Rhona's Garden and Weather Watch

I visited Rhona's garden last week, maintaining social distance and took these photos which I hope you will enjoy.   

The garden was it usual colourful self and Rhona has been busy clearing areas and replanting during the lockdown.   

One of  the clematis which pre-dates Rhona and Simon's arrival is this glorious purple specimen;  it is a really strong, striking colour and glorious with the sun on it; 

 

it blends in well with a verbascum - this has overwintered in a pot and I initially thought it was a larkspur or similar. I am hoping Rhona will collect some seed at the end of its flowering season.   

Jane's recent post mentioned a perennial antirhinum which had come from Rhona's garden and I was delighted to come away with a pot of this as well.  

Rhona's roses are doing well (the first is For Your Eyes Only and the second unknown)  as is  a shrub version of an underrated plant (in my view) - the yellow phlomis.     I have one plant of the pink variety which appears to be much less easy to grow.   

As anyone who has visited Rhona's garden  knows, pots abound and there was one lovely pot which Rhona had planted up only that morning although my photographic skills do not do it justice.  

Also in pots are a lovely yellow and white iris, striking delphinium and a coat of many colours osteospermum. 

 

Water Watch

We had 2.7ml of rain yesterday which Peter described as a "useful amount" although  found some of  the soil still very dry this morning.  This compares with 0.1 ml in the same month last year.    

So, keep watering the pots.   

Best wishes

Rosemary