June 15th to June 21st
Weather: Finally the cold, wet spell ended and warm sunshine took its place – albeit with plenty of showers
Ann Fritchley leads us off this week with a handsome Crinodendron and a dire warning for trespassers!
Liz Hall has been facing up to some fasciation!
Pat Hunter is back with a couple of lovely Roscoeas, among other beauties
Our Wiltshire correspondent, Terry Benton, may have been sold a pup…
Salvia microphylla ‘Blackcurrant’ – Uncertain. The label said Blackcurrant and the leaves have a very distinctive and attractive fragrance but all the pictures I can find are of a pink flower and not a blue one and so I’m no longer sure about the variety. 
Allium Christophii growing through Persicaria affinis 
Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew) 
Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium ‘Crater Lake Blue’
A big welcome to the Gallery for first-timer Katherine Hill
Diane Rawnsley is back with the last of the late Camellias!
Eleagnus ‘Quicksilver’ shining like a beacon (and smelling divine) with Peony ‘Globe of Light’ , Astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’ and Rosa’ Gertrude Jekyll’ 
Hosta ‘June’ with Elymus grass and Rosa glauca 
Paeonia lactiflora ‘White Wings’ 
View of front garden 
View of garden 
Clematis ‘Piilu’ (I think!) 
Unbelievably my camellia is only just coming into flower! I thought I’d lost the flowers with the late frosts we had but no, here they come. I’ve noticed from other member’s photos that everything in my garden seems 2 to 3 weeks later.
Maggie Sugden’s selection includes a sumptuous dark lily
Last week’s weather didn’t help many plants in the Hackett garden, but here’s a selection of those which are still unbowed
Lilium ‘Claude Shride’ 
Morina longifolia, with Dianthus carthusianorum behind 
Rosa ‘Golden Wings’, growing with Crambe cordifolia and Clematis ‘Warszawska Nike’ 
Clematis ‘Bernadine’ 
Hosta abiqua ‘Drinking Gourd’, surrounded by some wind-battered Campanula persicifolia 
Jovellana violacea – the violet slipper flower – bought at an HPS AGM in Bishop Burton 2019 
The path along our terrace in June. Being well below the house on the north side, it gets no sun at all in the winter months, but makes up for it in summer time 
South facing wall, Salvia ‘Amethyst’ appears with self-seeded Centranthus ruber, which the bees and other insects love. Constantly trying to take over though.
Terry, I am no expert on salvias, but your salvia looks very like one of mine. Mine is Salvia Gregii “Blue Note” and it does have very fragrant, even pungent, leaves. I managed to keep it over winter in a cold greenhouse and it has thrown up lots of shoots from below soil level. Judith E
LikeLike
Thanks Judith. When I looked on the web the nearest match I could find was “Blue Note”. Everything you say fits. Mine survives over winter in a pot in a sheltered spot and it gets plenty of interest from bees. I cut it right back in spring and it soon grows again.
Terry
LikeLike