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
Thalictrum ichangense
Lychnis coronaria and Triteleia laxa
Achillea millefolium ‘Pomegranate’
Dierama over the pond
Breezy Knees garden at Warthill on Wednesday 8th July
Breezy Knees garden at Warthill on Wednesday 8th July
Breezy Knees garden at Warthill on Wednesday 8th July
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
Hemerocallis fulva – bog standard day lily
Astrantia major
Lacecap hydrangea
Teucrium ackermannii
Maggie Sugden has a stunning Delphinium to show
Delphinium elatum ‘Alice Artindale’
Double geranium and a penstemon
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
Social distancing in Ruth’s garden
Social distancing in Ruth’s garden – with a hint of jauntiness