June 2020 - English Garden Tour

Welcome to my June garden tour. We've got a nice overcast day today so we should be able to see everything quite well. We'll start over here. This was the yobanis that I planted up a couple of days ago with the fuchsias. So obviously not an awful lot has happened with this at the moment. But have a look at my sweet peas. The sweet peas that I planted are just lovely. I keep tying them in and as you can see this one here is flopping over. So every now and then just go over and tuck it in very carefully. But that has shot up so that is looking wonderful. As are these planters. They've just gone wild. I've only fertilised them once. I was going to fertilise them every Sunday. That was going to be my new regime but of course I did it one Sunday. And then events overtook me the following Sunday. And this was the pallet wall planter that Richard made. Well probably six weeks ago now. That is looking fabulous. All tumbling over. It's been very successful. This is the west side of the house so it does get the full sun in the afternoon. Which is the hardest for plants to cope with really. So everything along this wall has to work hard. And look at this. This was the Grecian planter. And that's just looking absolutely gorgeous. This is the clematis that I planted. I'm going to show you the good, the bad and the ugly in this garden. Because there are all three. One morning I came down and it had three strands. You can see it's only got two now. This strand here was completely dried up overnight. And no idea why. So I had to cut it all off. And then I untied this strand and moved it over a bit. No idea why. But those things happen. The hanging baskets are looking lovely. They've done really well. Just doing ever so well. And you've seen the hostas before. They're now flowering. So they're obviously very happy. Now something that is not happy is my honeysuckle. And I am very unhappy with the honeysuckle. This part, beautiful. Look at this. Busy lizzies. And this lobevia is just thriving. But can you see the honeysuckle? We have powdery mildew. You see all those white spots? That is a fungus. And it's airborne. But I'm going to do probably a ten day trial. And then at the end you'll know, did it work or didn't it work. I have about three different things to try. So hopefully the first one will work and we'll be fine. But that is a bit upsetting. But nothing is unresolvable. This always looks very pretty. It's just my camper van. That's lovely. Let's have a look at the box tree moth trap. So it's still trapping them. Oh, you can see that one's alive. That one's just got in there because he's still alive. But if you have a look at the box trees themselves. They did get attacked. But it doesn't look as if any more has happened. So hopefully we caught it in time. Then we've got some lovely plants here. We've got a smoke bush. Which I think probably needs to be in the sun more. Because it hasn't gone the lovely brown colour. So I might look into that and I might need to move that. And the rose dendron flowered for the first time in two years. So that was good. I'm going to have to cut this out I think. Because that has got trampled probably by one of the dogs. And then on Gardner's World this week. Monty said these poppies. That if you do that. You could get a flush of new growth. So we'll try that. And I've gone a bit mad for hoopras now. And I've got four different colours. So this is the first one, a beautiful lime green. This is just about to flower. That is my anniversary rose that I've mentioned before. The verbena has started to flower. And I love the verbena because it goes on and on and on. The stems are really strong. It kind of looks after itself. You don't have to do anything with that. And this is another hoopra. Beautiful colour. These osteospermos. Do you remember I cut them right back. And I told you that they will begin to flush again. And they have. It's taken a few weeks. But there's lots of buds. If you look in closer. You can see all these little buds. Another thing that's bad in the garden. I said there's the good, the bad and the ugly. This is my lilac. And I'm wondering what all this is. I don't think it's the sun. Because this area all along here just gets morning sun. Which is the kindest sun. It has been very, very hot. So I'm going to look into that. And find out what that is. And then hopefully find an organic way of treating that as well. So it's a shame. But as I say, these things happen. And you've seen the berberis. I pruned drastically. And the fuchsia. Beautiful flowers. The sweet William is going strong. It's beginning to end now. You can see. But that has gone on for a very long time. The sedum is beginning to flower. This is an autumn joy. And that's going to be beautiful purple flowers. That will be obviously in the autumn. And I pruned the rose. A few days ago. Down to the five leaves if you remember. If you didn't see that video. That's worth having a look at. Because now's the time to do that. So I explain how to do that in that video. This is one set of my painted alliums. So it's rained quite a lot. And they're still okay. I did mention, but I will mention again. These flowers are dead anyway. I haven't killed them by spraying them. People do cut them out. And use them for Christmas decorations. I mean they would cut them now. And store them for Christmas. Because they finish flowering. And so I haven't killed the alliums by spraying them. Do you remember that I cut off all the flowers. From the salvia hotlips. And look already. They've all come back. So I'm quite pleased with these three pots. Each one will get as big as this fountain. And it's just going to be a big glorious shield for the fountain. I've got some more baboon here. Clematis. Finished flowering. If anyone knows, please comment. I believe if I cut the seed heads off. It might flower again later on. In fact I've tried it on this one. Cut the seed heads off there. This one of course is still flowering. Beginning to finish. That one's been very nice. We have some more hookahs. The Chinese Cambago. The Campanulas have finished now. So I've cut those down. The tall spikes. Cut all the spikes off. This is another autumn seeding. Autumn joy. Have a look at the back there. The canna lilies are beginning to grow. I love these. They will be this high. And they will have beautiful red spiky flowers. I have a very poor show of dahlias. Which got eaten by the slugs. But it's got a couple of little buds. There. And here we go. My lovely dahlias. Nearly at the end. This is a Myanmar hydrangea. Which I bought last year. For look. It's just beginning. To start budding up. And these flowers all going well. Will be. This big. Like cone shapes. About that big. Fingers crossed. Here's the osteosperm on this side. Which is beginning to get some flowers. It's got little buds. Dotted about. It will never be as good as it was. When I first planted it. This one has been in for three years now. So we'll see what happens. Could be time for something new there. And then this salvia. I had to. Tie it up. Yesterday I did that. It was just completely flopping. I think it had rained. So it's looking a little straggly. But that's because. It was all flopped on the floor. And I just pushed it up. And I'm hoping that in a couple of days. It will kind of. Reach the sun again. And all will be well. Over here. This has just done amazingly. We've got the blue fosco grass. That I love it. Geraniums are looking lovely. And of course. When each one fades. I will take the flower. Back down to the stem. And then it will just constantly. Flushing through. These are my other hooperas. Which have kind of joined. Into one big hoopera now. Love them. We have had. A sad story. I had three. Exactly the same. And look. They have performed totally differently. This one. Has got all these little flowers. This one. Has remained thicker. No flowers. This one. Well. It's got to go. So that's very strange. But that's what happens in a garden. You can't get upset. When flowers die. Because the garden is constantly changing. Anyway. That's it. For the June garden tour. I hope you've enjoyed it. And let's get on with July. July is usually. In my garden. Sometimes things can come to. A bit of a stand still. The first flush of spring is over. And things kind of just settle. Anyway. We'll see what happens. Thank you for watching. And I will see you soon. Bye.