What's Looking Good in June 2023

[zigs]

May's thread here

 

[zigs]

Tetters took these pics today

 

[Sheal]

Looking good Tetters and Zigs.

What are the flowers in the top pic please?

 

[Tetters]

They are Geum, Mrs Bradshaw @Sheal - very reliable, came through the hot weather well, and seem to get better each year. There's a lone blue Delphinium trying to get its face in the picture as well.

 

[Sheal]

Thanks @Tetters. I recognised the flower but the old brain failed me again. I've had Geums in the past so something to re visit as I'm slowly developing a 'fiery' bed.

 

[Tetters]

Try Tithonias then, but make sure you have enough space for them. The words ''old'' and ''slowly'' apply to me as well add ''forgetful'' and ''confused'' and you're getting closer.

 

[zigs]

More flowers

 

[lifegardener]

"I Give Up"

 

[zigs]

Now you're talking @lifegardener

Eriosyce senilis

 

[Sheal]

Try Tithonias then, but make sure you have enough space for them. The words ''old'' and ''slowly'' apply to me as well add ''forgetful'' and ''confused'' and you're getting closer.

Good call on the Tithonias Tetters. They are supposedly deer resistant and will be happy in my sandy loam soil which is currently suffering drought.

Your words are very familiar.

 

[zigs]

Purple flower...

And a Chamaecereus silvestris, otherwise known as the Peanut Cactus

 

[Tetters]

@lifegardener - Cheers mate, you have made his day - it's sunshine all the way now

 

[zigs]

One of Owcho's babies flowered today

And also Owcho's new friend...

Soon be Owcho's turn, he's a few weeks late this year due to global warming making it so cold.

 

[zigs]

First flowers on the Opuntia humifusa today

 

[pepper]

Do all those cacti that bloom produce fruit? There are small little ones that grow wild in Saskatchewan. I had no idea they grew in Canada until I was in my late twenties and traveled to Sask. The fruit was delicious made into jam.