Rose ‘The Lark Ascending’
Raindrops on roses.
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Rose ‘Boscobel’
![Peony 'Bowl of Beauty' 010 Wm[1]](https://i0.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Peony-Bowl-of-Beauty-010-Wm1.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
Peony ‘Bowl of Beauty’
Whiskers on kittens.
![Iris 'Jane Phillips' 001 Wm[1]](https://i1.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Iris-Jane-Phillips-001-Wm1.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
Iris ‘Jane Phillips’
These are a few of my favourite things.
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Chives
![Digitalis parviflora 003 Wm[1]](https://i1.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Digitalis-parviflora-003-Wm1.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
Digitalis parviflora
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We haven’t really revisited the terraces since all the moving and shaking I did last year so I thought you might be interested to see how they are looking now. There are still a few gaps. And there’s not much going on at the far end. But I’m leaving that bit for now, for reasons that will become obvious in the next week or so.
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Philadelphus
Heaven scent!
The afternoon ice cream spot. Will it be salted caramel today? … yum.
![Erigeron karvinskianus 002 Wm[1]](https://i1.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Erigeron-karvinskianus-002-Wm1.jpg?resize=533%2C800&ssl=1)
Erigeron karvinskianus, beginning to get a foothold in the wall
![Halimiocistus wintonensis 001 Wm[1]](https://i0.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Halimiocistus-wintonensis-001-Wm1.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
x Halimiocistus wintonensis
Destined for one of those gaps.. part of the Burncoose haul.
As is this..
![Sanguisorba menziesii 001 Wm[1]](https://i0.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Sanguisorba-menziesii-001-Wm1.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
Sanguisorba menziesii
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Cornus kousa ‘Wieting’s Select’
Up on the bank the Cornus trees are flowering
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Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’
But something weird is happening to this one. It has sprouted a branch with different leaves and blooms entirely..
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I suspect the lower branch is coming from below the graft. It’s about to get the chop.
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Rhododendron
From the big and blowsy..
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Erodium ‘Stephanie’
…to the small and select
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Cistus argenteus ‘Silver Pink’
Summer is bursting out all over
![Astrantia 'Roma' 003 Wm[1]](https://i0.wp.com/www.rustyduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Astrantia-Roma-003-Wm1.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
Astrantia ‘Roma’
Now if someone could just tweak the thermostat up a notch all would be well.
Linking to Carol and Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens (here), where you will find many other June bloomers from around the world.
Such lovely bloomers – your garden is looking a treat – and so it should after all the hard work you put into it.
Thanks Elaine.
Just…heavenly, Jessica. I’m completely transfixed by that photo of your house and terraces. I want to come and eat ice cream with you. NOW!
Let me know when you board the plane. That should give me enough time to get extra ice cream delivered! Thanks Janna.
So many beautiful plants – your garden really is the place to be in the June sunshine. I am now coveting the pink cistus; they look delightful. The long shot of the terraces is stunning! I love the plants tumbling over the walls and peering through the cracks…..just perfect!
Thanks Matt. The terraces are still a work in progress, but I’m much happier with them now than I was this time last year. And they’re flat, easy places to work!
Your garden is so beautiful, the flowers are stunning, a true June garden! I know your slope will be just as beautiful when you have finished planting it!
I look forward to getting the slope to the tweaking stage that the terraces are now at. Much more fun!
Jessica your pictures are fabulous, i dont have as many plants in flower yet i need some sunshine on my windy hill i look forward to the next installment of the terrace although it looks pretty good already
I want to put more plants into the terraces. I deliberately left some gaps so it could evolve over time but then lost quite a few things over the wet winter. The trouble is I can’t be everywhere and focusing on the slope this year means the terraces get less work!
Love the colour of the first rose and the iris, The terrace is looking great too. Is the shoot on the cornus worthy of a cutting?
The shoot should generate several cuttings, it’s quite a large one. I’m definitely going to try it although if there is such a thing as a ‘bog standard’ cornus then the rootstock will presumably be it. The flowers are still really attractive though, a little clump of them at the woodland edge would be rather nice.
