The garden in June 2024

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We had our first two NGS open days for 2024 a week ago and the next two are at the end of this week. It’s a while since I did a video of it and I’m a little out of practice but it will give you a good idea of how it’s looking. I didn’t do a commentary (you wouldn’t get one if you visited) and I haven’t put any labels on it, please ask if you see anything you want an ID for.

When we open I clear the decking, hide the washing pole, remove the plant trays from the paths. The next video will be better.

I am able to do HD at 60fps or 4K at 30fps but not 4K at 60fps, for what it’s worth. This was filmed in HD at 60fps.

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Published by Jim Stephens

Gardener, no-dig allotmenteer, camellia enthusiast. I love colour, it cheers me up. Retired nurseryman.

18 thoughts on “The garden in June 2024”

  1. Wow, I’ve watched this video many times now, and I’m completely captivated by your beautiful garden. It’s such an amazing place! I found some inspiration, especially in the wooden trellis and the curvy paths. I need to incorporate these into my garden. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  6. Thank you for the tour, it all looks amazing; so much to enjoy. Is that Geranium palmatum or maderense at the start of the tour? I can’t keep either outside. And does your Begonia luxuriens live outside?

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    1. Geranium palmatum, it seeds about freely enough, I don’t save seed any more. The Begonia luxurians gets planted out in May and lifted in October to overwinter in a frost free glasshouse. It does enjoy its time outside though, grows very well.

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  7. At the beginning, at about four and a half minutes, and again after about ten and a half minutes, what are the white iris next to the blue iris? Is it a blue variety or cultivar of the blue? Are they both Iris ensata? Is the ginger ‘Assam Orange’? I do not remember. It seems to cover quite a significant area now. I might have inadvertently gotten a piece of it while in Southern California. The anemone foliage looks very happy!

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    1. The white is Iris ensata ‘Moonlight Waves’, next to the purple, the name of which I don’t know. The ginger is ‘Assam Orange’. I don’t think it has spread much in the last few years but it’s easy to fail to notice when it’s gradual and you see it all the time.

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      1. Splendid! I thought that ‘Moonlight Waves’ was an Iris ensata, but could not remember. I got my first Iris ensata ‘Variegata’ just last April from Tangly Cottage Gardening. I am pleased to try it. It is purple like yours. ‘Assam Orange’ is uncommon here. I am not aware that I have ever seen it. However, I got a cultivar of flowering ginger that matches its description, but lacks a name. Kahili ginger has always been the common sort both here and in Southern California.

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      2. There is confusion over the identity of ‘Assam Orange’ here. It sets seed and comes almost true so it’s likely a lot of what is in commerce is seedlings, not the original clone. I’ve seen the same thing sold simple as Hedychium densiflorum. It’s far from common here, but may be the most widely grown of the Hedychiums, if only because it was the first to be widely recognised as hardy.

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      3. That is odd that it is not more popular here. Hedychium gardnerianum is less popular here than in Los Angeles because some believe that it dislikes the mild frost. It actually performs quite well here, but some expect it to be evergreen. Anyway, a species that is more resilient to frost should be more popular here.

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