Allotments 4 All

So, tis raining, thank goodness, my seedlings will be growing like mad now, but I can't get to the allotment so wandered around the garden after a shower and took a few snaps.  Hope you like them.

- double philadelphis, cut and in the house, smells wonderful!

- clove scented pinks, grown from seed.

- Full name, can't remember...something like sisiystrem (!!!)

  - I love this verbascum, looks antique.

Achilea I think.

- digitalis lutea.  Musch smaller than the big normal foxgloves, more delicate I think.

- Pelargonium grown from seed brightening up our porch.  Funny really, the seeds I bought were salvias, and only pelargoniums germinated! :P

  - lupins, grown from seed.  Slug food in my garden  :'(.

- lychnis.  

What more could one ask? 'squisite!

Our verbascum have been totally destroyed by the moth & the caterpillar. = Tim

PS All I can offer - for the rose lovers! - is Sharifa Asma.

Thanks to you both .A joy to behold.

EJ, I'm glad you took a tour around your garden as your photographs are gorgeous!   :D That philadelphis is a 'must have' and the lychnis is sooo delicate and such a lovely, rich red.

Tim, your rose is a real beaut. - is Sharifa Asma scented?


Eileen.

David Austin says 'strongly scented'. Others say 'honey scented'.

I think it depends upon when & how you view it?  Tim

EJ & Tim - lovely to see such pretty flowers. I have neglected my garden over the past couple of years (doing only the bare minimum) as been so tied up with my children. Seeing your pics is inspirational and I can feel my green fingers getting the itch to start gardening again. Thanks for sharing your growing success.  :)

Beautiful photos Emma & Tim.  

Hasn't rained here for ages, really need some natural rain to bring all the little plants on.  Tap water just doesn't have the same effect.

 Hi Tim what a most beautiful rose and a lovely picture,i was going to ask same question is it scented ,it must be a joy to have in the garden LOVELY. :)   Rosebud

Wonderfull pics EJ. Just  a correction or two. the one you called Achillea isnt. Looks to me more like Oenothera (evening primrose) or maybe a potentilla (not sure  :-\)

Hmm, Rain what IS that? Forgotten what it looks like. Fancy Essex, one of the drest counties in the country getting it and not Dorset (One of the wettest). Havent seen a drop here for weeks ::)

Jesseveve - that's one of the ideas, really - a garden visit for those without. = Tim

Lovely pictures both of you, I liked them all

I think the name you were looking for EJ is; Sisyrinchium...and I would say the flower you call Achillea is in fact a Potentilla

Full name of plant is Sisyrinchium striatum (or it was I have a feeling the name has been changed recently). the other yellow one is possibly Potentilla warrenii. The red Lychnis is chalcedonica (English name, Maltese Cross).

 - or even Jude the Obscure? = Tim
( doesn't keep in water )

simply gorgeous! what more can I say?!