Pictures of the garden in August

Hydrangeas behind the house.

On the front of the house, the big garden the structure of which begins to be outlined, with to the right a liquidambar of 8 years planted in the birth of my daughter Nathalie.

Three dwarfish conifers frame the stair driving behind the house. From left to right : juniperus 'Blue Carpet' (Where will it stop?), cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana', chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'.

The lavender holds for a long time and attracts bees and butterflies. At the end of the month, I prune rather short but without going into the old wood; so, she remains compact and her foliage has beautiful aspect for winter.

The floral handles of the bellflower pyramidalis, still present, nip in and out of the branches of malus 'Everest'.

These marguerites always present in the end of August form a very natural and brillant atmosphere with the miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'.

The hosta lancifolia is in full bloom, in the middle of August, when the other hostas are already removed the blossom.

To the left, hosta tardiana 'Halcyon'. To the right, hosta sieboldiana 'Golden Frances Williams'.

The lysimachia clethroides seems to indicate the direction.

The anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce hollandaise' remain ornamental even removed the blossom for a month.

The anemones of Japan enter scene. This one : anemone hupehensis 'September Charm'.

The anemones of Japan 'Honorine Joubert', from the top of their 1,80 meters, hide almost the ceanothus delilianus 'Gloire de Versailles'.

Rhododendron impeditum 'Intrifast' : dwarf rhodo making some flowers in August-September but blooming mainly in May.

The small garden : the red flowers of the dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' stand out well on the purple foliage of the cotinus coggygria 'Royal purple'. Sedums are soon going to go into action.

I like this velvety red.

I like very much the orangy tones of the dahlia 'Nectar'.

The small blue berets of the aconite napellus. Its floral stalks, touching 2 meters high, must be supported, here by the branches of a lilac.

Phlox paniculata 'Orange Perfection'.

The clematis 'Jackmanii' blooms for the second time this year.

The oxalis is a charming and very prolific cover-ground, in flower all summer and all autumn long if it is brightened up well.

The physostegia virginiana is a little current perennial and nevertheless very graceful and easy of culture. It needs a support to remain raised.

I like the orangy colour of these crocosmias masonorum.

This year, the gunnera took a beautiful dimension. In mid-August, he reached his highlight. The height is 2,90 metres, he occupies to the ground a width of 5,20 metres. His biggest leaf has 1,85 metre of wide.

Planted this year, a young hydrangea aspera Sargentiana chosen as his big velvety leaves.

This hydrangea macrophylla 'Madame Faustine Travouillon' appreciates the middle-shadow which does not discolor the very pale mallow of its flowers which like very for a long time and dry without darkening under the bad weather. A really interesting variety.

This hydrangea macrophylla 'Rosea' turns easily to the blue because the soil is not particularly acid. He offers a very beautiful cameo according to the age of the inflorescences.

Hydrangeas offer a big variety of flowers. Here the inflorescences of the hydrangea macrophylla 'Lanard White' are very light with in the center the blue fertile flowers and all around the sterile white flowers.

A quite new variety with double flowers found such which in Japan by Corinne Mallet, the hydrangea macrophylla 'Feu d'artifice' or 'Hanabi'.

Planted in the last autumn, a young hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Flake' very promising. Indeed, from his first year, he produced four enormous inflorescences 30 cm long.