In an English Garden - in June (III)

Sometimes plants come for free, particularly if you get them from a proper nursery (rather than a garden centre) or other amateurs. I think I won a small pot of Crocus speciosus in a raffle of the local Alpine Garden Society. I planted it out, and came to the conclusion you can tell the qualities of the donors garden from the quality of the "weeds". From that three inch pot I got some Nigella (Love -in-the-mist"), a yellow  evening primrose (Oenothera) and this magnificent spure, probably a form of Euphorbia characias.

Left, Geranium psilostemon, which I hope will still be flowering in September, before the leaves colour up and it disappears underground for the winter. It's about 3 or 4 feet tall..a wonderful plant from a wonderful family.

Right, probably the last shot I will get of this delicate blush pink penstemon. Although I love them, they don't persist. They are naturally short lived and need to be renewed from cuttings, but every year with me, they just dwindle. Only one, "Port Wine" persists (see August..I hope!)