So we are back in London and the tiny garden has done well in that heatwave. We had sun and rain but as the plants are all in pots then they still need watering.
The cannas are doing really well. Canna Cleopatra seemed to have opened overnight. It’s a gorgeous flower with lovely leaves. Maybe next week the reds will be open ready for the next 6.
We have two hibiscus in Spain and I wanted one for London. We found a small kind of standard and it has these lovely orange large flowers. Two were open when we got back and there are at least ten more in various stages of bud.
This jasmine hasn’t been a great success. Jasmine clotted cream. It has plenty of growth and little flowers. I have fed. Pruned. Cut back hard over the years but to no avail. Sad but I think this is its last year. The other two jasmines the Trachelospermum and Jasminum Officinale. Both do really well.
Ignore the pegs and the washing line! The Ensete Maurelii has done well this year and virtually grows in front of your eyes. I have been better watering and feeding it this year. Along with the Ricinus it has given some interesting leaf shapes to the corner of the garden.
I love Monarda. There are some cracking colours out there but I love the red. Cambridge red is a favourite though I am unsure if this variety. Common name bee balm and it certainly attracts them. Shame the flowers are going over.
I know it’s six on Saturday but the 6 pegs on the washing line weren’t intentional. This is the last of the agapanthus for this year. They have been pretty spectacular and I’m not sure if it’s just a good year generally or my better feeding regime. Or luck. But they have had bigger blooms than usual.
Gardens. Travel. Life. 
Agapanthus do seem to be blooming well this year, except mine! I like your Canna Cleopatra, what lovely colours. And I’m in agreement with the Jasmine. I cut mine back hard last year too and carefully removed a lot of new stems. It has still grown a lot, but I am noticing more flowers appearing than have before. The upside is the scented air in the evening. The downside is I am going to have to hard crop it again in a month’s time!
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I’ve been better st feeding my agapanthus this year – i put some alpaca poo nuts on tip of the soil and have used a liquid alpaca feed fortnightly. I love agapanthus!
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Not many Alpacas around here 😀
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I love Cleopatra! The banana/ricinus combo is really great. Your garden does well w/you away. It looks like such a wonderful haven.
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The banana has some great and the ricinus was a gift from a friend. Agree the combo of the colours and leaves looks good. The garden is small but it is lovely.
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Wow, your canna is much prettier than those that I got pictures of.
Is that jasmine a shrubby form, or does it grow like the vines of pink jasmine?
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The canna is beautiful. We have many lovely varieties in the Uk. The jasmine is like the white jasmine officiane – more a climbed/rambler but it has been such a poor performer.
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All those jasmines look related, but still distinct. Your descriptions sound like one of two here that I can not identify except the one here has yellow flowers. I may never know what it is.
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