thevictoriangardener: August 2017

Dienstag, 15. August 2017

Garden Bloggers´ Bloom Day- August 2017

Dear readers,

I wish you all a happy Garden Blogger´s Bloom Day - August 2017! In today´s post I am sharing some pictures of the plants that bloom in my garden at the moment. It has been unusually hot and dry this summer and many of my plants have been suffering. Nevertheless, there are some plants, which are doing well at the moment. I am especially happy with the my cosmos plants. I grew them from seed early in spring and they have been blooming beautifully for some time now. I am also sharing some rose pictures of the roses that flower at the moment as well as some other plants. I hope you too enjoy some blooms in your gardens at the moment. If so you might also want to participate in Garden Blogger´s Bloom Day hosted by Carol from May Dreams Gardens. Here the link of Carol´s blog: http://www.maydreamsgardens.com

Have a lovely week!

Lisa

Rosa Mme Boll

Rosa Jacques Cartier

Rosa Blue Perfume

Rosa Rosarium Uetersen

Rosa Reine des Violettes

Rosa Harlow Carr

Pelargonium Apple Blossom

My catmint blooming for the second time this year

Pelargonium Speckler´s Rainer

Pelargonium Kathleen Zoe

Pelargonium Milllfield Rose

Pelargonium Millfield Rose

Sweat peas: I grew many sweat peas from seed this year. Unfortunately they aren´t doing well as they are suffering from the extreme heat this summer.

I cut some roses for inside.

Rosa Gertrude Jekyll and Rosa Rosarium Uetersen

Rosa Kathleen Harrop

Rosa Mary Rose

Donnerstag, 3. August 2017

Mottisfont Abbey: Part 1

Dear readers,
I have been quite busy lately and thus haven´t yet shown you all the gardens I had visited during my England vacation. In this post I´d like to share some of the many pictures I took of Mottisfont. As roses are my favourite plants, Mottisfont Rose Garden was a highlight of my garden vacation in England. I loved the great variety of roses they grow at Mottisfont. They cultivate so many old rose varieties. I got to know various old roses I have never seen before. Conveniently, almost all roses are labeled, which is wonderful as you can walk through the beautiful garden, smell the roses, and if there is one you like especially you can look at the label and might buy this variety for your own garden. I love the way in which the roses are combined with annual and perennial plants. And of course I must not forget to mention the delicious smell. It is not only the roses that smell delicious, but a dozens of lovely sweet smelling dianthus plants are grown in the borders and beds. Before I came to England I haven´t payed much attention to dianthus, but having enjoyed their smell so much here in England, I bought some for my own garden.
Have a lovely day!
Lisa