Northern hemisphere June 2010

[Giles]

Lavender border
Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Paris' (the black things are pollen beetles).

[olegKon]

Now it's a campanula time
1.A double Campanula persicifolia
2. Delphinium likiangense

[Graham Catlow]

As the end of the month is in sight I thought I would add a selection of what has been flowering during the month. Starting early June and working through to today
Graham
1st group
Penstemon procerus var. brachyanthus
Iris sibirica 'Silver Edge'
Meconopsis - bought as M. grandis GS600 but I now doubt it.

[Graham Catlow]

2nd group

Graham

A bank of geraniums - G.pratense and an unknown blue.
Dianthus 'Whatfield Magenta'
Rhodohypoxis
Asteranthera ovata

[Graham Catlow]

3rd Group
Graham

Alstromeria

[Graham Catlow]

4th set

Meconopsis villosa or is that Cathcartia villosa?
Osteospermum 'Irish' - new this year
Oxalis 'Gwen McBride'
Cardiocrinum giganteum 'Yunnanensis'
Cardiocrinum giganteum

[Maggi Young]

Your garden is looking really good, Graham.... I love the colour combo of the red alstromeria and the purple acer.
And isn't 'Whatfield Magenta' doing well?  I love that hot colour and well flowered clumps.

[Graham Catlow]

Your garden is looking really good, Graham.... I love the colour combo of the red alstromeria and the purple acer.
And isn't 'Whatfield Magenta' doing well?  I love that hot colour and well flowered clumps.

Thanks Maggi 
The Dianthus has taken several years to get to this point. Splitting and planting and waiting to split and plant again.

Graham

[David Nicholson]

Looks a smashing rock garden Graham. Would it be possible to get a shot of it all?

[Graham Catlow]

Looks a smashing rock garden Graham. Would it be possible to get a shot of it all?

Thanks David,
I shall do that for you tomorrow.
Graham

[Graham Catlow]

I nearly forgot to add the last one for this month.

Dactylorhiza -(possibly majalis) and Allium unifolium

Graham

[Maggi Young]

Another nice combo there, Graham.

Have you not taken cuttings to increase the Dianthus? Easier than waiting to split?

[Graham Catlow]

Another nice combo there, Graham.

Have you not taken cuttings to increase the Dianthus? Easier than waiting to split?

No I haven't. I hadn't thought of that for the Whatfield. I do for the one I showed in the plant identification thread.
Perhaps I will give that a try.
Thanks

[Lesley Cox]

'Whatfield wisp' and most others are very easy from cuttings. Wish we had the magenta version here. It's a stunner!

Do you find the Asteranthera quite hardy Graham? Seems yours is out in the garden in Edinburgh!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

You seem to have a very nice garden indeed Graham !
I for one will be looking forward for the general views that David asked for !

The "stairway to heaven" with the Whatfield magenta looks really stunning !
Many congrats on a "job" well done !