July 2018

[shelagh]

As we move into a new month I thought I would step outside into the oven and see what was in flower. 3 rather more unusual plants today.
Androcymbium striatum with it's wonderfully sculptural flowers.
Pulsatilla turczaninowii in it's first flowering, the seed was from Gothenburg Botanic.
Rubus taiwanicola BSW5317 with pretty flowers and interesting developing fruits.

[Maggi Young]

Love that Rubus - and your Androcymbium goes from strength to strength.

 'Scorchio' here, too, Shelagh! It's lovely in the shade though..... assorted shady ladies ....


cardiocrinum in dappled light


shady ladies

[shelagh]

I know just how they feel

[Palustris]

Bit parched here, but the heavy dews we get keep the grass (moss really) green for a while.
https://imgur.com/a/g3GSeEe

[Maggi Young]

Astonishing how good the garden looks after all the heat!  The pollen beetles  seem to be thriving in these temperatures.

[Palustris]

They are the reason why I had to stop gorwing Sweet peas. Never could get clean enough flowers from the plants.

[ruweiss]

Campanula latifolia flowered in the open garden, Campanula fragilis from Mte. San Angelo and the same species
with glabrous leaves prefer a place in the Alpine house. The form from the Abruzzi Mts. is already out of flowers.

[Maggi Young]

There is something very appealing about the  gentle blues of campanulas , as seen in Rudi's photos.

Only  6 days since my photo of the Cardiocrinum - but the flowers are nearly all past in this heat.

[ruweiss]

Maggi, you are right. Some plants are simply irresistible. We have the same problem
with the heat, some  plants keep their flowers only for a short time.

[Gabriela]

There is something very appealing about the  gentle blues of campanulas , as seen in Rudi's photos.
Only  6 days since my photo of the Cardiocrinum - but the flowers are nearly all past in this heat.

Yes, indeed, I need to do better regarding Campanulas. Rudi always has very beautiful ones to show.

Deinanthe caerulea looks very well this year because I watered quite a bit; worth doing it.

[Maggi Young]

Deinanthe caerulea looks very well this year because I watered quite a bit; worth doing it.

 Such a fantastic flower!

[ruweiss]

Gabriela, thank you for the kind comment and your beautiful contributions to the forum.

[Yann]

It's very warm for several weeks however i still can find some interesting plants in the wild.

[Roma]

A few years ago I sowed seed from the seedex of wild collected Campanula thyrsoides.  They never got beyond 7 cm pots in the open frame but did manage to flower.  I couldn't see any seed but seedlings came up the following in several pots.  I planted out a few last year but only two produced flower spikes which the rabbits ate.  Two are flowering in the raised bed now but the ones still in the open frame are really impressive.  The roots must be through the ground cover membrane and well into the ground.

The label says Paeonia rockii but the Campanula thyrsoides is a metre tall





These two are sharing a pot witha seedling of Berberis 'Rose Glow'


The two on the raised bed

[David Nicholson]

It's very warm for several weeks however i still can find some interesting plants in the wild.

Nice pictures Yann