June in “The Old Garden” – Hidcote
Or do you have a different favourite in June?
Clockwise from top left: Osteospermum ‘Sunny Amanda’, Honesty, Fuschia, Ceanothus, Honeysuckle, Peony, Aquilegia, Poppy, Lupin, Old Rose
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Earth laughs in flowers 
Impossible to choose one flower, but I’m really fond of agapanthus and jasmine!
Oh, yes jasmine. I love the scent of jasmine. And agapanthus are such lovely flowers, so many pretty shades. I have one which has variegated leaves so looks very pretty even without flowers. I have just had a look to see if there are any flower spikes this year and have spotted two. I think I had four last year so we shall see. I will include them in July’s flower round-up 😀
Agapanthus are classified as a pest by our local council – which is a bit of a pest too!
I’ll have those ‘pests’ any day 🙂
I tried to choose more than one but you wouldn’t let me.
You are allowed to add one in the comment 🙂
Okay, I’ll add rose . . .
and poppy . . .
and aqueligia. You meant one per comment didn’t you?
har de har… there’s always one!
I like this person’s style 🙂
Don’t you know Carol? She’s another rebel 😦
Of course I do. I tried to send her to Ely 🙂
Good place for her! Actually I’d love to visit Ely too.
Get yourself along there! It’s lovely 🙂
So many places… so little time (and money)
Sore subject 🙂
Time? Money? Places?
I need to email you.
Oo-er!!! 🙂
I need to take control of my life. Right now it feels like somebody else is jerking the strings.
See you in Ely, Jude? Why don’t you meet us Jo?
But of course you do, Jo.
Where’s Ely??? I would like to come with you all!!!
Cambridgeshire – Ely cathedral the tallest building in the Fens. I’m sure you can come along 🙂
Aw thanks I’ll be there in cyber time!!!!
Not far from Cambridge. It has the most beautiful cathedral. (Google it?) We could have such a nice time, Pauline. 🙂
I’ll bring some sunshine with me!!!!
We might have too much already! Just bring your lovely self 🙂
I just need to win a lotto and I’ll be on the next plane Jo…
Impossible to have a favourite-they’re all so beautiful!
I love the smell of the Lupin in the late spring in the forest around Lake Tahoe. Add the other smells of the forest and I’m in heaven…or at least what I hope heaven smells like. 🙂
I never associate Lupins with a fragrance! What am I missing?
That’s interesting. I’m not an expert on wildflowers but I do have a very sensitive sense of smell. All I know is they smell wonderful.
Out of those you’ve chosen, I’d have to pick the rose, Jude, but there really are too many beauties to narrow it down. I’m a rhododendron and clematis gal, so I didn’t vote. 🙂
Well that’s helpful! Not! Clematis flower all through the year and I think of rhodos as a May flower – so I shall take your rose choice for June 🙂
Fair enough 🙂
😀 😀
Horse chestnut. Laburnum. Rhododendron. But it’s always a delight to see poppies in paddocks and by the railway line too. Thanks to the northern spring.
I obviously worded this question wrong. I was aiming for favourite June flowers.
My three are favourites in June too, even if they’re not flowering. I’ve never had a favourite flower before, so I’m trying to get my money’s worth! My love lasts.
I know!
Ha Jude June flowers are different over here to over there… Must admit I like them all…
What’s your favourite June flower then PP, in your climate?
Not much flowering in June but the Tibouchinas are making a glorious mauve splash around the place. I’ve just planted one so it will be a couple of years before it flowers.
Mmm… they are lovely. I wonder if I can grow those in Cornwall? One reason for wanting to move there is to be able to grow some of my favourite South African plants, in particular a Brunfelsia. Winters are generally frost free so it might be possible.
I have 2 Brunfelsias in my garden Jude they smell divine when they flower. We call them “yesterday, today and tomorrow!!!” Being frost free you should be able to grow lots of the same things we grow here.
That’s the name I know them by! And I remember the perfume. I shall have to give one a try at least and they should cope with coastal conditions as we lived by the coast when we grew them.
They seem to be quite a hardy sort of shrub/tree I think they should survive in your new corner of the world.