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HOL Flower Show - June (aka. what's good in your garden *now*)

Last month was a great success - thanks for all the contributions.

5 days into June and the sun has started shining - last month's pyracantha flowers are completely gone and the Allium is down to (still rather attractive) seed heads. So what is looking good now in June...

Kniphofia - there are six 'pokers' this year compared to last year's one. The flower must be very tasty as snails and ants seem to be feasting on some of the smaller/lower ones.


Fatsia Japonica - was looking a bit tired a month ago but now masses of fresh green growth...


Red Valerian (Centranthus) - commonly seen growing out of sunny walls, this might be suitable for the harsh conditions of a Harringay front garden...

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Permalink Reply by alistairj on June 26, 2008 at 18:52
Not sure I've ever seen a poppy like that - I usually get a few (especially if the soil has been disturbed) but not this year and not with frilly bits.
I think I'll have to investigate astrantia - they look great.
Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on June 11, 2010 at 21:44
Reply by Alison P on June 25, 2008 at 1:29pm (Copied in with smaller files)

First poppy out this week. Have never planted a single one - they just seem to waft in from nowhere and luckily survive my haphazard weeding. This one is amazing - the photo doesn't really do its frilliness justice.


And these are astrantia - couple of years old and have now formed a fantastic clump.

Permalink Reply by Alison P on June 5, 2009 at 20:32
Just to get us off the cats!

The only new things I can add for June are these irises. I bought them a few months ago and it turned out they like bogs (which my garden certainly ain't). So I planted them in a pot with very poor drainage and they seem to be doing okay. Very delicate, and a gorgeous blue/purple colour.

In bud:


In flower:

Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 6, 2010 at 14:21
How far behind are folks' gardens this year? Mine's definitely a good few weeks delayed.

Here are a couple of pics from yesterday. A Kashmiri Geranium and a my huge Marie Boisselot clematis.

(Click pics to enlarge and restore the colour which the smaller version on the page below seems to strip out.)



Permalink Reply by Sam R on June 11, 2010 at 20:19
I've just looked up at my Banana plant which I thought would not survive our winter.....and what do I see? Its in flower!!! Amazing
Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on June 11, 2010 at 21:53
Great pic, but a huge file. To help save on our storage space and make it easier for folks with slow connections to see, we're swapping your version for a slimmer one, below:

Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 12, 2010 at 0:15
Bananas in Harringay. You're kidding! That's incredible.

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