Six on Saturday. Spoilt for Choice.

If a gardener does n’t have beautiful bloom in June then he should be doing something else . In June we have the plenteous , most opulent flowers of the whole year here in the UK . Nothing that goes before or comes after can rival this magnificent calendar month for colour , fragrance and epicurean texture . Even in a raw garden like mine there are plenty of beauties vie for attention . And today , summertime has arrived properly . So let forget about the lack of rain and perchance months of lachrymation and just enjoy the moment , because this is as good as it gets .

I have lots of dianthus or Pinks as we call them even though they are not all pink . They all sense gorgeous but the aroma of the one I want to boast today travels over a aloofness and is quite deliciously different . It is not the common clovey scent you expect from Pinks . It is calledDianthusmonspessulanusand I grew it from germ several years ago . It live in a pot where it has formed a mat . The flowers are fringe and untidy ; they are white with a green centre . There are pretty pinks , but none with such an amazing fragrance . I believe you’re able to get it in pink too . Next twelvemonth I shall grow more because I ’d like this marvellous fragrance all over the garden .

My number two is also fragrant as it is a daphne . It has lived in a pot for a twosome of old age , but now I have planted it out in its lasting menage . Daphne gemmata‘Royal Crown ’ comes from China . It makes a neat , compact bush with sheeny green leafage and bunch of yellow flush . I do like it , but it is not as powerfully perfumed as winter and spring varieties . In fact to be honest , I just go out to sniff it and I can scarcely detect any fragrance at all . But still , it is pretty .

Dianthus monspessulanus

I grow this little daphne with lucky variegatedHosta‘Great anticipation ’ . Behind it I have plant my tree diagram fern which I am beaming to say survived the wintertime encased in old pillows .

Number three is also fragrant . In a smaller garden you have to make use of all available space and upright gardening ensures that no fence , wall or tree is waste . Against the house , I have planted a twining climber from China and Tibet . It is calledSchisandra grandifloraand it has pretty , dangling , creamy flowers which are cup - shaped and deliciously fragrant . It is sometimes known as Large Flowered Magnolia Vine , but not by me , as it is no relation to the magnolia and it does n’t have big blossom . Anyway , I believe that gardener should call plants by their proper names . evidently , this plant produce outstanding long , pendent heads of bright flushed berries . Unfortunately , I wo n’t get to see these as the plants are dioecious which means you need both male and distaff plants to get yield . There is a red bloom flesh of this calledSchisandra rubrifoliawhich I have never seen . My poor plant got cut back a bit by being exposed to winter frosts while it wait for its novel home in a pot for months . But now it has the trade protection of a west wall I hope it will be happy .

Number four is a pretty white - flowered bush with no perfume . It is a deutzia and although they are quite pretty , I have never been mad on them . But then a few days ago I sawDeutzia multiradiatagrowing in the roseate garden atSissinghurstand I fell for it . see back I incur that is was nine days ago that I watch it there . I remember that I fell in love with the lovely whiteDianthus‘Charles Musgrave ’ on the same visit . I am still looking for that one . Anyway , this deutzia comes from China and has glossy unripened leaves and masses of starry white efflorescence . Mine does n’t count as good as the one at Sissinghurst yet , but give it clock time .

Dianthus monspessulanus

I will finish with a couple of South African light bulb which I grow in pot .

The first one is a lilliputian , delicate variant of tulbaghia which an alpine - partisan friend of mine gave me a few years ago . He severalize me to keep it in a pot in the greenhouse as it is not unfearing . The potentiometer is now full of little medulla and when they have died down I shall split them or put them in a larger pot . Unfortunately , like many of my plants , include my many snowdrop bulbs , the locoweed lose its recording label in the move and I can not commend which it is . I wonder if anyone can help me ? I used to growTulbaghia violacea ‘ Silver Lace ’ in my crushed rock garden , but this is much diminished and more finespun .

I ’ll finish with a very easy bulb which presently fill its pot . I do n’t make love whether it could hold out out of doors in the crushed rock garden , but I conceive these dinky plant show up better in a pot . It is calledLedebouria cooperiand it is so moderately with striped leaves and clusters of pinkish squill - comparable flowers .

Daphne gemmata ‘Royal Crown’

Right , that ’s my six for today and now I am going to lie in my sack and see what the happy stripe of SOSers have to show on this splendid June Clarence Day . As I now have quite a small garden , for the first sentence in my gardening life , I can sit back and say there is nothing that require doing in the garden . It is a new experience and to be honest I do n’t quite like it .

Thanks to Jim at Garden Ruminations , Six on Saturday – 10/6/2023for hosting ; do go and see , there are always interesting thing to see in Jim ’s garden .

43 Responses toSix on Saturday. Spoilt for Choice.

All these plants are striking , Chloris . I ideate your new garden will be looking antic in no time . I ’ve never construe a white - flowered Tulbaghia but I ’d love to have one ( or more ) in my garden . The Ledebouria cooperi is sweet .

I so enjoy show your Six on Sunday . I hope that you are enjoying your novel garden . Here ’s a connexion for Dianthus ‘ Charles Musgrave :

https://shireplants.co.uk/dianthus-musgraves-pink/

Daphne gemmata ‘Royal Crown’,Hosta ‘Great Expectations’

Best wishes Katherine

Oh I will have to look out for that dianthus in the seed catalogues Chloris – it look and go a treat . I sometimes think that it would be a acceptable state of affairs to have nothing to do in the garden but then again maybe not 😂

Schisandra grandiflora

Six on Saturday. Spoilt for Choice.