Our fourth combined post for the monthly Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, here’s whats happening in our Gardens in June 2011. With Winter cooling the earth and sending many of our plants into hibernation, there are no mass displays of beautiful blooms, but we do have a few lovelies to show off this month. We hope you enjoy our “June blooms”.
Here’s whats blooming in Christine’s Garden in June 2011
A week ago I was complaining that there would be no blooms to show this month for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Then, a fair amount of rain mixed with warm sunny days in between and what a surprise when I went to look for blooms to show. Lots of Camellias (pinks and reds), pink and maroon Azaleas, the first Narcissus bulbs are just opening their pretty faces (Yay!), my very first “grown from seed” Nasturtiums are blooming … all in all not a bad display for a winter garden. Condsidering that June has been a month of planning and some major changes have taken place in my garden including a drastic cutting back of overgrown trees, has sadly left my garden looking quite bleak. But when you get down to it there is lots of pretty in my garden – that is, if you look past the bare branches and sawn off tree tops, there are enough blooms to make me smile…
[one_half]First Narcissus blooms
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[one_half_last]Narcissus Cantabricus
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[one_half]Rosa ‘Iceberg’ blooming again
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[one_half_last]Cerise Azaleas blooming
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[one_half]Red Camellias blooming
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[one_half_last]Purple Ribbon Bush
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[one_half]Sweet Alyssum never stops
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[one_half_last]Lots of pinks blooming
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[one_half]First Nasturtium bloom
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[one_half_last]Lots of bright red berries
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Lets pop over to Barbie’s garden to see what she has to show …
Here’s whats blooming in Barbie’s Garden in June 2011
Chris, I had no doubt that you would have a beautiful show of winter flowers – your garden is alive with new shoots and anticipated bulbs and I love my visits and the “show-and-tell” as we wander around. They are just lovely! Thank you! My garden tends to hide the small blooms and my usual favourites never disappoint! I did find something blooming, even though I had to go on my hands and knees alot! In between my veggies and herbs were the flowers of these plants. This brought a whole new perspective and the close ups allow me to really see how perfect each flower in my garden can be! And talking about bees…… I caught a happy workers in the act!
Oh yes – I also have my first Nasturtiums from seed!!
Happy gardening to all our friends! xxx
[one_half]My first Fuchsia!
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[one_half_last]Delicate and beautiful
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[one_half]My first Nasturtium flower
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[one_half_last]Violas still looking gorgeous
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[one_half]Delicate coriander bloom
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[one_half_last]Broccoli flower!
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[one_half]Protea still in bloom
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[one_half_last]Roses still delight
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[one_half]Sugar herb in bloom
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[one_half_last]Busy Bee in my lavender
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About Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Join Carol and friends over at May Dreams Gardens to see what other gardeners around the world have blooming in June and then pop over to ‘Garten Blogger Blüten im Mei‘ over at Seepferds Garten for the German version of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day! And if you haven’t joined yet and have some blooms you’d like to show off, please join in the fun of showcasing your blooms! We’d love to see what other South African’s have blooming in their winter gardens
Thank you for joining us!
Happy Gardening
xxx
36 replies on “Winter in Two Gardens for June Garden Bloggers Bloom Day”
Better late than not at all, I wanted to thank you for stopping by my site on GBBD.
You ladies have some lovely blooms! We would never see nasturtiums or roses blooming at the same time as narcissus where I live.
Thanks for visiting my GBBD post, Christine.
I can see quite a distinct difference between your climates as Christines garden seems to be growing springlike UK plants while Barbie is growing our summer bedding plants.
So interesting you also noticed this. I do live in a more rural area with wheat fields surrounding our small village. I also want to add more blooms and colour in my garden this spring.
Nice to discover your (x2) blog! Love the tag team approach. And so neat to hear about gardening in another country. It’s easy over here to think of that area of the world as troubled and violent, this shows a different view. Thanks.
