Last year my Ginger Lily produced one flower, this year two!
Hedychium densiflorum
What has spiced up you garden?
Spicy!
15 Wednesday Aug 2018
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Hot!
12 Sunday Aug 2018
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Now that its raining I thought I would post pictures of the ‘Hot’ plants in Our Garden@19.
Which plants have been matching the summer weather in your garden?
Murphy—?—26th July 2018.
28 Saturday Jul 2018
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Rescued by Mary from the Dogs Trust at approximately 18 months old, Murphy has been our friend, companion and protector here at Our Garden@19.
His contribution to the team can be read in ‘The Garden – Garden Team’. He was always ready to play with his toys, leaving them conveniently around for us to trip over, endeavouring to keep the garden free of cats, letting us know when the Badgers were visiting the garden and joining in when the church bells rang! He would happily spend his day with us out in the garden, either up in the potting shed or lay just outside the summer house and looking hopeful when we had tea and biscuits! During his later years the open fronted potting shed became his favourite daytime, summer retreat. One event transcended all this for him and that was going for a walk with his mistress.
Oh! he did not like having his photo taken.
The garden seems empty at the moment.
Drought Busters July 2018.
05 Thursday Jul 2018
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Those of you living and gardening in the UK do not need me to tell you that we are ‘enjoying’ one of the hottest June/July periods for some time, with day time temperatures reaching 30c. Whilst for many of you reading this in other parts of the world this may not be unusual, but here it is , testing both the gardener and their plants.
These plants featured are the drought busters in Our Garden@19. Interestingly I originally grew them all from seed, except for the allium, also some of them have since self seeded around the garden.
The wild chicory towers above almost every thing in the garden, here in the herb bed, growing through the standard gooseberry. It is a beautiful shade of light blue.
Cichorium intybus. Wild Chicory.
Also towering above everything else are the teasels, this is the first year I have grown them. Listening to a talk by Fergus Garrett inspired me to plant them and they allow them to self seed around Great Dixter. They are good for wild life especially the pollinators and the seeds are said to be loved by Goldfinches in winter. I have only planted two in the garden, they can dominate if left to their own devices.
Dipsacus fullonum Common Teasel.
Dipsacus fullonum
Common Teasel.
The ‘thistle-like’ plants always do well in dry conditions, here Echinops ritro, is yet to bloom…
Echinops ritro.
…also ‘Miss Willmotts Ghost’, I do like this spiky plant. It is I think, a little like the lady it was named after. Especially if you worked for her.
Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmotts Ghost’.
Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmotts Ghost’.
The wild carrot has seeded itself around the garden including here between two paving slabs, thus preventing anyone from sitting on this chair!
Daucus carota ‘Dara’.
Daucus carota ‘Dara’.
Daucus carota ‘Dara’.
Similarly the Lychnis of both colours have seeded in the gravel…
Lychnis coronaria alba.
Lychnis coronaria alba.
Lychnis coronaria alba.
Lychnis coronaria
…and the Linaria seeds around everywhere!
Linaria purpurea.
Linaria purpurea.
In a sunny spot by the banana bench and in the alpine boxes on the south side of the house, is Dianthus carthusianorum, with its clusters of diminutive deep pink flowers.
Dianthus carthusianorum.
Dianthus carthusianorum.
I am ending with this single Allium ‘Red Mohican’. I wish I had more!
Allium ‘Red Mohican’.
An interesting fact about these plants is that several of them were for sale during our open weekend and very few of them sold, because, I guess, they were not in flower at that time.
I wonder if they would sell now?
Do you have any ‘Drought Busters’ in your garden?
