Upper flowerbed, left side, two views

I have now finally managed to make a photo of it which shows the true color. This is one of our favorite roses. It is called Jubilee Celebration, and it grows at the bench next to the house.

This is what I see when sitting on the bench.

The same from the other side. Today I planted a few anemone, and I think that with this the bed is finally ready.

If you go nearer, this is the right side of the bed.

And this is the left side. The daylilies will soon finish blossoming, but then it will be the turn of the hosta, anemone and daisy, and they will endure until late autumn.

Approaches

This is a composition which already shows what I would like. In the autumn I still have to change some elements in it, but I hope that later I won’t. Erika asked last week how I’m doing that my assemblies are always successful. Well, they are not always, but I do not give up, and I do it again and again in every place until I am satisfied with it.

Some details from the same area. This is a close up of the flower of the often photographed Acanthus hungaricus.

Angelica gigas. Already in the bud it is beautiful. When it will open, it will have eggplant-colored flowers. It is short-lived, but as such perennials in general, it strongly scatters its seeds.

This is Lilium martagon. I regard it fabulously beautiful, and it is one of the easiest-to-keep lilies at us.

This is a Solidago virga aurea hybrid, called Citronella, from the Hegede Nursery. Its main attraction is that it does not spread and blooms even in part-shadow.

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'. It feels well from full sun to full shade, but it requires lots of water.

Sedum 'Matrona'. It basically fits warm, dry places, but it is so tolerant that even lives at us.

Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette' is absolutely not as fastidious as one would think on the basis of its leaves. It requires semi-shade or shade, and well-watered space, but apart from this, it is very tolerant: we have the whole garden full of it. I have seen it in the Mocsáry Nursery, but I do not know whether they already sell it or just experiment with it.

Two more Angelica gigas.

And another beautiful ornamental letter: Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'. Zsuzsa Hegede said a couple of years ago that they have lot of them, but nobody buys them. I don’t know whether the situation has changed since then, but it is worth to ask them.

Acanthus - Echinops - Phlox - Hemerocallis

Sunday afternoon

Geranium 'Tiny Monster'

The Tiny Monster is one of the best existing Geraniums. It was bred by Rolf Offenthal - remember his name, because fantastic plants leave his nursery - by crossing Geranium sanguineum with Geranium psilostemon.


Tiny Monster maintained the good qualities of both parents. At us it has been blooming already for two weeks, and in last October it was still blooming. It blooms continuously, you do not have to remove the dry flowers. It grows about fifty centimeters high and one-one and a half meter large (!) without aggressively sprading. It tolerates drought and lives also in part-shade. Can you expect more from a Geranium? Yes! In the autumn its leaves turn into beautiful orange and red colors. And it can be bought at us, in the Hegede Nursery.