July 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[meanie]

Sues Mackaya bella is in bloom......................


Not hard to grow, but it was put in my shed when frosts threatened.

[johnw]

I've taken a shine to this Cynanchum in Ken's garden.....

johnw

[Brian Ellis]

Nice flowers John, is it scented?

[meanie]

Nice flowers John, is it scented?

I was wondering the same thing.

Nicotiana glauca has started flowering....................


As has Salvia glutinosa......................


It's fully hardy and I have surplus seed from last year if anyone is interested. Be warned though, it can get big after a couple of years (2 metres + spread).

[johnstephen29]

The first flowers on my bedding dahlias have opened.

[Gene Mirro]

Lilium humboldtii:



Lilium lankongense:



Lilium regale album:



Lilium canadense:





Edit by maggi : please note that although the thumbnail photos here look fuzzy - the enlarged photos are perfectly sharp. 

[Gene Mirro]

Lilium shastense:



Gilia (Ipomopsis) aggregata:



Lilium occidentale:



Lilium cernuum:



Lilium michiganense:



Edit by maggi : please note that although some thumbnail photos here look fuzzy - the enlarged photos are perfectly sharp. 

[Gene Mirro]

Lilium canadense:





Lilium occidentale:



Lilium leichtlinii 'Iwashimizu'; true yellow species:



Edit by maggi : please note that although the thumbnail photos here look fuzzy - the enlarged photos are perfectly sharp. 

[meanie]

Lobelia tupa.......................




This plant is huge this year - a good two metres in diameter..................

[Maggi Young]

Ooh err.... today West Oxon, tomorrow the world - that is one BIG Lobelia 

[meanie]

Ooh err.... today West Oxon, tomorrow the world - that is one BIG Lobelia 

It's fortunate that it is one of my favourites otherwise its future would be uncertain!

[Maggi Young]

I detect a ruthless streak there - probably a very necessary trait in a gardener!

[meanie]

I detect a ruthless streak there - probably a very necessary trait in a gardener!

Big softy actually. There's a Fuchsia "Blacky" totally obscured by the Lobelia. "Blacky" is supposedly a trailing fairly tender cultivar that is now three years old in that spot and 140cm tall. If I poke my head through the Lobelia, Philadelphus or Hebe it is in flower, yet still the Lobelia will be allowed to run rampant. And Blacky is my favourite Fuchsia cultivar!

[meanie]

Here's a photo of Sues Bomarea edulis........................


My Aloe striatula has taken off this year.....................


Fuchsia procumbens is rampant this year...............


Seed grown Rhodochiton atrosanguineus is in bloom at last.................

[WimB]

Some plants in flower in my garden during the first days of July...

Lilium leichtlinii
Lilium nepalense
Albuca shawii
Calandrinia umbellata
Gladiolus flanaganii