My rock garden plants are starting to pass but still lots of other perennials blooming. Here is my Campanula alliarifolia.
Newfoundland August blooms
Astilbes are flowering all over the garden. This is one of my oldest called Peach Blossom.
Clematis X durandii scrambles through the threadleaf false cypress (and everything else!)
Ligularia 'The Rocket'
Campanula carpatica are peaking
Delosperma ashtonii...a perennial mesembryanthemum.
And my clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon' is spectacular.
I'll end off with Gentiana dahurica, as being the harbinger of of my late-summer flowers
Beautiful photos as always Todd. Your clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon' is indeed spectacular, and I love your Delosperma ashtonii. Such brilliant colours. Thanks for sharing. --Ginny
They're beautiful, Todd.
You must have a huge place to have so many beautiful things.
I have likes and dislikes when it comes to flowers. (like most of us), and I'll have to say that in all the things you've posted, since I've been around Daves Garden, I've never seen one thing that I didn't like. They're always beautiful.
I never know what to grow. I can't remember names. So, when it comes time to order things, I can't do it most of the time because I don't know the name. So, I end up not getting anything, or hardly anything.
Darrell
Darrell, my garden is actually quite small..the smallest in our neighbourhood, much to my dismay. The back is only 65" X 55". I just pack a lot into a small space and rarely duplicate anything.
Are you really talking in inches Todd? My God, and I thought I had it tough when I only had 10' X 15' to work with! You certainly do maximize your space. --Ginny
inches...now that would really take some talent! I meant feet.
My, you have some lovely perennials, Todd. What I like about them is that they continually bloom throughout the summer. I have some that are just starting to open now.
I love the color of your Peach Blossom.Astilbe and the wonderful vibrancy of your Delosperma ashtonii is breathtaking.
I wish my Clematis looked like yours. They are beautiful. I have a new plant this year, "Bluebird". It was lovely when it blossomed, but only did so 2-3 times and now, although it grew on the trellis to over 6 feet tall, has quit blooming. :(
You sure DO pack a lot into a small space. I don't know how you do it. I wish I could grow beautiful flowers. Maybe if I stick around DG long enough, I'll learn. (I hope) :)
It took 20 years to perfect the art of overplanting!
:)
Beautiful pictures Todd.
It looks like you have many acres.
Joan
Beautiful pictures Todd. I love all the plants but your clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon' truly is spectacular. How many years old is it? We got that one in the fall but it's just a baby and only has a couple of flowers.
Sandy
That clematis is over 15 years old....I bought two new ones two years ago but they died this past winter. I have a Pink Chiffon that is 5 years old and not really thriving the way I'd like. Clematis X durandii is more of a perennial than a vine. I have a viticella that is fairly large but won't be flowering until mid September. Really, the red one I showed is by far my happiest. However, I do have three Clematis alpina that are huge and smothered in flowers in June. They are full of fuzzy seed heads now. I'll try to get a pic later.
Wonderful pictures Todd,
I love the smell of Campanula capraticas, they smell like fresh picked peas to me. I remember when I first discovered them in my A&P of all places and they were sold as Carpathian Bluebells.. or when my dad saw them he called them scottish bluebells.. the whole common name thing is so confusing...
regardless your garden is breathtaking..
aj
echoes
Aug 10, 2005
Always love seeing more of your garden Todd. Will the Gentian dahurica take quite a bit of sun? I have some still waiting to be planted, and I'm running out or shade.
My dahurica get sun from about 12:00 noon till about 6 pm....the hottest time of day. I think as long as it gets enough water, it can take the sun.
Hey, hey hey, lots of shade near here you know
Inanda - now laughing happily
echoes
Aug 10, 2005
OK, you can have a few. Thanks Todd.
Todd, we seem to have the same flowers blooming at approximately the same time. My Ligularia 'Rocket' is in full bloom, as are all my campanula. My astilbe is just budding up. I was pleased with all the blooms on my C. takesimana 'Elizabeth', but I'm afraid it is going to be a bit of a thug!
Oh, and my 'Polish Spirit' clematis is in full bloom, as well.
Nice specimen of Elizabeth..she does run a bit. You were ahead of me earlier in the season but it's nice to see that we are not behind everyone!
Lovely flowers, Weezi.
Thanks, OFG! We had a rather drab period here with two weeks of rain, but the current sunny weather is bringing out the perennial blooms again.
Yes, Todd, Elizabeth is quite a nice plant, but it is dominating the bed. I think she needs her own bed where sh can be as dominant as as she pleases, but I just can't think where I'll put her. I try to keep the Campanulas separated out a bit so I can collect seed.
Perhaps I was a bit ahead of you because I was taking snap shots of my south bed. It is up against the foundation of our house, and I keep the basement heated in the spring to accomodate the seedlings I start under lights down there. The south bed is always earlier than the rest of my perennials.