The terrace looks wonderful doesn’t it. So do all of your other plants and flowers. Hope you are getting to sit out and enjoy it a lot! xx
Not sitting out enough, but on sunny days we do have lunch outside… and the ice cream when we’ve been working hard enough to earn it!
Beautiful – the best time of the year. My Roma looks not like this, which one is the real Roma?
Sanuisorba with a scottsh Name, how intersting! I love your house, you live in an area where other people are on holidays.
Sigrun
Roma seems pinker this year than it has in the previous two, I don’t know why. It’s also getting really large now. I will split it next Spring.
It’s lovely living in the West Country and having access to all the beaches etc out of season. But come August, especially on a Saturday, it’s easier to stay at home and enjoy the garden. The roads are just too crowded!
Gobsmackingly gorgeous photos Jessica! As soon as I started reading I had the Sound of Music song in my head. It’ll take a while to shift that! Very lovely to see the terraced part of your garden. It’s absolutely lovely. Did I say what gorgeous photos?! Sam x
Sorry. If it’s any consolation that song has been on my brain since last night when I wrote the post. That being the case I shouldn’t have inflicted it on you as well! Thanks Sam.
I scrolled down and LOVED so many of your plants. And they were all brilliantly photographed so that any that were new to me could be followed up.
Thanks! I’m a bit of a plantaholic. Drives Mike mad. But there must be worse vices!
Lovely – I have a Peony ‘Bowl of Beauty’ graft growing at the bottom of my pale lemon High Noon Peony Tree, but I haven’t chopped it – both survive well and appear to live happily together.
What an unusual bonus! I’d love to see a picture of it.
Beautiful blooms. Hard to choose favourites but I’m going to…cistus and astrantia.
The cistus was an experiment to see if I could get it over a winter. It looked a bit straggly in early Spring but is fine now. I foresee more..
Just gorgeous blooms in June.
Thanks Linda.
Terraces looking so nice!
Coming on.. 😉
Your garden is looking great rd, interesting you are looking for higher temperatures, you are streets ahead of me in Cheshire.
Ironically it’s been a lovely day today, hopefully the temperatures are now on the rise for us all. Thanks Rick.
Beautiful selection Jessica but just love the softness of Lark Ascending and Satomi!
That cornus is a tree I could not now be without. Have just bought a fancy cuttings propagator.. going to give it a try.
Are you glad you chose Lark Ascending? I hope you are not disappointed with it. There is a real summer feel to your garden Jessica despite the fact you say it’s not warm there. If only my garden would speed up a bit, I love your Cornus blooms – I’ve still to find a spot for mine yet.
All looking good on the terraces, your efforts are really paying of aren’t they?
Lark Ascending is a truly gorgeous rose, I’m very glad I bought it after seeing it on your blog. It’s the shape of the blooms I adore, quite different from the usual David Austin, with the inward curving petals as it opens and closes.
I hope it will be worth all the effort in the end. Thanks Angie.
It’s looking so beautiful. You have so many things I can’t grow that it’s fun to see what they look like from a real person’s garden instead of just catalog photos. Glad to think you are using that bench and taking an ice cream break!
The scent from the philadelphus is incredible around that bench, almost too overpowering. It extends well to the right of the area seen in the photograph, almost a hedge, some of which is coming out. It looks pretty boring for 11 months of the year, I’ll leave the section round the seat though.
Your home and garden are quite picturesque! So many beautiful blooms. Cistus argenteus ‘Silver Pink’ is gorgeous and new to me. It’s going on the list! Happy GBBD!
I love that Cistus too, the crumpled petals look so delicate. The individual blooms seem to only last a day then fall to the ground, but there are plenty more buds waiting in the wings to replace them. Thanks Peter.
Oh my goodness, it’s all so gorgeous. Your terraces are looking lush too, absolutely beautiful.
Thanks Jennifer. We’ve had a lot of rain, but clay soil dries out quickly too so I’m still having to water to keep it looking lush!
All of your blooms are just luscious, especially the roses and peonies. Visiting your garden is always a revelation in color. Happy Bloom Day!
I have to work at colour and always worry that I might overdo it. Possibly so with the Bowl of Beauty!
Amazing, stunning, exquisite… so many words to describe your beautiful garden and terraces. All your hard work is shining through! xx
I hope it is.. it takes someone else to notice it sometimes I think, I am too close. Thank you for your kind words Chel.
Mouth-watering blooms and photos, says she having gorged on yet more strawberries! You do buy some exquisite plants when you’re out and about Jessica and the terraces are looking so pretty, you must be pleased after all your work. I hope whatever is happening at the ‘far end’ doesn’t impact too much on the whole and I love the idea of a special seat under a canopy of philadelphus for consuming ice-cream. Lovely!
The work at the ‘far end’ should enhance the whole. I hope. Just as long as it all goes according to plan..
Such beautiful flowers! I could almost hear Julie Andrews singing in the background…
My second earliest memory is of going to see the Sound of Music. I ate too much ice cream and was sick.
Some beautiful June blooms Jessica and although it’s not exactly hot at least those cruel winds have vanished. I’m suffering from iwantitis after drooling over that sanguisorba. Your terrace looks the perfect spot to indulge 🙂
I grabbed the sanguisorba on the way out of Burncoose as Mike was standing at the till drumming his feet and looking at his watch. It called to me, I couldn’t leave it behind could I. Luckily he hadn’t already paid for my other acquisitions by then. He knows me too well.
Absolutely stunning… I have severe peony envy 🙁 xx
17 buds this year, only three last year! Nothing seems to want to eat it, that’s why!
Loving the philadelphus (and envying – mine won’t flower) and the erigeron karvinskianus is perfect there. Picture perfect Jessica!
I love that erigeron. I was gifted some seed last year too so I’m hoping for a veritable forest of it by the end of the summer. Virtually every garden I visit down here has some. Thanks Freda.
Well done, your terraces are looking wonderful. So many beautiful flowers to enjoy. I love the Sanguisorba. I am so envious of your gorgeous Cornus too. . I love them.
The terraces still need more colour. I’m struggling in a relatively small space to balance good summer colour and all year round interest.
Jessica what a delight to see your garden blooming…so much bounty and all so large and healthy. I really adored the roses and peonies and oh that Philadelphus is huge…mine is still a twig that has yet to flower in year 2….I love the scent too!
The Philadelphus extends even further than shown in the photos. It is truly huge! Here when we arrived so I’ve no idea of the variety unfortunately.
This is all so pretty! Love those chives blooming, amazing colour! And the Cornus flowers, so so pretty and, and… Such a beautiful full garden with so many different plants, so pretty and such a treat to enjoy after all the hard work you already put into it. thanks for sharing! So glad to visit your blog again, Your photography is sublime btw!
Thanks Marian, great to see you back!
Nice to see the terraces again, and I really want to sit on that bench and eat ice cream! You do have some gorgeous plants!xxx
Thanks snowbird. When I really love sitting out is in the evenings as it is getting dark and the bats are flying. Haven’t done it once this year yet.. too bloomin’ cold!
Ooooh…you and me re the bats! I love watching them when we have the chiminea going, amazing creatures.xxx
They are such fun to watch, so agile! They sometimes fly so close I can hear their wings.
That’s it, I am moving in with you so that I can enjoy all the gorgeousness in your garden!! I’ll make you a quilt in lieu of rent!!
It’ll have to be a big quilt then, you’ll cost me a fortune in sconnage x
Beautiful blooms Jessica. It’s good to see the terrace again. I think it looks great. I think my favourite blooms this month are Cistus x Halimiocistus wintonensis and Cornus kousa ‘Wieting’s Select’. Beautifully photographed too 🙂
The Halimiocistus is said not to be reliably hardy so it’s a bit of a risk. That’s the trouble with buying plants from deepest Cornwall! But the terraces are well drained and sheltered so I’m hoping for the best. I’ll take cuttings if I can.