What a lovely group of photographs….your flowers are magnificant! Thanks so much for your comment and visit to my blog.
Dear Christine and Barbie,
it´s allways so interesting to see what blooms in SA! Love the first Narcissus 😉
Thank you so much for joining Blogger Blüten!
Wish you a nice weekend!
Gesine
Lovely lovely! Christine, your rosa “iceberg” looks like it is made out of cream…it’s so delicate and beautiful. And Barbie, the fuchsias are amazing! I just love those!
If these blossoms are what you get in winter you are very lucky. Connecticut, USA gets cold, snow, ice, wind and sometimes rain but no blossoms. Wonderful photos … thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the visit Joene – glad you enjoyed our Blooms!
I loved the Clematis and rhododendron in your garden. A lovely combo.
I sure liked your photos of your garden. I never heard of sugar herb before, I liked it. You maybe in the shade but you got lots of color. Thanks for inviting me in.
what I wouldn’t give to have those blooms in my garden in winter…so glad I had a bit of time to catch up on your blog…
Hi Donna. Thanks for visiting. I am quite pleased to have blooms in winter!!
I love the way you do this together! My favorites: the nasturtiums (of course), the Iceberg rose and the purple fuchsia. Happy GBBD.
Oh, I think our climate must be similar, if on the opposite months. We are blessed with abundant narcissus and camellias in winter. Thank you for sharing your beautiful blooms.
I am glad you were able to share some blooms. I like the broccoli…our season for broccoli is ending.
Had to add my broccoli flower 🙂 I love it as a veg and it is quite pretty in the veggie patch!
Winter, where? lol must be cool because it looks like it is.
Despite the fact that it is the winter season for you, there is still lots in bloom. The camellias and the fuchsia are my favourite.
You have quite a few blooms for winter! Amazing, really. Despite your thinking things have slowed down, your gardens must really be beautiful year round.
Hi Holley – You have to look for the blooms – no profusion, but yes we are fortunate to have things blooming at all 🙂
They are beautiful. Thank you for looking for those flowers since there are no “profusion”. Hope they weren’t too hard to find. 🙂
The sugar herb looks like stevia. Is it?
Thanks for visiting! Yes – it is Stevia Rebaudiana. I have yet to use it to sweeten my tea! 🙂 Do you use it?
Oh yumm! My Stevia is still pretty small, so I’m at the “pop a leaf in mouth for a treat” stage right now. (I like my tea SWEET so I need to wait until the plant is bigger)
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Hi,
Lovely images for both gardens 🙂 it’s strange to think of it being Winter elsewhere in the world, never mind being able to still have such blooms during winter! 😀
It is so hard for me to think of June as a winter month as I’m sure that for you December is hot! Your blooms are lovely even if the garden is bare. Christina
Thanks Christina – The Rosa “William Shakespeare” you have is simply stunning!
I love to see what’s blooming on the other side of the world. Beautiful!
Thanks Ginny! The Lilies I saw in your garden are beautiful! I can’t wait for mine to bloom come Spring.
Beautiful blooms! I really love those teeny tiny coriander blooms. Is your sugar herb stevia? I’m growing stevia for the first time, and your foliage looks much like mine. I have two plants, and one has much broader leaves, while the other plant’s foliage is narrower. They came from two different nurseries, and I wonder if there is more than one cultivar.
Hi Linda! Thanks for your kind words! Yes – it is Stevia and mine is still very small. Perhaps it is in the wrong place – at the foot of my large rose bushes. I believe they grow to 3 feet if cultivated.
Beautiful…both.
You are so very lucky to have so many flowers blooming in Winter. Most of these plants you would most likely see in our gardens in Summer.
We are lucky – but truth be told, we really have to look for them right now. There is no “profusion” of blooms (except the Camellias of course).
Your narcissus blooms are sending cool vibes my way! Your garden blooms must be enticing you to spend a lot of time in the garden.
Hi Cat, yes they are, but I see rain coming … 🙂