July 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere

[shelagh]

We have come a long way since the new bed was finished early in the year. Today these were at their best.

Two Campanulas one short and open faced one tall and narrow.

Erigeron Azure Beauty which turned out much taller than we expected and reminds me of the Asters my Grand-dad used to grow on his allotment.

Erigeron Four Winds which was transplanted from the old rock garden.

[shelagh]

A lovely Erodium which Brian has grown from cuttings.

Iberis Masterpiece, we can't praise this plant enough, this one is over 2 ft across and has been flowering for  months. It is a terrific specimen.

Nepeta Blue Moon not one I knew but which is a very attractive plant.

Oenothera speciose a recent acquisition courtesy of Clare and John Dower. Also this Pelargonium sidoides, a very dark flower.

[shelagh]

Penstemon Rocky Mountain Blue lovely but too tall.

Petrocoptis glaucifolia we have had this on the show bench but it's doing very well in the raised bed.

A nice dwarf Scabious columbiana.

A pink Stachys which came from the scree bed.

[shelagh]

Stachys grandiflora came from Gothenburg Botanic seed and got to about a foot in the old rock garden, here it's more than double that as it fights its way through in one of the borders.

Finally my Lilium martagon has come out today, one of my faourites.

[Maggi Young]

Oenothera speciose a recent acquisition courtesy of Clare and John Dower.

all plants  looking very well, Shelagh - might the  "oenethera"  not  be  a  Salvia?

[Parsla]

Such picturesque blooms Shelagh.
Cheers the heart. 

[Yann]

I'm very late in sorting the june's photos, here's Lathyrus miniatus (but max size, it spreads 4m x 1m among other plants)

[shelagh]

You know Maggi after I posted that picture I thought I'd better look it up and it's not Oenothera speciosa but that's what it came as. I agree it could be a Salvia but It's only 6 inches tall, doesn't stand up hence my fingers in shot. Another of Life's mysteries!

[shelagh]

Thanks Parsla, it's been warm and sunny these last few days so I have spent quite a bit of time just sitting and enjoying it, until I spot a weed ofcourse

[François Lambert]

Sown as an annual last year (that's the section on the webshop where these were listed), these Rudbeckia Hirta survived winter and just start flowering.  Compared to last year they are more than twice as high.  Lunchtime has started for the insects 

[Leena]

Blue Corydalis have been in good flower for a while now. On the right is
Craigton Blue' I have gotten from Maggi  , and on the left (between them is Astilbe) is an unnamed one, which looks the same, but starts to flower a week earlier. Both very good plants.
Yesterday I collected and sowed seeds from Corydalis 'Korn's Purple', inspired by Ian's bulb log. 

[Hannelore]

A good feeder for bees when the early summer flowers are gone:

[shelagh]

Sometimes called 'Bears Breeches' over here Hannelore.

[David Nicholson]

.... and once you've got it more or less impossible to get rid of it

[Hannelore]

. . . and a Yucca filamentosa stands on the other side from where the photo was taken. An unbeatable couple