What a lovely few days I have had with the family! Most of the time was spent with my daughter and family in Bristol but then we all went to a my son and daughter in law in a village near Maidenhead last Sunday for the christening of grandson No 3! While I was away I noticed that Devon had a fair amount of rain so didn’t need to worry about my garden or pots, everything was looking very lush when I got back! No problem photographing plants for this weeks six, there were so many flowers everywhere, so lets begin………….
Greeting me at the gateway when I got back from my mini break is Crocosmia Paul’s Best Yellow. It is supposed to be by my Agapanthus, but I think something has moved, must do something about that.
A small flowered Hemerocallis, which is rather lovely, I like the purple colour of this one.
All the day lilies are flowering at the moment but names have got lost over the years, just a few have remained in my brain, but not this one unfortunately!
Stipa gigantea is my favourite grass, especially when the sun shines through it and it waves in the breeze!
The honeysuckle up the dead oak has gone mad while I was away, it is gorgeious at the moment and the perfume is divine!
Clematis Perle d’Azur is flowering its socks off at the moment, a lovely pale blue, up the first upright on the pergola.
Clematis Etoille Violette is also performing well. I have another, the same up the dead oak but that flowered early as I had forgotten to prune it, this is now the correct time for it to flower.
It is time for the Agapanthus to join in with all the other flowers, most of mine are in the driveway border so make a nice welcome.
I have to admit though, that the blues are my favourites!
Those are my six for this week, it was difficult to know what to leave out, so much was flowering. I can see that I will be very busy deadheading today and for the rest of the weekend, hope we all have good gardening weather. Thanks to Jim for hosting, do pay him a visit to see gardens from around the world.
Lovely clematis and Agapanthus. I am hoping to see some agapanthus blooms from my own plants soon.
Thanks Rosie, glad you like them. I should have more agapanthus flowering soon, there are lots of buds waiting, hope yours flower soon.
The stipa is a favourite of mine too, it is especially beautiful with raindrops. Lovely clematis, I’m a fan of blue too!
The Stipa is such a beautiful grass Gill, like spun gold sometimes! I’m all in favour of more blue flowers, especially at this time of year.
Your clematis and daylilies look wonderful, mine have been a disaster this year. Slugs or snails have eaten anything they can. Crocosmia Paul’s Best Yellow is much nicer than the bog standard orange crocosmias that grow alongside the lanes, though they do look cheerful.
Thanks Jude glad you like the clematis and daylilies, I rely on them both for colour at this time of year. Sorry the slugs and snails are spoiling things for you, maybe they will stop now the hot weather has arrived!
The Stipa looks lovely and shimmery in the sun. The white Agapanthus is very striking too.
Yes, Graeme, it pays to plant the Stipa where the sun can shine through it! The Agapanthus are very welcome at this time of year, must get more as I like them so much.
The clematis are lovely Pauline, I love the pad blue one, and you get so many flowers. I never seem to be so successful with mine.
Thanks Denise, the Clematis are getting better each year, it seems I should be feeding them, but I often forget, sometimes I don’t think they need it! I have been more successful with the viticella varieties that flower now, they have smaller flowers, but so many of them.
All looking lovely, Pauline, and it must have been great to come back to after such a lovely time with family.
Thank you Helen, it was lovely to see the garden carrying on without me when I got back. I did enjoy being with all the family, but it was still nice to come home!
Lovely daylily! That clematis is superb! 😘🌼🌸💙
Glad you like them both Sarah, clematis are doing really well this year.
Beautiful! I haven’t noticed our honeysuckle this year.
Sometimes the first I know that the honeysuckle is flowering is when I can smell it Nikki, nice surprise!