June 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[johngennard]

Thanks Maggie.where did ternata come from I don't know.
No!I won't be bothering to show it.

[Maggi Young]

Shame really - it is so fabulous - goodness knows how big a vehicle you'd need to transport it though.


 PS - I can make a good guess as to where the "ternata"  popped up from - bet  as you were typing  your brain switched over to Waldsteinia ternata!

[johngennard]

Right on the nail Maggie.

[Maggi Young]

Right on the nail Maggie.

[astragalus]

The size of that Sax is truly incredible.  The total effect is beautiful.

[meanie]

Difficult to appreciate the spread of this saxifrage 'Tumbling Waters' but it measures 5ft.(150cms.) across.

Crikey - that is outstanding!

[astragalus]

This is in the category of "plants insisting on growing where they want"; in this case in full sun and scree.  These three dappled shade lovers put themselves here and persist.  The Rhododendron has been growing in that crevice at least 10 years, never flowering, never really expanding much, but never expiring.  They all are in very dry conditions with water provided only by fickle nature.

1.  Rhododendron sp
2.  Sanguinaria canadensis
3.  Jeffersonia dubia

[Chris Johnson]

Dodecatheon meadia.

[Steve Garvie]

Nice plant and images!
I'm struggling to keep mine hydrated in the current mini heat-wave here.

[Chris Johnson]

Thanks Steve.

The south and east of Scotland have certainly had the best of the weather recently. The north and west have lost the rain and wind but have a persistent covering of cloud keeping the temperature hovering around 10 degrees.

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[François Lambert]

Kevin, I really like that carpet of puprlish flowers between the agaves and with the Chlorophytum growing in it

[François Lambert]

a few 'older' garden plants enchanting the senses

an old rose from my wife's parents garden and an almost double philadelphus.  Not only lovely to see, but both sweetly perfumed.