Garden Bloggers Bloom Day in June

I'm sure you're wondering what's in flower in my Scottish garden in June.  I just love this month in the garden as so many of the herbaceous and foliage plants are just looking so good.  The garden is predominately flowering in shades of pink, salmon and blue with little pockets of white and yellow (as seen in my Golden Hour Foliage post).  Mounds of low growing Dianthus are in bloom along with the Helianthemums, Potentillas, Tradescantia, Stachys macrantha and various Thymus.  

Like in previous months GBBD posts I'm just showing a small selection of the flowers in bloom. (photo to left: Papaver orientalis 'Royal Wedding') 

1. Top left - Astrantia rubra  

2. Top right - self sown seedlings of Primula bulleyana

3. Bottom row from left to right - Saxifraga x urbium 'Londons Pride',  Aquilegia seedlings,  Enkianthus campanulatus, Kalmia latifolia buds

There is less weeding to do in June as very little of the soil is visible in the borders.  Other than some deadheading and keeping the grass mowed and edged there is very little else to do other than having a good read on the patio when the weather is good or taking photographs of the flowers and wildlife.  

1. Large photograph left - Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'

2. Small photographs top right to left - Iris siberica, Geranium 'Johnstons Blue', Thalictrum aquilegifolium, Geranium pretense 'Splish splash'.

3. Large photograph right - Nepeta racemosa

4. Small photographs bottom left to right - Centaurea montana,  Scutellaria altissima, Geranium phaeum 'Sambor', Allium schoenoprasum.

Watering and keeping the annuals (Marguerites, Osteospermums, Violas, Geraniums and Petunias) in the containers and hanging baskets fed will be the most time consuming job outside this month while next month I can add deadheading to that list.  It's not really a job that I enjoy doing but once the honeysuckle and roses are in bloom and the garden is full of their aromas in the evening then it will be well worth the effort. 

1. Large photograph left - Centranthus rubra

2. Small photographs right top and bottom - Paeonia lactiflora 'Bowl of Beauty' and Papaver orientalis 'Salmon Glow'

3. Small photographs left top and bottom - Geranium endressii 'Wargrave's Pink' and Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diablo'

4. Large photograph right - Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'

So far we've found and destroyed 2 wasps nests and have discovered that wasp nest killer is great for killing the ants nests aswell. The little fledglings are getting better at flying and less of them are flying into the kitchen window though we've had a few sit on the windowsill outside and look in at us.  Over in the wildlife pond  the common newts have grown their legs so it won't be too long before they start leaving the pond and start to feed on the slugs and snails in the borders.  We have about 20 of them in the pond so I'm hoping that once they become land bound they'll not all migrate into the neighbouring gardens.

That's all for today and for more garden blogger bloom day posts across the world please visit Seepferds Garten and May Dreams Gardens. 

Until next time......

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