After a week away walking the Cleveland Way I had just one night at home to pack a suitcase for a two day conference in Sheffield with work! I managed a little wander round the garden though to see what changes have happened over the week…
Everything is looking taller and fuller! The patio is looking pretty colourful with geranium Ann Folkard with it’s majenta flowers, it seems to be spreading somewhat so I thinking I may have to take it in hand at the end of the season! The dutch irises are making a good display too, they came from my mums garden quite a few years ago.
The roses over the arch are starting to flower, this is a David Austin rose called Teasing Georgia. Looking through the arch you can see alchemilla mollis, another geranium, two astrantias – there’s a large creamy one on the corner and also a pink one on the bed above the irises. The black sambuscus is still looking pretty with it’s creamy-pink flowers and it nicely hides the biggest part of the fence.
I’ve got several astrantias now, all different colours, they seem to like my clay soil. As well as the two above I’ve a deep red one in my Amber & Amethyst garden and a dark pink one in amongst the roses near the summer house. I’ve also got this one which I took from my mum’s garden before we sold her house, it’s still in a pot whilst I decide where to put it. I like it’s ‘petals’, they’re actually leaf bracts, but they’re a bit bigger than many astrantias and look almost papery.
Up in the Amber and Amthyst garden I’ve two tall flower spikes, I think this one is called erasmus, the geum behind it has been flowering it’s socks off for weeks now with it’s deep orange flowers. The Port Sunlight rose has just started to flower and the purple foliage around this bed is looking pretty ‘amber & amethyst’-ish
Over on the other side of the AA garden it’s looking very pretty, but decided more pink than amber & Amethyst! The rose at the back is covering the obelisk, the blooms start a soft amber colour but quickly seem to fade to a creamy white. There’s lots of self seeded foxgloves and poppies around it’s base. You can also see the dark red astrantia next to the arch. In the forground are perenial cornflowers, erysimums and a very pink blousy peony! Soon my favourite rose, Lady Emma Hamilton will start flowering, balancing the border a bit with it’s gorgeous coppery orange blooms.
We’re opening our garden for the last weekend in July, putting on a little quilt and needlework exhibition too, trying to raise money for the soldiers charity. I’ve got a month to try and get on top of the weeds! Mind you, having visited a garden in Helmsley last week which was full of weeds, I feel much better about mine! If anyone is nearby and fancies coming along, leave a message and I’ll send you my address.
thecraftycreek 
Your garden is looking very pretty and so colourful. I have found the bees prefer the weeds to the flowers, so call your weeds, a bee garden! Enjoy the conference.
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Thanks Cathy, unfortunately my worst weed is mares tail which does absolutely nothing for bees!
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Just gorgeous!
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Thank you
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You have so much blooming! It all looks grand. Don’t worry about those weeds. Do what you can do and just don’t worry. Everyone will feel better seeing a few weeds. You have so much more to see in your garden. No one will notice those errant weeds.
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Thanks, I always like to see a few weeds in a garden – makes me feel better about mine 🙂
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I love your garden! I would love to wander through it! Are you opening it through the yellow book garden walk? I saw a show on tv about that. I may need to add some geum to my garden. My husband and I hope to go to England sometime and your walks and gardens are inspiring our itinerary!
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Thanks Gail, I’m not doing it through the yellow book scheme, just privately.
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Wow, you have such a gorgeous garden!!
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Thank you 🙂
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Your garden is so abundant, so beautiful! It’s wonderful watching it grow from week to week.
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Thanks Prue, it is looking very blousey at the moment!
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Watching the changes in your garden is always a Monday highlight. Best of luck to you as you prepare for the open house!
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Thank you, I’ve rather a lot to do!
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Big fan of astrantia in the garden as they are so easy to maintain. I think you have astrantia maxima. Loving your foxtail lilies too – they just won’t grow in my garden!
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Thanks for identifying my astrantia, I’m pretty amazed that the foxtail lillies are surviving in mine 🙂
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