New perennials

Appropriately planted on the full "Planting" moon today:

- French Lavender "Silver Anouk"
- Scabious Barocca
- Phygelius Candydrops Red
- Astilbe Red
- Lobelia Queen Victoria

Now, the last three additions have red flowers, nominally. Only the phygelius is actually in bloom, and the colour is more of a shocking pink. The lobelia has purple foliage, and we'll see if it actually flowers in this garden - I've tried it before, and it never thrived enough to do so. The astilbe, we'll see - should be shaded by the angelica enough to hide the redness...

In addition, we planted my old rosemary that I raised from seed a couple of summers ago. I also changed the entrance hanging basket plants (and the compost too - this one got some gel crystals to help with retaining water) and now have mini petunias in there, still to produce buds. Finally, I planted my Gardener's Delight tomatoes into halved growbags stood on the edge. Oh, and today I trimmed the grass, and it was fun! :))

Pictures of everything to follow!

Pink and salmon

More pictures! :)

You can see the new hosepipe in the corner of the picture. Oh, and Heki:

Poppy Princess Victoria Louise and you know which rose (the other 2 haven't bloomed yet):

Hiatus

A couple of weekends without working in the garden - is it possible?! Indeed it is. The summer is definitely here, and the plants are growing and doing their thing. Mostly flowering! Whilst we're doing our thing. Mostly enjoying :)

There are still things to be done: plant the tomatoes (yes, a bit late!), take cuttings and sow seeds for next year, trim the grass... And there are things that I keep doing daily: water pots (and veggies and perennials as needed), deadhead roses, pull weeds... After almost dislocating my shoulder with the huge watering can, I broke down and requested a garden hose. Watering the veggies on a balmy evening is now a pleasure!

Here are some pictures...

Poppies and Gertrude Jekyll rose:

Geranium

Compost heap - full of spent rose blooms

Courgettes and squashes are growing:

And so are the Jerusalem artichokes, currently just slightly taller than the fence:

More roses and some comparisons

I just love these! I've realised that they do have a scent, however it is faint and only noticeable once the flower has overblown. Whilst the central petals are still tightly wound, no fragrance can escape, regardless of the magnitude of sniffing! ;)





Here is also a picture of the whole garden from the window above - especially for a secret follower of this blog! ;) It's not completely up to date, though, as it was taken a couple of days ago. Since then, I've planted the courgettes and squashes next to the right hand side fence, and my SO constructed a compost bin/enclosure in front of the rhododendron.




The first garden picture (though taken from the ground floor) can be found in the very first post on here. In the following post, I wrote about planting Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and here's a picture of those now, at about 1.5 high. Bushy, eh? :)