Persian bellflower (Campanula poscharskyana) in the garden in June
There are some splashes of colour in the garden this month as well as the ever-present green of the trees and shrubs, so I thought I would celebrate this. Here are some recent pictures…
Tiarella
Escallonia laevis ‘Gold Ellen’
Fuchsia
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) smells wonderful in the early morning and late evening
Scented-leaf pelargonium ‘Attar of Roses’
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) gone to seed
I am growing potatoes in tubs for the first time this year…
…this flower had greenfly I didn’t notice until I enlarged the picture
Fern
Unexpected fern in a dark, damp pot – possibly hart’s tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)?
Up the steps to the wild garden
Ivy (Hedera helix) roots on a tree trunk
Bracket fungi
Young holly (Ilex aquifolium)
There’s still a hole in the canopy where we lost a very old ash tree a couple of years ago
But plenty of trees remain
Elder flowers (Sambucus nigra)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) leaves
Field maple (Acer campestre)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
In the end I’m afraid my posts always come back to trees…
The Squirrelbasket 
Hi there Pat. Honeysuckle and Fushia are my favourite flowers and of course I love all trees. I don’t know if you have noticed but everyone’s garden seems to be flourishing more than usual. There are several plants such as Hibiscus I have been trying to grow without success but this year bingo ! success. I put it down to the fact that Earth is having a rest since lockdown, so no pollution.. Hope all is well with you. Stay safe.
Thank you so much for commenting.
As well as the lack of pollution, we have had lots of sunshine and rain here, so all the greenery is lush.
Hope all is well with you, too. Do take care 🙂
When we were first gardening, and my inlaws came to visit, I showed them some pretty flowers that had volunteered. Those are potatoes! And so they were, we got a nice crop from compost volunteers. (But, worth growing just for those flowers ;~)
I never thought of them as ornamental, but you are right!
I usually think of tomatoes or the nightshade family when I see them.
All the best – take care 🙂
I’m growing potatoes in two old compost plastic sacks for first time as well. It seems to suit them and the stems and leaves are huge. But I am removing all the flower buds on the grounds that the plant will put energy into the flowers, and even more the ‘fruit’ that follows, so it’s better to channel all energy to the tubers. Here’s a great article that seems to support this approach. https://www.growlikegrandad.co.uk/allotment/sowing-growing-allotment/should-you-remove-potato-flowers-and-or-their-fruits.html The RHS says removing potato flowers “does not significantly increase yield” – but surely even a small increase is good?
Lovely images of your plants. I have, accidentally, grown Oats this year, and Barley from the bird feeders. I think they both look beautiful so I shall not be pulling them up but will try to harvest the seeds to feed the birds…
Great idea! These crops are very ornamental as well as practical.
Do take care 🙂