The best thing about joining in with Garden Bloggers Bloom Day hosted by Carol at May Dreams Garden is that you can see where obvious gaps are. Here we are in July and I have a gap. There is nothing “Wonderful” blooming in my garden just now – but I knew that.
(Although the Kitchen Garden is looking lovely – that’s where most of the flowers on the slide show live!)
However it does mean that I shall be visiting other bloggers who are posting for GBBD and I shall be on the lookout for plants that look scrummey in July – day lilies come to mind. I will be particularly interested in what gardeners in the UK are showing on their blogs to-day.
Hi, they may on the whole be “simple” plants, but they still give a stunning show. I am particularly taken with the Astilbi. Amazing. Glad the water lily has come out again.
Yes the Water lily you gave me has come out – just one flower at the moment – hopefully it will still be here next time you visit.
Karen
I think you have some wonderful flowers – I like the Crocosmia and the Clematis
Hi Patientgardener – The clematis is one of my favorite clematis I had it in my last garden and I have bought it for this. This year is the first flowering for the Crocosmia (lucifer) and I am quite pleased. I may get some more as there are one or two spots that would benefit from that wham of colour
Karen
Beautiful photos as always — I’m particularly fond of the sweet pea.
/krys
Hi Krys – thanks for the comments – I adore sweet peas – but cannot bring them into the house – the scent is to strong for me – but I love giving them to people when they visit.
Karen
You’re so wrong Karen – you’re flowers are blooming marvellous! I’m particularly jealous of your Clematis – mine’s still a pathetic little cutting size. I doubt whether it will ever thrive in my garden.
xxx
Hi VP – I have to admit here that that is the ONLY flower on it!! I think we have not had enough sunshine this year for the sieboldii type of clematis – they are a little fussy.
Thanks for the comment.
Karen
I was thinking the same thing about my garden today. Your flowers however, are absolutely wonderful Karen! I love the way you’ve presented them as well. Great job:)!
Ha ha Chey – and I love the way you presented yours
(Click on Cheys name to be taken to her blog and look at her GBBD post)
How wrong you are, your flowers are wonderful. My penstemon are already finished blooming, so little time to enjoy them.
Hi Cinj – This is the first time I have had Penstemon – I grew them from seed last year. I thought they were supposed to bloom for a reasonable amount of time (Is that not so in your experience?)
Karen
These photos are truly gorgeous though. I think you’re being to hard on yourself!
Hi Amy – thanks for visiting – I know I am my own worst critic – and I sometimes think I dont do enough – but fortunately I have Shed man and Dobby to remind me just how far the garden has come in 2 years. The good bit (re-planting) is still to come
Karen
All your blooms look wonderful to me. And your slide show is very well done.
Hi Nancy – I was very selective – and they are very close up – so that the bare patches dont show through!
Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment.
Karen
Karen, what a great idea to create a slide show for GBBD! You have plenty of plants in bloom, I can tell, but maybe what you’re after is that fresh foliage and flowers of June… I wish it could be June forever…
Daylilies are a good choice, i think, mine are just starting to bloom.
/Katarina
Hi Katarina – I have decided to get some daylilies – now my problem is to choose which ones! There are so many lovely ones out there. Thanks for dropping by.
Karen
I love the sweet peas !!!! Love Peta
Thanks
(again)
Karen
Slide show Brilliant again!!
My hubbie has just strimmed my clematis to the ground (purple one) he was very apologetic though.
Oh No!! (about the clematis) – I will see the damage for myself on Friday.
Glad you liked the slide show.
Karen
Hi Karen, great photos particularly the sweet pea. Daylilies and heleniums are looking good here at the moment. Linda
Hi Linda – I have decided that I will definitely be ordering daylilies – the ones in my last garden were very dull – which I think made me discount them – but there are some amazing varieties around now.
Thanks for the suggestion of heleniums.
Karen
Brilliant show, Karen, there’s some real crackers here. You’ve certainly got plenty to show of in my book.
Hi and thanks Sharon – I took the photos very carefully
And didn’t include all the dying bits!
Karen
Were you just fishing for compliments, because I don’t see anything C+ about your selection of blooms. (If you think that’s bad, you should see my January Bloom Day post!) Your Waterlily is beautiful & there’s no way I could ever grow that Astilbe so marvelously. It’s hard to keep the whole garden looking fabulous the whole season. Gardeners a 100 years ago didn’t even try, they just had spring, summer & autumn gardens instead. Containers are a great way to mask the gaps in a garden. Got a blah area with nothing blooming? Stuff a pot in full bloom into the area. Voila, instant interest.
Hi Mr. McGregor’s Daughter – no I was not fishing for compliments :0 – I am quite pleased to have worked out that there is a gap in the garden at this time – I am in the wonderful position of doing a lot of re-planting this Autumn and I must just remember to get something to cover the end of June – Early August.
The Astilbe is looking particularly wonderful this year – I think it got rather flooded in the Spring.
Thanks for dropping by
Karen
I’d give you a higher grade than a C+! But, I see from your last comment that you have determined there is a gap in bloom right now and are making plans to fix it. I think that’s great!
Happy Bloom Day, a few days late.
Thank you Carol
Karen
Daylilies are fabulous for summer, as is garden phlox. Although I don’t live in the UK, I have a cottage garden. I just use your fav plants that do well here too. Roses aren’t bad either. Rudgeckias, daisies, etc.
Although I think your kitchen garden flowers are beautiful. Love the slide show.~~Dee
Hi Dee and thanks for visiting – and thanks for adding more plants to my list of things to buy
Karen
Your blooms are lovely, and your photos are wonderful. I think many of us can relate, especially those of us with young gardens.
GBBD is a good way to assess bloom succession in the garden. Visiting others who participate is inspiring with all sorts of ideas of for filling any gaps.
You have a lovely variety of things blooming in your garden. Your astilbe is gorgeous.
Hi Linda – it is always difficult keeping the continuity of plants going in a young garden – but we will get there – it would be very dull if gardening was “instant”. Thanks for visiting and the lovely comments.
Karen