Wandering round the garden early in the morning is a great delight. I was going to say for all gardeners, and then for everyone. But really I don't know if everyone likes walking round outside looking at their garden every morning. Anyway at the end of August, I took these photos of what I call 'stars in the garden'
I grew these Naughty Marietta marigolds from seed
And this Campsis has had to compete with honeysuckle over the years, but has produced some exotic flowers this year.
It's Morning Glory time
Below this Convolvulus althaeoides was bought from East Lambrook gardens 2 years ago, it is a bit of a thug, but I love the grey leaves and pink flowers
Below Dahlias obtained seed swap a couple of years ago from Brian who has masses of them at Pickards Field allotments
I love Verbena bonariensis, but hastata is also wonderful and seeds freely in my garden
This is a very tall plant with pink flowers, a member of the cannabis family, but i can't find what it's called at the moment.
Common aster
Unsure what this is, but it's lovely at the moment
African basil is one of my favourites, bees love the flowers
And although it's not easy to see, this is Salvia, Phyllis fancy, bought from Twigs in the spring, it is now huge.
I wonder how many Morning Glory flowers there will be tomorrow?
Two weeks ago Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' looked fantastic, they still do.
Above is a glorious Salvia, in its third summer in this situation, it's beautiful with large flowers, and below Diascia personata 'Coral Spires' bought from Triffids at a Rare Plant Fair held at Sculpture by the Lakes at the end of June. It requires lots of watering but is performing its socks off.
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