My garden at the start of August

Your garden seems to be doing well in spite of the weather. You've got some lovely plants and they all look so healthy :o)

No problem with it being long - more to enjoy. What a lovely garden you have and you take great photos too. I love that frosty hosta close-up. You're right to include the obligatory heucheras. Are we all obsessed with them, or what? Is the trifolium some kind of cultivated clover, only it looks very similar? And well done for finding a butterfly to photograph; they're in sadly short supply this year.

Lovely garden and plants Scottish...:))

Loved the little owl at the start too- forgot to say.

looks amazing scottish!!! i like the heucheras! i liked pretty much everything though to be fair lol! lovely little things in containers too! :-))

love the hydrangeas! Love the entire garden..thanks for sharing. I have mine in a pot as well and the growth is rather slow, but i just hope it blooms again and again!:)

Its all looking wonderful ANgie..love that 'staged' area lovely colours...well done! :))))

Your garden is looking pretty and colourful.
Wonderful to see the butterfly :o)

What a beautiful blog. I'm going back for another look in a mo. That 'staged' area is gorgeous, I love it! You captured the tortoiseshell beautifully too...This is the only kind of butterfly I've seen in my garden so far this year...aren't they beautiful, that little row of blue dots around their edge is wonderful! The plants you have shown us are all looking really well Scottish, and that Enkianthus is going on my 'wish list'! :D

..the clover too...putting this on my faves for future reference!

It is brilliant Angie - how can you not be impressed with that lovely red grass - ours is on the pond edge and less vivid than yours - you have so many I have in the garden makes me smile - I really like picture 3 !!!

Well you still have some lovely plants and blooms. But i share your feelings about the whole summer and it's effects :o( Chin up next year will be better - so I keep telling myself. lol Jx

I love your garden Scottish, you have some beautiful plants and your Helenium Moerheim Beauty is a lovely colour, how tall is that one?

Your garden has done amazingly well Scottish, storms and flood damage to these beauties. Trifolium repens looks splendid and I like the pebble bowl area. The Heuchera does look like Purple Palace...Mine only came in to flower just over a week ago. It looks great.

I agree with the name of your Heuchera being Purple palace Scot. i have those too, such a deep colour, i love them. You have some beautiful pots and your garden is a delight.

Thank you all for enjoying my garden. So many lovely comments and they are all really appreciated.
Hywel...a lovely compliment, thank you.
Tuesday...yes the Trifolium is a form of clover - 4 leafed -although it's not sharing it's luck with me. Another one for wildlife.
Michaella, thank you too!
Leighanne - I'm pleased you like it :)
Garden4kyro...I hope your hydrangea blooms for many years for you. I do like them. This one is now permanently planted in the ground - they love the Scottish climate - how do they cope in Florida?
Pixi and TT, thank you for your lovely comments.
Karensusan...yes the tortoiseshell b'fly is gorgeous - was reading all about them after Pimpernel told me what it was. There was another in the garden today so that's a bonus too! The Enkianthus is gorgeous in Autumn. It didn't flower this year - flowers are very similar to Pieris. I'll post a picture when the colour changes. The clover is good for wildlife.
Paul - it's not that I don't like the grass - I just expected it to be a bit thicker looking if you know what I mean. I knew you would like my little grotto area - there are lots of ferns in there - but you can't see them all for the other plants. It's amazing that we have so many of the same plants - yet our gardens are totally different. I just don't have the confidence to do a garden like yours!
Jane...roll on summer 2013. Thanks for your comments.
Drc....the Helenium is labelled about 1m in height - which is about what it is. It's a very zingy plant and grows with an orange rose and achillea terracotta in the hot border.
Pimpernel....I thought you would like that Trifolium - your kind of plant I think!
Grandmage thanks for the compliments and thank you both for confirming id for the heuchera.
Don't think I've missed anyone out - I double checked before I clicked :)

Thanks Scottish.

Great blog of a wonderful garden.
As everyone has said you have some beautiful plants :-)

Lovely pics Scpttish and , as a rain expert, I can say it probably helped with the successful moving of you Kilmarnock willow in full leaf etc lol. You have such lovely plants, I'm looking forward to seeing your enkianthus in flower and what a star that astrantia is, very aptly named. I know what you mean though about planning for next year, I've put gravel under some plants this year in my front garden .... so next year will probably be a drought!:-)

:-))

Beautiful, colourful garden...
sorry... I have a busy summer...
... I'm trying to catch up with blogs.

Artists' eye for the combinations- Great pics & beautiful garden !

Thanks all for your comments - they are appreciated :)

Enjoyed your blogg this morning - have not been in the garden (or on this site) for weeks now, apart from watering my hanging baskets. However, after reading this and admiring your plants, I am inspired and I'm off to work in the garden now.

My east border was under water again on Monday. Can't think what to do about this before next year's gardening season - it used to be so dry there that plants struggled. Ah well, maybe I will find inspiration while I am outside.

Best wishes,

Anne

Anne, I'm pleased my blog gave you the wee kick start you needed :)
Haven't been in the garden much myself - very disheartened just about describes how I feel about it at the moment!
Like you I'm trying to plan what to plant where the flooding was - a few more plants have bit the dust so to speak.
I'm thinking of trying a Cornus to replace the Cotinus - can't find anything with red/purple foliage that will survive if it floods again - I think I'm correct in thinking that a Cornus will cope with the wet. I've bought a few astibles in Morrisons too. I don't want to through money away so will start of with cheap plants.
I hope you managed to get lots done - although it has been really miserable here today so I hope it didn't put you off too much :))

I've really loved your Blog on your garden, loved the bowl of stones with the pink mushrooms, liked it all and so much colour too, Thanks for showing us,
xx Jackie xx :o))

Pleased you enjoyed Jackie :)

I always like your blogs and photos. You have the real touch of knowing exactly what goes where. I am also fascinated that all of you do so much with pots. We tend to have a few on the deck or entrance but not in the gardens. How do you ever keep up with the watering? I find that even if we get rain, you still have to water the pots! And what do you do with them in the winter? We have been very lucky this summer, rain coming when needed, although we did go through a bit of a dry spell. Anyone coming over to the East in the US would think summer was just one blue sky after another. And that is what is was last summer. But not always. I am crazy about plants and other people's gardens, big, small, a bit nutty, and particularly ones just starting out. So this site is just right for me!

Wells, thank you ever so much for enjoying my garden - it's a great feeling that others admire it :)
As for the pots - I can't comment for anyone else - but most of what I grow in pots wouldn't cope with my moist soil - therefore prefer drier conditions - which means less watering. I wrap the pots with bubble wrap and huddle them all together in the winter. A couple of the larger pots go into my neighbours greenhouse (I don't have one and they don't use it). A job that my son does for me - in return for me being such a wonderful mummy....lol!!!!
Like you I do enjoy looking around other people's gardens. I've picked up so many hints, tips and ideas from others on here.
I'm glad you've had such a good summer - your winters are much worse than we get here. I've only ever been to sunny Florida. Your part of the states is a stunning part of the world - I always associate it with the autumn scenery - it looks heavenly!!