When friends from the forum and I visited Kew in July, I admired Aesculus parviflora, American buckeye, near the cafe where we had lunch. Mine is finally in flower, a month later... I love the "tatty" flower heads.
Hydrangea paniculata 'Brussels Lace' is spectacular this year.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Looking good Liri. That's a particularly nice hydrangea. I only have whites as I don't like the colour of the blues and pinks. Mine are oak leaf (Quercifolia) and the autumn colour is lovely. They're only flowering now ( one isn't quite ready ) but I had to move them both so they're needing another year to settle again. They like a bit more sun and cope with drier conditions than the others.
I have a situation where I have apples, native primulas and 'summer' flowering Cobaea all performing in the same area
I'd split the primulas recently and thought I'd stick a pot of them in at the base of the Cobaeas so that I can enjoy them. The white cobaea is a new plant for me, (the blue variety is more often grown) and I think the flowers are perhaps unusual rather than attractive. Nice greeny white though, which I like.The buds are very structural, which I also like
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What sort of camera do you use Papi jo ? you take some really good photo's.
I am liking all the hydrangea's I bought paniculata limelight a couple of weeks ago from the clearance section for £3.75 love a bargain, its flowering now
I sowed some cobaeas but got the labels mixed up with some verbena, end up chucking the cobaeas thinking it was the verbena pot I wasn't expecting to germinate ( old seeds ) would of probably germinated if I put them in the propagator . I got some good very well nurtured verbena plants though, took me about 8 weeks to cotton on that the verbena weren't cobeaea
Perki, I like the paniculata hydrangeas particularly, and mostly they're white or greenish in flower which suits my garden well. Brussels Lace gets chopped down to around 8" every year in early spring so it doesn't take over the world...
Fairy, I wish I had room for a Hydrangea quercifolia! And that cobaea is really interesting.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Thanks for your appreciation! I currently use a Pentax K-5 camera. More about my camera & lenses on my photo site (and lots of photos too) at: http://www.rezeau.org/wp-photo/en/about/
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Hi fairy, we are very pleased this year with the improvement in the box hedging
we believe that not cutting for two years and basically just leaving "well alone" has made a difference
we so nearly took it all out a la " monty "
A A Milne
Oops don't know why it's upside down. .......border at bottom of garden. .....dahlias sunflowers cosmos nicotiana
When friends from the forum and I visited Kew in July, I admired Aesculus parviflora, American buckeye, near the cafe where we had lunch. Mine is finally in flower, a month later... I love the "tatty" flower heads.
Hydrangea paniculata 'Brussels Lace' is spectacular this year.
All brilliant. That Brussel's Lace is superb! Photo award to Papi's Dahlia - wow!
Only a couple from me:
1. Japanese Anemone 'Queen Charlotte'
2. Hibiscus (unknown) - more flowers than ever this year!
Fab pictures guys
Love the yellow rose from Johnny and colourful borders from steve greenfingers.
Very tempted by raisingirl's crocosmia bicolour but the garden is full
Looking good Liri. That's a particularly nice hydrangea. I only have whites as I don't like the colour of the blues and pinks. Mine are oak leaf (Quercifolia) and the autumn colour is lovely. They're only flowering now ( one isn't quite ready ) but I had to move them both so they're needing another year to settle again. They like a bit more sun and cope with drier conditions than the others.
I have a situation where I have apples, native primulas and 'summer' flowering Cobaea all performing in the same area
I'd split the primulas recently and thought I'd stick a pot of them in at the base of the Cobaeas so that I can enjoy them. The white cobaea is a new plant for me, (the blue variety is more often grown) and I think the flowers are perhaps unusual rather than attractive. Nice greeny white though, which I like.The buds are very structural, which I also like
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What sort of camera do you use Papi jo ? you take some really good photo's.
I am liking all the hydrangea's
I bought paniculata limelight a couple of weeks ago from the clearance section for £3.75 love a bargain, its flowering now 
I sowed some cobaeas but got the labels mixed up with some verbena, end up chucking the cobaeas thinking it was the verbena pot I wasn't expecting to germinate ( old seeds ) would of probably germinated if I put them in the propagator
. I got some good very well nurtured verbena plants though, took me about 8 weeks to cotton on that the verbena weren't cobeaea 
Perki, I like the paniculata hydrangeas particularly, and mostly they're white or greenish in flower which suits my garden well. Brussels Lace gets chopped down to around 8" every year in early spring so it doesn't take over the world...
Fairy, I wish I had room for a Hydrangea quercifolia! And that cobaea is really interesting.
Echinecea Magnus - kniphofia tawny king - my bargain hydrangea limelight back ground
Dahlia natal first pompom dahlia I ever grown, was hoping the flower would be bigger
Lily Stargazer
Echinops - Monarda Beauty of Cobham
Helenium M beauty - Agastache Black Adder
@Liriodendron,
Lovely Hydrangea paniculata 'Brussels Lace', just the kind I like!
@AuntyRach,
Thanks for loving my dahlia photo. First time I grow this cultivar (in a planter). The slugs love it.
Your hibiscus has an unusual colour, I like it.
@Perki
Thanks for your appreciation! I currently use a Pentax K-5 camera. More about my camera & lenses on my photo site (and lots of photos too) at: http://www.rezeau.org/wp-photo/en/about/