Temperatures are remaining around 20°C which rather suits me. I am writing this on Friday and we are expecting heavy rain later which is much needed. The garden has really filled out now and I can hardly move for plants. Which is making it difficult to get to any weeds without treading on things I’d rather not. A mixed bag this week of plants I can name, and those I can’t.
Update 6.00am Saturday. As always, it seems, the promised heavy rain went north of us. When I looked out this morning everywhere was dry! More heavy rain forecast for early morning tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
This little campanula is from a packet of seed labeled large white flowered. The flowers are white and also large for the plant, which is typical of campanulas. The plant itself however, is less than a foot tall. It reminds me very much of Symphyandra hoffmannii which I used to grow.
I am not a great fan of grasses but I find Anemanthele lessoniana, the pheasant tail grass outstanding. Unfortunately the picture doesn’t capture the effect of it glinting in the sunlight as it does. It will carry on throughout the year with the leaves taking on yellow, orange and red streaks towards winter.
This white, self-seeded verbascum has improved year on year. I know the wild plant is somewhat looked down on as a weed but I find them rather attractive. A big plus is that they are constantly visited by numerous bees. Both the white one, and the smaller yellow one, in the foreground, originated from a packet of mixed verbascum seed, but these plants have seeded themselves, into the paving, from elsewhere in the garden.
Primula x bulleesiana showing fasciation. This is one of the few botanical “coveralls” that I can relate to. x bulleesiana is obviously the combination of bulleyana and beesiana. Fasciation is quite common in primulas, particularly the candelabra types. There seems to be a myriad of things that can cause it from genetic mutation to viral or insect damage, which means, I think, that nobody is really certain.
Another plant that has seeded itself into the garden. This rather neat astrantia has been with me for several years now, and I have just left it alone to do its thing.
The first lily flower this year from a pot I have had for years, so, naturally I have lost the label! At a guess, I think it could be Lilium ‘African Queen’ a Lilium longiflorum hybrid. But please don’t take my word for it!
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A Plantsman's World 
I know what you mean about a filling garden, I can see some bind weed at the back of one of my borders and there is no way I can get to it, frustrating! Happy bindweed though. Whatever the lilies name, it is a lovely colour. Seedlings are a bonus in the garden and you have some really nice ones. They sometimes choose us rather than us choose them! Enjoy your week.
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Once I’m in the border trying to weed, I seem to lose control of where I put my feet! The worst incomer I had in the garden was pilosella. It’s a lovely flower, but once it starts to seed around, it’s an absolute devil to get rid of!
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We got the rain that bypassed you late last night – lots of it! You and I seem to have very similar horticultural tastes, I don’t much care for grasses but have one or two to please the non-gardener husband; I love verbascums but I haven’t grown one for many years and I need to correct that. I love the astrantia, too.
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We have had plenty of rain now, hooray! for some reason I took against the concept of prairie planting, which very much included grasses. Looking back it was probably because I couldn’t do it in my previous shady, damp garden. The one grass I did grow was the anemanthele which I grew in containers. Since then I have softened a bit and have one or two others, again in containers, as I still can’t find a place where they would blend in, in the borders. I haven’t any in flower at the moment, but Verbascum bombyciferum ‘Arctic Summer’ is a stunner, if you haven’t tried it.
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I have the same grass as you and it seeds everywhere, most are allowed to stay but sometimes I have to be firm! Like your verbascum and Primula bulleesiana, mine seems to have died on me!
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Yes, it does seed everywhere, but it is relatively easy to pull up. The verbascums have done well, but the primulas certainly didn’t like the long dry spell. They just love water!
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I hope you’re right about the heavy rain. We’re expecting it tomorrow. So fingers crossed : I will fill my tanks. Superb verbascum and magnificent lilium flower with a scent that you either love or hate, I don’t mind at all!
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We have had plenty of rain now but I think we will need it as temperatures appear to be going up again. I never used to like lilies, too artificial, but I do like them now. To me a lily is not a lily unless it has a scent.
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Wow, the campanula’s beauty is quite something to behold. Such a pure white. I truly hope you get the rain you’re needing. I’m heading out to my garden to get a little tidying done because we’re expecting some rain this afternoon.
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I’m glad you like the little campanula. I do think, as a genus, they are underrated. We have had the rain now, so I can breathe a sigh of relief, albeit temporary.
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Beautiful “Six”! Your featured plants are wonderful: from the Campanulas to the Lilies. 20C seems cool for this time of year. We have been lingering around 30-32C for highs recently, although a cool front will come through tonight bringing more comfy highs around 28C.
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Thank you. Twenty degrees is comfortable for me, must be my “northern” blood! My mother came from the Outer Hebrides, 20° is a heatwave for them!😃
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I do like it when plants find their own happy place in the garden. Unfortunately my verbena bonariensis seems to love the pebbled pathways, making getting around quite a challenge!
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That’s the problem isn’t it. You provide them with an ideal spot and they move in and try to take over! Half the time they won’t grow where you want them to. 😃
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The pheasant tail grass is a beauty. I stood on no end of plants when I planted the annuals yesterday. I hope you get some of the forecast rain soon.
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Thanks, we have had plenty of rain now but I think we are going to need it as temperatures are going up again. I seem to loose control of my feet once I get into a border and it’s always my favourites that I manage to stand on!
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I am a fan of things that self seed, and the Astrantia is quite nice!. I used to be lukewarm on grasses, but that one is very handsome. My favorites native to my area are Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) and Little Bluestem, (Schizachyrium scoparium).
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When “prairie” style planting came in, I didn’t have a suitable environment, so tended to ignore grasses for the most part. Since then I have tried a few more, but always in containers as I can’t seem to find a suitable spot in the borders.
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Lovely six. Your pretty campanula looks like Campanula latifolia ‘ Alba’. I love campanulas and the obliging way they self seed around the garden. Astrantias never self seed here, lucky you. That lily is a gorgeous colour.
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Thank you. I think you are probably correct. To be honest I have never tried to identify it. I think campanulas are very underrated as a genus which is a shame.
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I’m glad to see in your comments that you have had rain. We’ve had a lot recently, but happily with fairly pleasant days in between. I really like the pheasant tail grass, I just wish they liked my garden but they don’t seem to do too well here. Astrantias are a favourite, like you, I leave them alone…until they get too big or self seed where I don’t want them to be.
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