Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet'

Above: Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet'

Garden diary: July

Highlights of the August garden

Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' (Bergamot) (photo, left)
Lily "Star Gazer"
Inula hookeri
Agapanthus
Clematis 'Etoile Violette'
Heliotropium (photo, right)
Berries on the Rowan tree
Helenium "Moerheim Beauty"
Nasturtiums
Salvia patens
Dahlias
Berries of Arum italicum 'Pictum', turning from green to red

31 August 2005

In late August the first few brown leaves begin to gather under the street trees, on the pavements on the road into town. In the garden a few leaves are gathering too, particularly under the golden hop, which begins to lose its lower leaves very early.
More from the garden, August 2005

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Heliotropium

Above: Heliotropium

Garden diary: September