June 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Giles]

Matt,
There's an even darker one: 'Monksilver Black'

[Maggi Young]

Those are very smart - are they well-scented?  Seems a lot of the cut flower Sweet Williams nowadays have lost that lovely  old time scent. 

[Roma]

I do miss my birch trees but there is more light in this corner now and there should be more moisture in the soil too.
Aquilegia vulgaris, Tulipa sprengeri, Allium 'Purple Sensation' and seedlings with Lilium martagon in bud.
Hot sunny weather, rain and wind meant the tulips did not last long

[angie]

Roma love your Tulipa sprengeri, its like a weed for you, some people have all the luck.

Angie 

[Leena]

Roma love your Tulipa sprengeri, its like a weed for you

I was just thinking the same thing, I hope my seedlings (from the seed exchange) grow fast and become just like your T.sprengeri.

[meanie]

Digitalis lutea......................


The common Foxglove is not usually my kind of thing, but as this one is filling a gap that is not needed at the moment it got a reprieve. Pretty impressive for one plant...................

[Cyril L]

Roscoea humeana in 3 colour forms, white, yellow and pink.

[astragalus]

How gorgeous.  They look to be growing in open ground.  Are these planted out in the garden and if so, do they spend the winter there?

[David Nicholson]

Even Cyril's plants that grow in his garden look exquisitely perfect

[astragalus]

Gloomy and misting this morning, but good for photographing.  I just walked down the driveway and took shots as I walked.  This is what the lower garden looks like in early June, when the brilliance of phlox and gentians and daphnes has gone.  Subtler overall but not necessarily when close up.

[astragalus]

An uinknown arenaria has been blooming and spreading beautifully for years now.  No visitor has ever identified it.  The flowers are a sharp white and large for the size of the plants.  The second picture is of the lowest of the raised beds in typical June color.  In a few weeks there will be lots of purple and blue from Dalea purpurea and Penstemon mensarum etc.

[Cyril L]

How gorgeous.  They look to be growing in open ground.  Are these planted out in the garden and if so, do they spend the winter there?

The white and pink roscoea have been in the garden for many years.  The pink clumps up well unlike the white which is rather slow.  These set seeds but resulting plants are not always true.  I have a clump with a mixture of white and pink, grown from seeds from the white plant.  I only got the yellow last year.

[ashley]

What a magnificent rock garden Anne - really beautiful.  Thanks for sharing it with us

[Mike Ireland]

Photos taken today at Phil & Gwen Phillips garden of their asiatic primulas.

[astragalus]

Marvelous color - what kind are they and how hardy are they?