Whats looking good in August 2015

[Rosyrain]

Thank you DeborahJane and Becky.

The snails haven't touched the Nicotiana @DeborahJane but they have demolished the flowers on my new Clematis below! I would imagine they're not lovers of nicotine.

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Those are beautiful flowers. We have had an unusually dry summer and so everything is starting to die around here. The leaves on the trees are already staring to brown because of lack of water. My dad predicts that we are going to have a bad winter this year.

 

[Sheal]

I think I would put the Hydrangea in the ground too @DeborahJane, don't think they care to much for root restriction.

An idea below and I'm wondering if it's available to you. This is Fuschia 'Hawkshead'. It has delicate white flowers and is hardy so although deciduous it will survive the winter months. This picture was taken last year and over the winter I made the mistake of pruning it. I've found out since 'Hawkshead' doesn't like being pruned and this summer it's hardly flowered at all! The other little flowers in the pot are dwarf Sweet Peas.

 

[Sheal]

Thank you. Our summers last year and the year before were good @Rosyrain and followed by mild winters, so let's hope it's the same for you.

 

[DeborahJane]

I think I would put the Hydrangea in the ground too @DeborahJane, don't think they care to much for root restriction.

An idea below and I'm wondering if it's available to you. This is Fuschia 'Hawkshead'. It has delicate white flowers and is hardy so although deciduous it will survive the winter months. This picture was taken last year and over the winter I made the mistake of pruning it. I've found out since 'Hawkshead' doesn't like being pruned and this summer it's hardly flowered at all! The other little flowers in the pot are dwarf Sweet Peas.


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Thanks Sheal. That is a pretty fuscia. I like your suggestion. The standard fuscia grew well in my pot so I think another fuscia would be a suitable and impressive option.

 

[Mockingbird]

Bee's balm This year I had multi colored which was a switch

 

[JHB]

Bell peppers: pale yellow, perple, and undetermined.

 

[JHB]

Santa Fe grande peppers and more Serranos then I will know what to do with.

 

[JHB]

Carrots and purple beans that turn green when cooked.

 

[Becky]

Quite a feast you've got there @JHB!

 

[zigs]

 

[zigs]

 

[Esther Knapicius]

love nasteriums in my salad.

 

[headfullofbees]

Thanks Zigs.

You're a clever lady.
I wonder at the skills of proper gardeners, who can make areas so beautiful..
The bloke who lives next-but-one to me has made the most wonderful garden from bits and bobs he's picked up in fields etc. and you could not imagine how aesthetically pleasing it is.
I'm reasonably proficient, but no great shakes, at g-y-o, but this is a different, superior talent.

 

[Trellum]

A few pics from the garden this afternoon:

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The jasmine is smelling gorgeous right now!

That is just lovely, Becky! It looks like things are still pretty warm over there, almost close as warm as they are here. Lovely pictures I really need a new camera so when I start gardening in my new home I can do the same and share a lot pictures with you all

 

[Sheal]

You're a clever lady.
I wonder at the skills of proper gardeners, who can make areas so beautiful..
The bloke who lives next-but-one to me has made the most wonderful garden from bits and bobs he's picked up in fields etc. and you could not imagine how aesthetically pleasing it is.
I'm reasonably proficient, but no great shakes, at g-y-o, but this is a different, superior talent.

Thank you for the compliment @headfullofbees. I really don't consider myself to be a gardener, I prefer to grow plants from both seeds and cuttings, but of course they need to be planted somewhere so the gardening has to follow suit. I came close to buying and running a nursery years ago but was to involved rearing my young family at the time so gave the idea up. No doubt we all have regrets in life.