July 6th to July 12th
Weather: Low pressure still in charge – wet and windy weather continues to batter our gardens
Patricia Gore is back for a second time. She says her garden just keeps going despite the endless rain. Good to hear!
Sarracenia leucophyllum flowering despite, or because of, neglect 
Clematis ‘Blekitny Aniol’ (Blue Angel) 
Dierama pulcherrima – I’ve moved it 3 times in an effort to persuade it to flower 
Digitalis lutea in my new shady bed 
Persicaria ‘Red Dragon’ – acquired for a keen price at the HPS Autumn plant auction in 2018. It came as a large clump in a compost bag. It has made 3 good plants and apart from hating late frosts is very reliable. 
Fuschia magellanica – about 20 years old and gets better with every year. 
One of the joys of summer. Picked between showers
Judith Edmunds has a quiz theme this week – What is the connection between these three? (Don’t panic – it’s easier than Kathy’s quizzes..)
Diane Rawnsley has been looking for labels in the mud – a proper Hardy Planter
Terry Benton has two simple but handsome plants this week
This weather requires a new skill – photographing plants that won’t keep still in the wind. Pond plants are one way round the problem…. so here are some efforts from the Hackett garden
Nymphaea ‘Marliacea Chromatella’ 
Nymphaea ‘Marliacea Chromatella’ bud, with a Golden Orfe passing below 
Aponogeton distachyos – the water hawthorn still going strong – happier in shade than water lilies 
Campanula alliariifolia – the Cornish Bellflower 
Campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’ – still standing in the gale 
Rosa ‘Madame Alfred Carriere’ – enormous, it climbs through the trees and flowers longer than the musk roses 
Rosa ‘William Shakespeare 2000’ – Another ex David Austin rose 
Telekia speciosa – bud. This is the toughest of the tough. Good for really difficult spots 
Martagon lily in a dark corner 
Francoa sonchifolia and Dianthus carthusianorum 
Rosa gallica versicolor. The Rosa mundi. It pops up everywhere (even in the greenhouse) but demands forgiveness 
Eucomis ‘African Breeze’ – at least that’s what the label said. I can’t find any mention of it and since it came from Hampson’s bargain basement it may be fiction – anyone know? It has spotted leaves and a blotched red stem
