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Our gardens, a month-by-month pictorial diary of what's looking good now => Our Gardens => Topic started by: pamela on July 22, 2013, 05:37:34 PM

Title: Very hot July lacks colour for us.
Post by: pamela on July 22, 2013, 05:37:34 PM

Our garden seems to have very little colour this hot sultry July, but when I look I find ........... A few red Hibiscus, Salvia canariensis, S.blepharophylla,  Agapanthus, Russellia, Leonotis leonurus, Jatropha integerrima, Buddleia davidii, Plectanthrus argentatus, Lantana camara, Brugmansia x insignis, Perovskia atriplicifolia, Tulbaghia violacea ‘Alba’, Gaura lindheimeri, Nepeta tuberosa, Stephanotis floribunda, Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Madam Galen’, Dicliptera sericea (syn. D. suberecta)
and of course Plumbago in pale blue, dark blue and white. They are not lush...bits of colour here and there ! But mostly its dry and green.
Of course our Bougainvillea and the Jasminum officinale mix are another story!

Title: Re: Very hot July lacks colour for us.
Post by: Alisdair on July 22, 2013, 07:34:14 PM

Marvellous how you've managed such a "cool" look in that sultry heat, Pamela!

Title: Re: Very hot July lacks colour for us.
Post by: SusanIbiza on July 23, 2013, 04:00:26 PM

The Bouganvilleas and Oleanders are absolutely spectacular here in on Ibiza.  We have had very little rain since New year.  It never ceased to amaze me how these plants flourish in the harsh heat of summer.