Summer Tour (Part One).

Blogging has been a little sparse lately what with the open gardens in June, neither of us enjoying the best of health this summer followed by a holiday to help recharge the batteries.

Summer has now arrived at Our Garden@19, I have taken the camera around to record what is flowering, there is enough for two posts, this is part one.

The first to greet us as we go out through the dinning room doors is the Geranium 'Rozanne' growing in pots, it flowers non stop as it is sterile...

...the Dahlias in the raised beds edging the patio are now responding to the warm weather, this is my favourite, David Howard...

...along side is this lovely red Pom Pom D. Tam Tam...

...also D. 'Twynings After Eight', with its delicate pink veining...

...and the red 'Bishop of Llandaff.

Through the arch into the Blue Border is an unknown apricot dahlia with Lychnis coronia, surrounded by Persicaria 'Firetail' and right at the back Veronicastrum 'Fascination'.

Veronicastrum 'Fascination'.

The Viola cornuta 'Alba' is a wonderful value plant, grown from seed over ten years ago, it flowers non stop from June through to autumn, only requiring shearing off before winter...

...also in the white garden is Astrantia major, much loved by pollenating insects.

The colourful shrub Lycesteria formosa 'Golden Lanterns'...

...is accompanied by, Clematis 'Mme Julia Correvon', one of several Clematis now flowering...

...C. 'Perle d'Azur'...

...climbing high into the Prunus serrula is the Japanese Clematis fusca, with its furry small bell like flowers...

...in the white garden, new this year, C. 'Mrs George Jackman' is announcing her arrival...

...as is C. ? from next door's garden, (they don't know its name), it obviously has no respect for the colour theme!

I hope you have enjoyed this first part of Our Garden@19 summer garden tour, what is representing summer in your garden?

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Tree following October.

There has not been much change during the last two months, in the Acer negundo Flamingo I have been following this year.

 If you haven't visited before, here it is growing in the Oriental Garden.

 I pollard it every January Here  to prevent it becoming too big while encouraging the slate blue branches and fine pink stems that you can see in the pictures, to develop.

Unfortunately the white variegated edges of the leaves have been scorched by either the sun or more likely the wind.

I thought this was a good time to introduce you to the never ending woodland path here at Our Garden19. Walking through the main borders towards the Banana Bench...

...you come to the start of the path, here you have a choice to make, left or right?

I seem to nearly always turn to the left, I don't know why, passing the Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tripcuspidata) on the trellis just turning red and the apple 'Kid's Orange Red' on your left.

Boston Ivy

It is, I think, a lovely eating apple.

Following the path round behind the bench...

...you pass Rose glauca.syn. Rose rubrifolia...

...and Sorbus Eastern Promise, both growing through Aucuba, Dogwoods, and a variegated Holly backed by a Sambucus nigra.

A little further round you have Ligularia przewalskii, on the right, behind the Banana Bench trellis, this produces lovely spires of yellow flowers. Hiding in the corner of this picture is an apple tree Worcester Pearmain, we had to have one of those.
The first tree on the left is Liquidamber slyraciflua 'Stella'...

...whose leaves are just starting to turn a 'buttery' yellow, soon to turn red...

...a little further along the never ending path is what I refer to as our 'Champion Tree', the Prunus serrula...

...with its wonderful coppery peeling bark.

And here we emerge, back where we started in front of the Banana Bench where you can sit and rest looking out over the garden before you start again following the never ending woodland walk.

On your way back to the house if you look over the fence you can see the neighbours' Liquidamber in all its Autumn fiery glory...

...every year it turns earlier than the one in our garden, which means we can enjoy theirs before ours puts on a show.

The last picture is a close up of a Boston Ivy leaf.

If you wish to see which trees other bloggers are following please visit Lucy at Loose and leafy Here

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End of Month View (April)

With the garden due to open for the NGS at the end of May this will be the last End of Month View before then. There are several projects still to finish, we are not panicking yet!
I hope you enjoy the view.

The herb garden is situated in a raised bed with a standard gooseberry in the middle and a red currant trained as an espalier on the side fence with Box (Buxus) edging the front.

Just off the Patio is what used to be called the spring bed.  I have enlarged it as much as possible and this is the new 'Hot Bed', home for Dahlias, Cannas and tender annuals. (It doesn't look big enough in the photo!)

The White and Green garden is a formal garden, with Box hedging, spirals and at the back centre, a standard Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Margenata'. The Lunaria var. variegate is now in full bloom.

The Oriental Garden is undergoing a few changes to its design and this view is towards the gate which leads back on to the patio. You can see more of this garden in my post:He-who-creates-garden-creates-happiness.

Looking through the Rose and Vine covered arch towards the banana bench...

...with zingy coloured Euphorbia 'palustris' ...

...brightening up both sides of the path, waiting for the Allium 'Purple Sensation' to join them.
The grass at the front is the New Zealand sedge, Chionochloa rubra.

The Three Graces reflecting on life at the end of the shrubbery walk.

Blue Bells behind the Prunus serrula, with its beautiful bark, along the never ending woodland walk...

...passing by some Primroses and Viola (Violet) labradorica 'Purpurea'.

The greenhouses are full of tender plants to be sold on the plant stall during the open weekend, these on the left are Dahlia coccinea var. 'Palmeri'. The seed original came from The Garden House, Devon.

 

On the right side is Cosmos 'Rubenza' and Tagetes 'Cinnabar', this is the waist high strain developed by Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter. We hope these will sell well, for the NGS, along with the perennials that have been propagated.

The other greenhouse contains the Dahlias waiting to go out into the new Hot Bed.

Back on the patio under a north facing wall,  plants such as Hostas and Ferns are bursting into growth...

...with the charming little flowers of Epimedium x 'Rubrum' providing some colour.

We will be ready!

You might also like to see:  Murphys-mad-march-garden-tour.

To see more garden End of Month Views please visit Helen at The Patient Gardener

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