Whats Looking Good JUNE 2025

Achillea.



Helenium flowers developing.



Sanvitalia or Mexican creeping zinnia, an annual but good for ground cover, containers and baskets.



Slug Free Zone .

 

My first Dahla ever ...


Gardenia 'Dounle Mint' ...

 

Frank HEDLEY

Jenny namaste

 

I thought I could smell it, but I couldn't remember where I'd hidden the pot. A very pungent male reproductive smell.

Arisaema tortuosum
Whipcord cobra lily

 

Gaillardia Arizona Sun.


Coreopsis Early Sunrise.


Salvia Synchro Blue.




Salvia Icing Sugar.


Penstemon Arabesque Orchid.


Echinacea Lakota Yellow.


Nemesia Heart of Gold.


Callistemon violaceus.

 

Lavender and roses with some gooseberries

 

Bottle brush enjoying the heat.



Rose campion taking over the flowerbeds.



Yellow thistle full of beetles.




Sweet William planted some years ago.



Nasturtium.

 

I planted the Gaura lindheimeri 'The Bride' below last year. I finished my seed package bought in 2020 when I had around 6 Gaura plants in the garden, but took them out in 2022 as part of a change in taste. I noticed I missed the Gaura in the garden last year. I was lucky that one of the two plants developed fine and this is the first flower that opened.



The white Astrantia in my old bed bought at Hilliers in June 2020.



My moved Hardy Geranium from the old bed to the new 'Japanese' bed has settled in fine. I had grown it from seeds in 2022.



I bought the Astrantia and Hardy Geranium opposite by the greenhouse last year at Waitrose in Faringdon. The Deutzia on the right side was also planted last year. It finished flowering and needs a few more years to establish properly.



I planted the Perovskia 'Blue Spire' last year as part of the revamp of the bed on the right side, the greenhouse side. The two Salvia plants between Delphinium and Echinacea have survived marvellously much to my surprise.



The first Echinacea flower on the left, the remains of the Linaria on the right side.



What looks fine in the picture is just a good cover-up with my camera. Standing in front of the bed immediately reveals the damage done by this fox.



The Foxgloves in my old bed are in the shade over the day.



I had cut back the old flower stems of the Geum over the weekend seeing that most of them were finished. The first new stems are building and it will hopefully soon be full with flowers again.

 

Hello again everyone. Not dropped in for a while. Not picked up a camera for a while either!


Stipa gigantea - a little less 'gigantea' this year but still striking in the morning sun





Eryngium zabellii - the one seen above, with more flowers than ever this year





Eryngium again





The unknown Helenium variety next to the Eryngium





Rosa 'Lady Emma Hamilton' - a highly scented & floriferous David Austin rose that for some reason they've now discontinued





Clematis viticella 'Madame Julia Correvon' - giving shape to a simple metal arch





The last of this year's 'Red-hot Poker' flowers





Erigeron karvinskianus

 

Welcome back @LunarSea
Was missing your lovely pictures.

 

Nice to see you @LunarSea

 

Salpiglossis


Spiraea


Astrantia "Cerise Button".

 

Salpiglossis brings back memories, not seen them in years.

 

There was a stall selling them at the local car boot sale a few weeks ago, along with marigolds and other bedding plants. I had no idea what they were which is largely why I bought a couple. When I got home I'd forgotten the name - I could only remember that it started with S, so I had to look through online seed catalogues to jog my memory!