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This entry: August in the garden 2012 by Jon Evans

A few pictures of what is flowering in my garden now.

Agapanthus Lilliput
I have tried to grow this tiny blue Agapanthus several times; this is the first time it has looked established and flowered regularly. It is only 12in or so high.

Agapanthus Lilliput

Small white Agapanthus
On the other side of the front garden, and slightly taller (18in) is this white agapanthus. I don't have a cultivar name for this one.

Small white Agapanthus

Campanula Marion Fisher
I have always loved this double white campanula, and it seems to be less desirable to slugs than most. It is the only dwarf campanula that has flowered for me this most mollusc-ridden summer.

Campanula Marion Fisher

Cleome
In an attempt to introduce some colour to the summer garden, I bought a Cleome from the local nursery (£2.99 in the sale). It has been well worth the investment, and I hope it will set some seed so that I can grow my own next year.

Cleome

Coreopsis
Also from the nursery sale was this red form of Coreopsis verticillata.

Coreopsis

Crocosmia
The name of this Crocosmia is lost now - my memory says Star of the East but it doesn't look like the photos I can find of that. Most years the flowers are quite thin, and I have wondered about removing it, but this damp summer it has been magnificent.

Crocosmia

Hemerocallis
I like day lilies as long as they are single yellow varieties with some elegance about them.

Hemerocallis

Lysimachia ciliata Firecracker
This Lysimachia is a bit invasive, as most of its kin, with the exception of L. ephemerum (I must get some seed of that again), but it makes a magnificent late summer border plant, with the red leaves setting off the nodding yellow flowers.

Lysimachia ciliata Firecracker

Watsonia
Again no species or cultivar name I am afraid, but this big orange watsonia has been fabulous this year.

Watsonia

Tropaeolum peregrinum
The Canary Creeper seeds I sowed in the spring have produced a few flowers, but it has been a battle to keep the slugs off them.

Tropaeolum peregrinum

Tigridia pavonina

Last but not least, the tigridias have started flowering.

I keep the pot dry and frost-free in the garage over winter, then re-pot in March and move to the greenhouse, before moving outside when the frosts are past.

Tigridia pavonina
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