The weather was very changeable at the beginning of the month, with 60-70mph winds at times during the first week! It seems to be the time of bulbs and corms at the moment - with lilies, dahlias and gladioli giving of their best. The day lily's are a warm mid-orange colour and last for ages despite their individual blooms only lasting one day.
The dahlias are rather lovely. I like their 2-colour flowers.
The gladioli have a most unusual lime green colour.
One of my favourite plants comes into bloom now as well. Fuschias make attention spots around the garden with their different colour flowers and calices. Pruning them right back in the spring seems very drastic at the time, but it certainly reaps rewards now. There are so many varieties to choose from and they are a plant that is easy to take cuttings from.
Other cuttings taken at this time of year include lavender and sage. The bees love both plants but they end up getting rather woody after a while and I like to take cuttings and start with new plants. The woody prunings after flowering still smell beautiful as they get shredded to go in the compost bin for recycling onto the garden at a later date. Don't like to waste anything in the garden if we can help it.
There has been much pruning and dead heading now that many early flowering plants are going over.
The petunias, with their huge purple blooms, however, are still flowering and the roses, after dead-heading, are coming up to flower again!
The acanthus we bought earlier in the year has finally come up to flower - what a spiky, very architectural plant. Should look even better next year as it grows.
In the wild flower patch the red poppies are still blooming, and the toadflax I think is a lovely little flower. There are still so many flowers looking good in the garden.
August
The flowers continue to give of their best
But the weeds flourish too, giving no rest.
Dead heading and pruning - all jobs to be done
Watering and staking are not always fun!
Taking cuttings, finding seedlings - now that's no chore
Plants for free - a bonus for sure.
Collecting seed from dry brown heads
Bag and label, or scatter in the beds.
More free plants to plug the gaps
Less room for weeds, ..maybe, ..perhaps
Plenty of jobs still to be done
This gardening lark will run and run...
Chore after chore, day after day,
No time to rest - or put the tools away!
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