PERENNIALS... GRASSES... GROUND COVERS.. Apr-June '22

Marlorena

A photo thread, with a touch more specificity than general gallery threads.. this is for late Spring/early Summer..  You are welcome to join in.  Even if it's something just showing above ground, doesn't have to be in flower..

I have loads of this and that, so let's get going..

Rhodanthemum 'Marrakech'..  flowers Mar-May.. evergreen.. soft foliage, like Artemisia..

Pulmonaria 'Opal'.. these are just going over..

Brunnera 'Jack Frost' / Tulip 'Lady Jane'.. the tulips are just going over too..

Rhodanthemum 'Tangiers' .. flowers all year... Helianthemum 'Supreme'..

Gaura 'Pink Dwarf'.. I love this foliage colour.. these develop into quite good size shrubby plants by midsummer..

Geranium sanguineum 'Matt Frei'.. first flowers..


...more to follow..

Nanny Beach

I do like a bit of this and that

Marlorena

Escholzia californica.. flowering very early..

..Erysimum 'Golden Jubilee'.. evergreen.. makes a good mat cover..

Delphinium 'Aurora'.. soon be flowering..

I like these purple-y Aubrietas..

Rhodanthemum 'Casablanca'.. flowers all year..

Iberis sempervirens.. evergreen, I think this is 'Snow Mound'..

Marlorena

..windy and very dry in East Anglia.. beginning to look like a drought situation..

I'm a bit concerned about this plant that I've been nuturing, if anyone knows what it is, Celandine-y??  I feel I should get rid of it..
   

Marlorena

..mostly leaves from me today..

Alcea nudiflora..  a rare streambank Hollyhock from Tajikistan and neighbouring countries.. just looks like any other at this stage.. it should flower this year..

I got this Peony cheap as it was so small.. it's taken a few years to reach flowering size so I'm delighted to see a couple of buds on Peony 'Buckeye Belle'.. such lovely foliage..

..large imposing leafage on Allium 'Mt. Everest'..

..this tall Geranium I have to support.. I think it's pratense.. profuse flowering variety.

I prefer the seedheads on Pulsatillas..

Geranium cambridge varieties mask all sorts of imperfections..

Plantminded

I like the look of your Geranium Matt Frei @Marlorena.  Does it flower from June to August as claimed by some suppliers?  I'm looking for a long flowering geranium to provide low ground cover in an east facing border that gets early morning sun for up to three hours and is then in light shade for the rest of the day.  Would these conditions be suitable do you think?

Marlorena

@Plantminded
heya... Yes that's not a problem, mine are not in full sun and shaded somewhat under a rose..

My plants flower longer than stated there, I would say May-November actually, April this season.
Here's photo evidence of it late flowering.. just as the foliage starts to turn.. I think it's at its best May to Aug though..

Plantminded

Thank you for your speedy reply @Marlorena, much appreciated!

GardenerSuze

@Malorena Lovely photos your plant looks a bit geum-y.... to me .

Marlorena

@GardenerSuze
..oh thanks, yes you're right it does, I hadn't thought of that.. I used to grow Geum borisii, so I wonder if it's seeded..  I hope it is, I don't want to pull it up for no good reason..  I'll wait until it flowers, thanks so much..

Marlorena

..white Dicentra... 

..overwintered Nemesia 'Wisley Vanilla'..

Geranium mac. 'Bevans var.'.. a little darker than the type..

..this has popped up which I found in the same pot with a perennial of a different type.  I think it might be a Sanguisorba, but I'm not sure..

..this is Sanguisorba albiflora just to compare.. but it didn't come with this one..

Corynephorus 'Spiky Blue'.. I've just planted this rather insignificant looking grass, that looks more like a weed.. however I like the reddening older leaves.. the foliage turns bluey/grey and flowers later..

..front garden dry border which includes plants from the thread title.. it's quite a challenge to keep flowering going all summer..