The Garden in July

The main border is, perhaps, past it's best. But what is interesting is that some plants are now thriving as others fade. 

The bedding border now has verbena in different colours after the original dwarf dahlias were a disaster. But I did have room for half a dozen new ones which seem to be fine. Most not yet in flower.

Some of the roses have finished their first flowering and have new buds for a second bloom. Especially the rose Blue for You. Others are still in flower. Another "good year for the roses".

At the front of the side patio border, an echinacea has popped up.  I cannot remember where this came from, someone must have given it to me, or maybe from a seed packet. But it is doing OK, in about 5mm of soil. The asters are trying to invade it's space.

Only one of the three hostas at the end of the side patio has flowers. Not sure why.

I love the agapanthus, although they might look better in border than in a container. But this is their  third year.

I removed that very tall plant that was dominating the hot bed. The achillea seem better having been pruned earlier in the year. And the poppy has started to flower again.

See other posts for Hypericum Hidcote and the Acanthus. 

Next, a couple of photos from the end of the long border that do not get much attention. At the top, the yellow anthemis is backed by the white astrantia, and below the good old heuchera still flowers after all these years. Somewhere at the back, a transplanted piece of acanthus still appears every year.

There is a separate post for the large Acanthus, but due to the blight that has attacked the leaves, it has been cut back to leave a couple of new stems.

I found a rogue Buddleia in the long border that has now been removed and a peg inserted where it used to be in case it reappears. The whole area around the roses looks far better, especially the poppies.

And finally, the area at the end behind the laurels where I used to have the compost heaps, has now been completely cleared of the prunings of the leylandii from last years visit. An interesting area for the future. The stumps from the old Aylesbury Prune trees that died refuse to break down despite stump killer.