You now officially have (almost) too many comments to read, Jessica! When I went to see the Sound of Music I drank too much orangeade and was sick! But everything looks absolutely superb and so well cared for. You should be very proud of yourselves, surrounded by all that beauty. Am still envious of your cornus (es? – sure the plural is not corni!!!)
Maybe it was just the film that had that effect on us? It certainly would be if I viewed it today I think, far too sickly sweet.
I opt for cornus trees.. just to be on the safe side! Thanks Cathy.
I love flowers growing on and out of walls…it surprises me how little soil some plants need to put on a good show. (Mine’s a strawberry icecream, please!)
There’s virtually no soil with these, only what was in the pot. We dug holes in the mortar and just rammed them in. I was thinking today a bit of mist spraying might be in order. To keep them looking tip top.
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad.
Our gardens ( Favourite things ) cheer us up along with viewing other gardens on the blog, Thank you for the tour Jessica, Bowl of Beauty always wins me over.
It does work. I solve a lot of problems while weeding.
you might not have primulas but you have plenty of heavenly blooms Jessica, including roses, mine are not even in bud yet and I don’t think they will be this year,
I bought 6 ‘yellow’ scented flowering primulas by mail order in 2000 (before I had a computer), when they bloomed I had magenta non scented primulas, those you see, the nursery never picked up the phone or returned my messages on their answering machine, nor replied to my letters, I have bought other primulas which survive or die but none have done as well as the magenta primula, pink is not my favourite colour, though magenta is better than sugar sweet, so I’ve had to learn to go with the flow, but it is not my first or even second choice, more a last resort, if you would like some seeds then I can send later this year when they go to seed, just e mail me your address, Frances
Frances, I will take you up on your kind offer next year if I may – when we (hopefully!) get as far as the bog garden and I can put them into a more suitable habitat. I think my problem up to now is that I’ve tried to establish them in too dry a position, under trees. Down by the river, in the new bit of land we’ve exposed, they should thrive. I agree on pink, it’s not my preferred colour either yet I seem to have quite a lot of it!
Gorgeous bloomers especially the roses and the peony but all are wonderful – your garden must be so lovely at this time of year:)
Thanks Rosie. The terraces are looking better than they ever have, the rest of it… not so much! But it will happen in time.
Lovely, lovely bloomers and thank heaven we don’t need the warm woollen mittens any more. I share your love of The Lark Ascending.
It’s a beautiful rose. Unbelievable that I got it half price too, in a sale last autumn. And even more unbelievably it’s still in its pot. But I almost have a space for it now. Just need to dig out a border..
Lots of bloomers that are new to me. It’s a delight to scroll down and see them all. I’ve not noticed your bench area before or maybe you haven’t featured it recently? It looks like a lovely spot to sit with that ice cream and think about what needs to be done next in the garden. Did you mention that there’s something going to happen at the end of the terrace? I’m intrigued.
The bench area may have featured in the background before, but the Philadelphus looks so good this year I thought it deserved a photograph on its own. There is more work about to happen at the end of the terrace, something I’m looking forward to with excitement and trepidation in equal measure! More soon..
Hi Jessica, how nice to see all the late spring bloomers in your garden. Of course, I love your roses, especially ‘Boscobel’. But the peony and the bearded iris is also very lovely, well all your blooms are lovely :-).
Glad you showed the terraces, again. I was wondering how they are doing. I think, they look fantastic this year. All your hard work and dedication from last year has paid off.
Wishing you a lovely start of summer!
Warm regards,
Christina
Thanks Christina. Boscobel was my favourite purchase from last year and it seems to be a good strong one.. it has come back with masses of buds this summer.
wow. this garden truly leaves me speechless.
You’re too kind Steph.
Wow those pictures are amazing, your garden must bring you so much joy! it’s not surprising you haven’t had the time for vegetables! Sarah x
I try to do both, but the ornamental plants do win me over! Thanks Sarah.