PUSHING THE BORDERS

Some stuff still looking good other things still to come, hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as me!

Clematis jouiniana praecox 008 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Clematis jouiniana praecox 009 by charliepridham, on Flickr

001 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Solfatare here is one of my favorite Crocosmias unfotunately it doesn't grow that strongly compared to Lucifer (or Monbretia!)

Solfatare003 by charliepridham, on Flickr
I allow my Phygellius capensis to grow up and become a shrub, its been flowering for months

phygelius capensis002 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Gingers have now all started, could do with some wet, but I would rather the sunny weather carried on!

Hedychium yunnanense 012 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Hedychium spicatum004 by charliepridham, on Flickr

hedychium Assam Orange005 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Eucomis bicolor007 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Some of the Passiflora are very late this year, this one came from Tregrehan

Passiflora mathewsii alba 003 by charliepridham, on Flickr

charlie wrote:hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as me!

Yes, I was until this morning. It was a bit of a shock going outside first thing, I had to come inside again to pull on a sweat shirt.
It has warmed up a bit now but I hope that it isn't signalling the beginning of the end of summer.

Its been great hasn't it, hope we get a nice Autumn although some rain is badly needed now! We had a weeks holiday in Cornwall during the Trent bridge test match, the weather was sublime ( made up for several washout holidays !) - who would want to live anywhere else is the weather was always like that! I have that clematis Charlie but it grows through a privet hedge which is a bit annoying as it is a lovely thing. I find that Crocosmia Solfatare is very robust for me pushing through Helenium no problem and flowering well in half sun. I do tickle them up with a fork in the spring to loosen the corms apart a bit, maybe that helps.

tony wrote: I find that Crocosmia Solfatare is very robust for me pushing through Helenium no problem and flowering well in half sun. I do tickle them up with a fork in the spring to loosen the corms apart a bit, maybe that helps.

I have to have a go at that, "Tickling up with a fork" is such a wonderful expression (which I hadn't heard before) that I shall do it just so I can use it in conversation - don't care whether it helps or not! :lol: