending to her baskets. The tall...
Eryngium 'Big Blue' - and it certainly is at nearly 4 feet tall[ATTACH]Helenium 'Mardi Gras' again[ATTACH]
@Plantminded Lythrum always amazes me. The native salicaria grows happily with its feet in water and yet I keep seeing it thriving in 'dry'...
The Clematis viticella on our arch has obviously benefitted from the wet winter and spring. It's a fair few years since I've seen it flower like...
Lovely @Plantminded.
Thanks @Scroggin
I love Heleniums too. Current favourite is Mardi Gras[ATTACH]Anthemis 'E.C.Buxton'[ATTACH]
Two views I'm enjoying at the moment.Stipa gigantea (grown from seed) - viewed from front door[ATTACH]Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon' &...
Helenium[ATTACH]Eryngium zabelii[ATTACH]Cosmos[ATTACH]Rose 'Lady Emma Hamilton'[ATTACH]
Back to my own garden now.Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'[ATTACH]Rose 'Lady Emma Hamilton'[ATTACH]Ursinia anethoides[ATTACH]...
Thankyou @On the Levels, very kind. It's amazing how much more you notice, and enjoy, when you're wandering around with a camera.
Tulbaghia 'Purple Eye' - Sheffield Botanical Gardens in a recently created African bed
Gaultheria shallon - Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Had to do a little bit of 'gardening' to get this shot.
Hypericum androsaemum, Sheffield Botanical Gardens - common yes but this little group was just begging for a photo.
Saxifraga stolonifera - growing along the base of a stone wall in Sheffield Botanical Gardens.
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