The weather this month has been very variable. Lots of very cold winds, coming from the east, a bit of sunshine which became very hot and humid a couple of days ago, coming up from Africa. Then it all went downhill with rain, thunder and lightning! In spite of all that, the flowers weren’t put off, they said it was June, so they were going to flower, no matter what the weather was doing, some of them are a bit battered, but they are still flowering.
Mdme Alfred Carrierre
The pergola is bursting into life with Rosa Mdme Alfred Carriere doing her bit. She has lots of flowers at the moment, simply because we forgot to prune her when we were going to the hospital each day, just didn’t have time to do the roses on the pergola. I think maybe we will just get the hedge trimmer to her in the autumn! Later in the year Clematis viticella Perle d’Azur will join in.
Peonies Top Brass and Bowl of Beauty, both with a fantastic perfume.
Pergola clematis.
The clematis on the pergola have also started flowering, this one is Clematis viticella Margot Koster
Clematis Multi Blue
I think I gave all the clematis on the pergola a handful of fertiliser each last year. This was planted at the same time as all the others about 10 yrs ago, but this is the first time it has flowered, I thought it had died!
Clematis Ville de Lyon.
Just starting to flower on the post opposite C. Margot Koster is I think C. Ville de Lyon, as it ages it goes much paler in the centre. I haven’t seen this one flower for a couple of years, the fertiliser must have made all the difference.
Climbing rose.
This climbing rose at the veggie end of the pergola, has escaped up the Bramley apple tree, we will soon see the flowers waving to us from the top of the tree, reminding us that we didn’t prune it in February!
Papaver Patty’s Plum
Just in front of the pergola is Papaver Patty’s Plum next to Geranium magnificum. I like this poppy very much, she dies better than most! I have a different one in the front garden which looks burnt as soon as the flowers open, it will have to go!
Unknown Poppy.
I should know the name of this poppy in the front garden, but I can’t remember it at the moment! Lovely poppy and it dies well too!
Papaver Orientalis.
I found this poppy flowering away in a pot beside the greenhouse, what a lovely surprise, I don’t know how it got there, but as soon as it has finished flowering, I will plant it. It is such a bright red, I will have to find just the right space for it, away from the pinks and pastels!
Top left Graham Thomas, clockwise, Wm Morris,The Pilgrim, Regensberg, Graham Derby, The Countryman,Shropshire Lad, Rosa glauca, centre Evelyn.
Sambucus Black Lace
At the side of the pergola is Sambucus Black Lace. The pink flowers are the perfect colour to go with the deep maroon leaves. We cut 1/3rd of this shrub back each year, otherwise it would grow too tall and wide for its space.
Anthemis
In the front border Anthemis Sauce Hollandaise has started flowering and as long as I deadhead it, it will still be flowering until November when it will be cut back.
Foxgloves
Lots of foxgloves have popped up in the garden, more white this year than usual. This clump is by the greenhouse.
Unknown foxglove
Just the other side of the path though, it this foxglove, don’t ask me where it came from, I have never had any others like it, it is very welcome to stay.
Lilac foxglove.
Another foxglove that is different from the rest is this pale lilac one which is in the fruit and veggie garden. At the moment it is allowed to stay as I like it so much and so do the bees. I will save the seed from the last two, but goodness knows what the offspring will be like having been pollinated by the bees!
Libertia grandiflora.
This is the best year yet for Libertia grandiflora which is planted by the pond, we have never had so many flowers before.
Candelabra Primulas.
As I have just done a post about primulas, I thought I would collect them all together for this post and put them in one photo.
Euphorbia melliferra.
Euphorbia melliferra has almost finished flowering with it’s honey scented flowers. You can see the seed pods forming which means that I must deadhead this too as we are getting seedlings all over the garden! Some seedlings I can pot up and sell at the church plant sale, others can be moved to the front where I have some room for them.
Zantedeschia aethiopica
More flowers have opened on Zantedeschia aethiopica in the bog garden, so elegant, so pristine – perfect!
Snow in Summer.
