Fleeting glory!

What a lot if blue there is in our gardens.

This shows some of the Delphiniums I grow and behind is Paul’s Himalayan Musk. On the garden arch is the acid green of a hop, and clematis Lady Diana. The Rose is Harlow Carr. The rose peeping out above the clematis is The Generous Garden, one if the best smelling roses I think.

Geums are great for giving height and colour to a border. Bright red ‘Mrs Bradshaw’ seems to go on forever and there are lots of other shades. Perennial red lobelia, coreopsis, salvia ‘hotlips’, rudbeckia and echinacea purpurea (cone flowers) will give you height and colour. Erysimum Bowles Mauve is lovely if you want something shrubby, but you will have to be stern with it or it will take over.

Marigolds are a splash of orange and flower until the end of Summer .They reseed themselves too

I’ve pulled my little garden to bits today. Got rid of a few things to leave a bit breathing space for others . I would love a bigger garden but so happy to have an outside space that many others don’t have.

Loads of things seem to be in the wrong place so I have decided to take a few pictures and the move bits around in the autumn ready for next year.

Sadly our Sorbus tree ( 7 years in our garden so possibly about 10-12 years old) is looking a bit poorly with brown outline on the leaves . I will be so upset if we loose it . Almost everyone where I live have paved their gardens .

Though not fashionable at the moment and fairly hard to fine, try hardy garden chrysanthemums, e.g Mrs Jessie Cooper or Emperor of China. Very late flowering. Alstroemerias and Scabious Kudo will also flower into autumn.

Mollyplop, I love your door and plants against a white wall. Looks so attractive and welcoming.

I use pots to fill a temporary space. Violas can cope with the rain better than pansies