Through the Garden Gate--June 2023

 

The lovely weather we were having in May continued into June, but after such a long dry spell the garden started to suffer. The damp border dried up and some of the plants started to look a bit shriveled. At last the rain came, and very heavy it was too. So I was able to put the hose pipe and watering cans away for a while. The garden looks much fresher now.

I love seeing the garden change with the seasons and seeing the early plants die back and others coming in to flower to take their place.  The early hardy Geraniums, Aquilegias, Camassias, Primulas have all gone over and one of my jobs now is to cut them back. 

Now filling the borders are, Veronicastrum, Campanula, giant Scabious, white Valerian, Alchemilla mollis, lavender. Another of my jobs is to put some supports in place as some of these are now flopping over after the battering they got from the rain.

Early in June we visited RHS Harlow Carr at Harrogate. June is a good time to visit, there was so much colour. The streamside was particularly colourful with the candelabra Primulas and Himalayan blue poppies (Mecanopsis). 

Elsewhere there were clumps of Irises and foxgloves looking lovely. 

It is a good few months since we last visited Harlow Carr and since then there have been quite a few changes. There were some big rocky areas made from huge boulders and paths meandering through. It seemed like there were more water areas too. We always like to see the kitchen garden to get ideas for the allotment. 

I am linking this blog post to Sarah's blog at 'Down By the Sea' for her monthly 'Through the Garden Gate' post.