Dierama dracomontanum - a smaller version of dierama. I wasn't sure if it is still alive, it has grass-like leaves and it was planted too close to other plants (I underestimated the spreading potential of parahebe). But it's flowering now. + parahebe 'Snow Clouds', scabious 'Butterfly Blue' Stipas look good right now, unfortunately the left one was flattened by my cat or one of her visiting friends. + phlox (not yet flowering), unknown dianthus/carnation, geranium 'Azure Rush'
..lovely gardens above, with plants that do well in drought, just what I need right now..
.. that's a really nice Stachys..
Still bone dry here, like dust, and I'm due a prolonged 2 week heat wave starting tomorrow.. Lythrum 'Dropmore Purple'.. ..various Phlox.. Anthemis 'E.C. Buxton'.. Petrorhagia 'Pink Starlets'.. Geranium pratense.. / Veronica 'Marietta'.. Thalictrum rochebrunianum... Geranium 'Russell Prichard's'.. cut back and tidied up a bit.. Hemerocallis 'Claudine' which is new..
..this rather lovely wild Hollyhock opened today.. the plant is about 6 feet tall and full of buds.. Alcea nudiflora... a native of Afghanistan and further east ..
@Loxley Just wanted to say how much I love your photo of Stachys Hummelo. It is a masterclass in how to use leaf shape and texture, also shows that green alone can create impact. Thank you for sharing.
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Lythrum 'Dropmore Purple'..
Alonsoa 'Rebel'..
Veronica 'Marietta'..
Hakonechloa 'Aureola'..
Anthemis 'E.C. Buxton'.. Lavender 'Maillette'..
Hyssop officinalis..
Achnatherum calamagrostis..
Scabious 'Perfecta Blue' and 'White'..
Phlox 'Sweet Summer Soft Pink'..
Geranium 'Russell Prichard'.
Gaura 'Pink Dwarf' / Pennisetum orientale / Scabious / Hemerocallis / Alonsoa..
'Libelle'..
'Freudenstein'...
spider's nest..
Geranium 'Patricia'..
Geranium sang. 'Apple Blossom'..
Alonsoa 'Salmon Beauty'..
+ parahebe 'Snow Clouds', scabious 'Butterfly Blue'
Stipas look good right now, unfortunately the left one was flattened by my cat or one of her visiting friends.
+ phlox (not yet flowering), unknown dianthus/carnation, geranium 'Azure Rush'
Stachys "Hummelo" in bud. I like how it stands out against the Sesleria grass
.. that's a really nice Stachys..
Still bone dry here, like dust, and I'm due a prolonged 2 week heat wave starting tomorrow..
Lythrum 'Dropmore Purple'..
..various Phlox..
Anthemis 'E.C. Buxton'..
Petrorhagia 'Pink Starlets'..
Geranium pratense.. / Veronica 'Marietta'..
Thalictrum rochebrunianum...
Geranium 'Russell Prichard's'.. cut back and tidied up a bit.. Hemerocallis 'Claudine' which is new..
Alcea nudiflora... a native of Afghanistan and further east ..