July 13th to July 19th
Weather: A middling sort of week. High pressure has taken over, but brings plenty of cloud
Pat Hunter leads the way this week, with flowers from her own garden and also the Breezy Knees garden, near York
A very impressive contribution this week from Preston Harrison, who is clearly not defeated by inclement weather!
Hemerocallis (day lily) ‘Stafford’ 
Hemerocallis ‘Corky’ 
Inula hookeri appears to be irresistible to our garden friends 
Inula hookeri 
Inula hookeri 
Inula hookeri 
Oenothera Evening Primrose 
Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’ 
Philadelphus ‘Minnesota Snowflake’ 
Phlox paniculata ‘Blue Paradise’ 
Phlox paniculata ‘Dusterlohe’ 
Campanula lactifolia 
Primula florindae (Tibetan giant cowslip) surrounding my pond shows, l think, ‘more of less’ planting has its merits in certain situations 
Trifolium rubens 
Aconitum showing why it’s known as Monkshood
Terry Benton suggests that even the species can be spectacular
Maggie Sugden has a stunning Delphinium to show
Last Friday (10th July) Sue Gray opened her garden for a timed, socially distanced, garden visit. Apart from some rain, the day went well and Carine Carson took these pictures on the day
Sue’s garden 1 
Sue’s garden 2 
Sue’s garden 3 
Sue’s garden 4 
Deutzia – Pat Clarke’s favourite. Carine wonders if it could be D. gracilis ‘Nikko’ – I remember Pat had D. ‘Strawberry Fields’ in her garden but I don’t think it’s that. 
Veronica longifolia ‘Charlotte’ in front of Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora ‘Bampton’
And here are some pictures taken by Sue herself of individual plants in her garden
Allium senescens. A really good ‘clump former’ that does not seed around 
Clematis ‘Etoile Violette’ scrambling over Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ 
Crepis incana – the pink dandelion 
Eryngium bourgatii – I love it but it is in danger of being branded ‘a thug’ as it does seed around 
Nepeta govaniana, doing a lot better since being moved to a more open spot, Salvia ‘East Friesland’, yellow Achillea and Catananche 
Penstemon barbatus 
Roscoea auriculata and Fuchsia ‘Genii’ 
Unknown Nepeta and white Aconitum
Another carefully choreographed garden visit took place on Wednesday 14th – to Ruth Baumberg’s garden
