At the beginning of June we experienced some wild and windy days which played havoc with climbing roses and small trees. Having been away I needed dry weather to catch up with the lawn and start on the hedges, dry days were in short supply. I struggled to complete before disappearing off to France for a couple of weeks, when ironically the weather was dry and hot in Lancashire. Since my return it has rained every day.
So I have been rather disappointed with the garden this June.
At the start of the month the yellow Allium Moly and the Bartley Variety Primulas harked back to Spring.
The Day lilies [Hemerocallis], Bowl of Beauty Peony and white Siberian Iris all have a short flowering period.
My Choisya Mexican Orange Blossom and Purple Leaved Elderberry are two of the shrubs flowering.
Fragrant Honeysuckle grows outside my bedroom window.
In amongst my shrubs I have the rambling Tropaeolum speciosum, Flame Creeper, which likes its roots in the shade and goes wherever it wishes, giving colour in the evergreens.
I’m not one for formal rose bushes but I have several climbing varieties scattered through the garden and June is the month for roses.
Bobby James.
Masquerade.
Paul’s Himalayan Musk.
Bleu Magenta.
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Albertine.
A few choice perennials are flowering but I don’t seem to have as much colour as usual.
Campanula latiloba ‘Highcliffe’
Phlomis.
Astilbe chimensis ‘Pumila’
Delphinium ‘Magic Fountain’
Achillea grandiflora.
Aconitum ‘Stainless Steel’