20th July 2013

I hope you are all enjoying this spell of hot weather better than I am.  This is a nightmare for a grower of plants in pots.  I've had a quick count up and my total seems to exceed 600 pots.  So I'm a slave to watering lately. Anyway here's a few photos.

The mixed border is full of bloom now that the roses and delphiniums are in bloom.

Rambling rose 'Dentile de Malines'

If you want a good healthy climbing rose you don't have to spray, try 'Dortmund'

The onions are suffering in the heat.

Large Exhibition Chrysanthemums                                                                                             Amber Gigantic

Gigantic's                                                                                                                               Lancashire Lad & Saxon

Duke of Kent family.                                                                                                                 Peggy Ann

Jessie Habgood & Sports. I gave then B9 and its certainly shortened them.

McKinley

Carnations & Leeks

Carnations for the Royal Welsh Show on Monday.  The white blooms are Colin Short's new variety 'Winter Wonderland. I'm thrilled with it, Its got good form, scented and lasts well on the plant.

Potatoes still looking good, no blight yet, the hot weather has its good points.

Peas have gone berserk. 

Hanging baskets have needed water twice a day in this hot weather.