This patch of Snow in Summer came with me from the north west when we moved here 25 yrs ago. Considering how we gardened previously on sand and now we are on heavy clay, it had done amazingly well just by the garage door where I hadn’t improved the soil at all, well done little plant.
Clematis montana.
In the back garden, up a large Ash tree, I planted a white Clematis montana to celebrate our son’s wedding. It was supposed to climb like our pink one on the oak tree, up to near the top, and then cascade down like a waterfall. This one had other ideas! Top left it is scrambling over the golden leaved Philadelphus, top right it is scrambling over a holly tree/bush, and in the bottom photo it is flopping through a small hawthorn tree! There is also Rosa Wedding Day up this tree to celebrate our daughter’s wedding, this has climbed almost to the top and will be flowering in a few weeks, I can see masses of buds already, so maybe it is best that the clematis stayed lower down.
Iris sibirica Butter and Sugar.
Iris sibirica Butter and Sugar in the bog garden has just started flowering, thank goodness it wasn’t battered in the torrential rain that we had one night.
Iris pseudacorus
Also in the bog, but they are growing in other parts of the garden as well, is Iris pseudacorus variegata, the variegated version of one of our native iris. Now that the plant is flowering, it will gradually lose its variegation, which is a shame as the sword shaped leaves are quite striking in the border.
Always the first Hemerocallis to flower.
Campanula poscharskyana climbing the conservatory wall!
Erigeron karvinskianus., taking over it’s corner of the paving.
Field Border.
I will finish with the border by the field. All the weeds creep through the fence, we never seem to have this one cleared the same as the rest of the garden. We made this border when we saw how burnt everything else in the garden was, no protection from the north and east in the winter, hoping it would act as a shelter belt. Also, we were hoping to stop all the weeds that were left to go to seed in the field, mainly docks and nettles, coming over. Usually the undergardener jumps over the fence and kills the weeds right by the fence, but this year, this, among other jobs were put on the back burner for a few months.The planting in this border is mainly for late summer, so the flowers are only just getting going. The poor Phlomis has been battered by the rain and all the petals from the Viburnum opulous have been brought down in the rain. You can just see Patty’s Plum with the Geranium magnificum by the entrance to the pergola.
That is a round up of some of the flowers that are flowering for June’s G.B.B.D., many thanks go to Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting this meme on the 15th of every month, do pay her a visit to see other flowers from around the world.
Everything looks really nice in your garden. My peonies only have buds, but I´m looking forward to seeing them in bloom. Pattys Plum has a wonderful colour. I think I must also give my clematis some fertiliser. Your roses are beautiful. My Graham Thomas looks verye promising this year. I think we have had very similar weather, with lots of rain, and wind, and then some sun. Foxgloves are so lovely with so many different flower patterns. My Black Lace is not so big yet.
Thank you Gitte, there are so many flowers in June, I was spoilt for choice deciding which ones to choose. Our weather is a little warmer now, so I’m happy as well as the flowers! I think just a little fertiliser has done wonders for the clematis and rhododendrons this year, I mustn’t forget in future as the plants have obviously used up all the goodness in the soil.
How wonderful all flowers are looking. Hm, are you shure that the Sambucus is Black Lace? It looks like Black Beauty, I have both? The erigeron I would like to have, but not hardy in cold german winters.
Sigrun
Yes Sigrun, I too have both of them and the flowers on my Black Beauty are nowhere near as pink as those on Black Lace. Erigeron shouldn’t like it here either on my heavy clay, but it has seeded in between the cracks of the paving where there is sand underneath, it is very happy indeed!
Lovely Pauline. It’s nice to see a Bowl of Beauty peony flower as I have a young one that is still very small. And that bright poppy with the frilled edge is stunning!
I’m sure your Bowl of Beauty will soon start flowering for you Cathy, it really has such a lovely perfume. The bright red poppy was a surprise, I think I brought it home after a sale of plants at church, then forgot about it and this is the first time it has flowered! I’ll have to find somewhere to plant it so that it is nowhere near any pink!
Blooming marvellous indeed Pauline, it’s all looking great. The field border looks super despite you not getting anything done with it.
