Through the Garden Gate June 2019

With a garden mainly dominated by hardy perennials June has to be the star month in our garden. This is despite us being absent for a week on holiday and adverse weather with lots of rain, high winds and now a heat wave - the garden seems to be  have survived! This is the 4th year since we created this garden. We will have a busy autumn and winter reducing the size of some of the plants before they take over the borders!

I love these pastel colours produced by these pink carnations, pink felicia rose, thyme and wargrave pink geranium.

Succulents seem to have become very fashionable and I have to admit I have started buying more.I just couldn't resist these Red Hens and chicks when we visited the garden centre this week for dog food!

 The garden is full of the smell of roses, honeysuckle and philadelphus, with the long warm evenings it is a good time to linger in the garden and enjoy the scent.

Elsewhere in the garden nature has also created it's own showcase, these daisies have self-seeded both sides of the fence the footpath is covered with them too!

One of my favourite colour combinations is yellow and purple/blue. In the front garden we have added this Crambe cordifolia (seakale ). The white flower just adds a lightness to break up the colour of the lavender, marjoram and hebe. 

The same colour combination can be seen from the kitchen sink, I must have been looking more at the washing up as I have just noticed a few leaves of bind weed. They seem to be just like Jack's beanstalk twining around plants so fast!

The hydrangeas are all in bloom, last year they suffered so badly in the heat so I am determined not to let this happen this year.

Back and front of the border... 

One of the seating areas with the cutting garden in the foreground.

One of the garden pots in full flower

The more vibrant border- the colours look more diminished in this picture rather than in real life,

 There is always so much to look at and admire just look at the wonderful patterns produced on the petals of the Ballerina geranium.

It's not just the humans that are enjoying time out in the garden. Our cat Jack comes home frequently covered in grass seeds and pollen!

Tavi on the other hand is more interested in a ball or chasing pigeons or sunbathing!

What are the highlights in your garden this month?

It is always wonderful to see other gardens and watch their development during the year. If you want to join in with Through the garden gate each month please let me know in the comments below and I will add your site, it is always fantastic to see a range of gardens from all around the world.

Coastal Ripples

Margaret's Patch

Pam's English Cottage Garden

Get me to the Country

Elephant's Eye on False Bay

Sarah