Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – June 2017

Whilst many of my roses are already coming to an end, I’m delighted that the Rose ‘Flower Carpet’ are just bursting into bloom.

Other roses include R. Jacques Cartier, here with Diascia personata

R. St Swithun

and R. Pat Austin, here with Achillea Terracotta, as in Monday’s vase.

A few peonies are hanging on

and a similarly flowered poppy has arrived of her own volition.

A plant I’ve rarely featured is this Phlomis italica – a lovely soft pink in the Swing Beds.

Talking of pink, plenty of Pinks in the Lavender bed, with Erysimum ‘Red Jep’ in the bacjground. I’m excited that four cuttings I took of this Erysimum earlier in the year have now taken, but I think I should take a few more – I love it!

In pots the Clematis ‘Princess Di’ is now flowering together with the Perlargonium ‘Surcouf’.  the Princess looks happier than she’s ever been, I’m not sure whether that’s because I’ve been more assiduous with the watering, or whether the Pelargonium is so large it’s now shading the princess’ roots.

This is a rather loud combo by the steps up to the house – a Diascia, Heuchera and Calibrachoa.

The Gazanias in the old bath are such good doers – and are far more forgiving about forgotten watering than many other inhabitants!

Also in pots, would you believe four different dahlias blooming in June!

I haven’t quite worked out which is which as they’ve taken me by surprise, but assuming they’ll still be featuring next month, I should have worked it out by then….

Annuals are starting to get going, like Cosmos Psyche White,

Malope

and C. Antiquity.

Three lots of blue spires, the sister’s Penstemon (grown from a cutting, discussed here), Lavender, edging the steps and (I think) Veronicastrum

And to finish a couple of plants not yet blooming, but fingers crossed they will be by next weekend’s opening – Allium sphaerocephalon

and Agapanthus.  Wish me luck!

With thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens who hosts everyone’s GBBD.

In a vase on Monday – pretty in pink!

Today’s vase is a celebration of my daughter’s homecoming (as well as her 19th birthday in July, which, for the first time, she celebrated without me).

She finished her first year at uni in June, and was then home for less than 24 hours before flying to America to work in a holiday camp and then travel.  It’s so lovely to have her home, although the chaos that surrounds her is rather less welcome!

After the gorgeous display of Zinnias at West Dean I’m chuffed to be able to show off a couple of mine.  These are both supposed to be Zinnia elegans ‘Luminosa’ as the other one I grew was ‘Queen Red Lime’ which is a lot greener, but is yet to flower.

To these I added the lovely smelling roses Rosa ‘Jacques Cartier,’ (with Euphorbia myrsinites behind)

Diascia personata,

and the same two white species from last week, Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Fizzy White’

and Ammi visnaga ‘Green Mist’.

With thanks to Cathy who hosts this lovely meme.

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2015

So it’s September, which has to be Aster time – see Aster Frikartii Monch above.  This is my definite favourite and I’m hoping next year my recent cuttings will be filling out the Swing Beds and forming a late purple haze together with the similar coloured Verbena bonariensis.

Another genus looking good now is Salvia.  I’m not 100% sure about all these names, but I think I have Salvia Dyson’s Crimson,

Salvia x jamensis ‘Stormy Sunrise’

Salvia microphylla ‘Cerro Potosi’

and Salvia East Friesland

There are plenty of pelagoniums still going strong, the first two unnamed, 

and then P. Surcouf

and this dainty scented pelargonium, P Pink Capitatum.  The flowers are much smaller than the ones above, but I love the markings and the bright green, scented foliage.

And many of the roses are back for a second appearance – Rosa Flower Carpet, with a huge number of buds

Rosa Korizont

This one a gift from my friend Louise at the beautiful Old Rectory Garden – Rosa Jacques Cartier.

This is St Swithun, growing up the front of the swing pergola

and Rosa Munstead Wood, new this year in the Mid Century bed,

and now joined by the similarly coloured dahlia, D. Downham Royal.

Other dahlias include D. Happy Single Date, in the Bronze Bed,

and D. Fifteen love (bought from Waitrose of all places, and still in its pot while I decide whether I should squeeze it into the Bronze Bed with the one above)

And to finsh, a couple of annuals still looking good – magnificent Molucella

and still very fresh to look at (although now rather collapsed in habit!) Malope.

With many thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens  for hosting everyone’s GBBD.  Why don’t you pop over and have a look at what everyone has has blooming now?