Your new foxgloves are very nice and I hope the resulting seedlings are just as attractive. Your poppies are looking very good, usually the weather you have describedsees them off! Or at least that’s how it works here.
I’m enjoying your roses and peonies, I’ve a few weeks to wait yet I think. I think the paler poppy is possibly Princess Victoria Louise.
Thanks for the suggestion for my pale poppy Angie, it is a lovely one and lasts very well. I love the way foxgloves come up slightly different when they seed around, I will be sowing their seed and will just have to wait and see what emerges next year.
Our weather has been quite warm lately and that has brought the flowers on so much, all of a sudden everything seems to be flowering at once.
Great closeups of your beautiful Bloom Day flowers. Bowl of Beauty is one of my favorite peonies. Your field border looks wonderfully lush.
Thanks Alison, it was a question of what to photograph, there were so many to choose from! I love peonies, especially the two that I showed, the perfume is divine!
And they say…whoever they are….that there is a dirth of flowers in June! Clearly not in your garden!You have many beauties here, how I wish I could wander around and take a closer look. Rosa Mdme Gregoine is clearly happy despite the lack of a haircut! Ooooh…what gorgeous peonies, especially Festiva Maxima.I love it when climbers finally conquer the trees!xxx
No shortage of flowers here Dina, there seems to be so much flowering at the moment. You’re welcome to come and take a wander any time you like! I think I’ve relied on poppies, iris and peonies to fill the “June gap”, they certainly are beautiful flowers, all so gorgeous!
The garden is looking lovely – I adore poppies and yours look so healthy! The foxgloves and candelabra primulas are spectacular – I love the vertical element they both add to a border
Poppies are the show offs in the garden Matt, they are so brazen, but I wouldn’t be without them! Like you, I love strong verticals in the garden, they form a nice contrast to all the lower, rounder plants.
Your garden looks wonderful with all its gorgeous June blooms. Have you tried making elderflower cordial with your Black Lace? It turns out a lovely pink colour. I love all your primulas. Your foxglove looks like one called Pam’ s Choice, but if it just turned up in your garden we should call it Pauline’ s Choice.
But your lovely white rose? Madame Gregoire Staechelin is pink. Or is it the photo that makes it look white?
No , you are quite right Chloris, I got my Madames mixed up! Madame Gregoire Staechelin is on the next post on the arbour, a lovely pink one but the photo didn’t turn out, the white one is Mdme Alfred Carriere, I will now amend my post, thank you for pointing it out.
I’ve never tried using the flowers of Black Lace, only ever used the wild flowers which we have plenty of in all the lanes here, I must try them, pale pink elderflower cordial sounds lovely.
Wonderful – too much to comment on. Your roses are superb – only wish I could grow candelabra primulas! I particularly liked Iris sibirica ‘Butter & Sugar’ and what a gift your surprise oriental poppy was. I was thinking the same as Chloris above – Mme Gregoire is pink ? Lovely photos of a superb garden!
I have now altered my post Cathy, as I explained to Chloris, I got my Madames mixed up, it should have read Mdme Alfred Carriere. I’m so pleased that the primulas in the bog garden are doing so well, I must sow some more seed this year to make it even better!
Beautiful! You had me at Bowl of Beauty! And then those Patty’s Plum Papavers, oh my, what an absolutely LOVELY color! Happy Bloom Day and thanks for sharing your garden.
Peonies and poppies mean June to me Sharon. They are all such fantastic flowers, the bees love them too and the peonies have such a super perfume, I think every garden should have some!
What a wonderful garden stroll !
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for leaving a comment, good to hear from you!
It’s interesting that your ‘Bowl of Beauty’ has the ‘extra’ pink petals in the centre. Mine has just started doing that this year. I wonder why? She is no less pretty, just different.
I think it just wants to be like P.Festiva maxima who has extra petals in the middle!
Oh Pauline, your blooms are all gorgeous! Your peonies are delightful and you’ve so many heavenly roses! The bright orange poppy with the fringed petals is fabulous! Happy belated GBBD!
Thanks Peter, peonies and poppies mean the start of summer to me. They are such gorgeously flamboyant flowers and certainly brighten up the June garden.