A few patio flowers in late June
Feijoa, grown from seed many years ago. Beautiful flowers, but no fruit
Angelonia, or summer snapdragon, just planted out., It will grow tall!
Calendula, or pot Marigold,.yellow version. We have orange, too.
Hydrangea, ripening.
Hydrangea, promising more to come.Hydrangea, up close and personal.
Another Hydrangea, blue this time.
Lavatera 'Barnsley Baby'
When I started my first garden in another place and time, lavatera were one of my first plants. I haven’t though of them for a long time.
ReplyDeleteAll the mallows are pretty, I think, and quite good-tempered in the garden.
DeleteStunning photos Janice - especially love the hydrangeas ♥️
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julie. The hydrangeas are especially pleasing this year. We had a lot of rain in the early part of the year, but it's been very dry recently, so not best suited to hydrangeas. We will keep a careful eye on them.
DeleteVery pretty.
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DeleteI have a tall Fejoia tree in the front yard here visible from my window, the flowers are lovely when they bloom and my first summer here I ate some of the fruit. Since then it hasn't been as nice with the tree never getting enough water I think. I leave the fruit for the birds now.
ReplyDeleteOur will never fruit, but the flowers are so pretty.
DeleteJune really does bloom.
ReplyDeleteAn embarrassment of riches.
DeleteHow lovely. Much more advanced down there. We are still waiting for many of ours to burst forth.
ReplyDeleteIt will be so worth it when they do.
DeleteWe had a feijoa but it never fruited, however my brother's did this year with so many fruit, he can't give them away.
ReplyDeleteLovely. We've only got one tree and feijoas are not self-fertile.
DeleteReally colourful. You know you need two feijoas for fruit but if apparently the petals are also edible.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't got room for another one!
DeleteWhat a colorful mix of beautiful perennial flowers. I'm pleased to say my Christmas cactus is now outside on the porch and seems to be putting out tiny new leaves. And I ended up having snapdragons it started themselves by last year's seeds. However they're two different colors which is weird since the mother plant was pink.
ReplyDeleteI love it when plants self-seed - you never know what you'll find. They revert to their origins.
DeleteSo pretty. My hydrangea are way behind this year. They are working on blooming this year though
ReplyDeleteYou'll appreciate them all the more when they do flower.
DeleteLove that flower in your first photo - have never seen that before.
ReplyDeleteWe never thought it would flower. It's not native and we grew it from seed, so we're delighted with it.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. Sometimes I wish we were around enough and had the skill and locale that we could grow flowers like that.
ReplyDeleteNot much skill here, but plenty of time! 😉
DeleteLove your flowers -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThank you, Christine.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. I do like blue hydrangeas
ReplyDeletemother loved her hydrangea bushes, in Savannah GA they grow up to 10 feet tall,, daddy used to bury nails around them to make them more blue colored.. I love that first flower, I can't spell the name. its really exotic
ReplyDeleteLovely to see these flowers ...
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
What a lovely mix of patio flowers you've got! I wasn't familiar with Feijoa, but what a beauty it is! xxx
ReplyDeleteI love the flowers and your pictures came out so nice!
ReplyDeleteLucky you to have lavatera. We lost one to a fungus and its replacement failed to thrive. I miss them. Lovely flowers you have.
ReplyDeleteI never used to be fond of hydrangeas but i love them now. Those are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAll looking very healthy and I especially like the close-up photo of the hydrangea. Mine have plenty of buds thanks to the wet spring but are now in dire need of a good soaking!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! I love all your photos but that first one with the red stamens catches my eye today. I anything with deep reds involved.
ReplyDeleteI love hydrangeas. Next to lilacs, hydrangeas are my favorite flowers!
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