Wow 35.1°C recorded at Kew this month. We have had to do a bit of extra watering but the garden has loved it and grown like topsy.
June should be the month for roses but for us it is late May this is our Essex Rose and below is the wonderful Gertrude Jekyll.
Both have been fabulous all month but Jon's cutting has now taken off and wants to conquer the world.
We choice our three Clematis from the three different groups to spread out the flowering through out the summer. Hey Ho they are all in flower now and that is fine and fab
Clematis 'General Sikorski' - Group 2
Clematis 'Nelly Moser' Group 2
Clematis 'Rouge Cardinal' - Group 3
Clematis 'Comtesse De Bouchard' - Group 3
Hey Ho they can flower when they like and I will get the same pleasure. As does Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Tradescantia
Veronica with Mexican Fleabane
as are the Salvias we have some newbies to show of latter in the season
So much to look forward to but till then lets enjoy what we have now and take a tour of our vast estate.
if you have a look up our back passage you will see Scilla Peruviana if you can get this then get it and grow it. It is amazing.
I thought you might be interested to see how the Taro is doing. It had another hard unprotected Winter but it is back !
And our Cymbidium orchid is still refusing to stop flowering. I think it will get into June and then it will be off for it's Summer holiday in the garden
Donny is reminding me to mention the Fuchsia Fest Sneak Preview. This week it is the tiny Jewel like, 'Just Pat'
Well there we are then me dears May has been amazing and I am looking forward to seeing what is going to happen in June. We Hope to see you then but till then -
It's Ttfn from Donny
and Ttfn from me
Pip pip
It's been a peculiar month for the garden - too cold for the first couple of weeks (one of them, thankfully, while we were basking in Spain), then boom! A heatwave! In just one week of blazing sunshine and all that extra watering, everything's suddenly rocketing away. June will (hopefully) give us a magnificent show... Jx
ReplyDeleteThe amount of growth in the last couple of weeks has been astonishing. June has got off to a very good start indeed.
DeleteBeautiful, Madam A!
ReplyDeleteThe upsetting thing about the heat was it shortened the Hawthorn display here - one minute it was there, the next minute all gone, which I found a little sad. Also, my big pink bush shrivelled up - though I did get some pictures beforehand.
Sx
Some things didn't stand up to the heat as well as others but on the whole everything is looking amazing
DeleteCrikey, Madam A! The monthly garden update actually at the end of the month?!? Whatever next?! Not that I'm complaining, mind, as it's all so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe clematis are very showy, aren't they. And 'Just Pat' is a delight!
Oh you can be very harsh - Fair but Harsh !
DeleteI even now I am still very far behind on my reading list but the garden carries on growing and looking fabulous anyway.
I need to catch up and see what is going on in your allotment world.
PS
DeletePeople don't use the word Crikey anywhere near as much as we should these days.