South facing Salvia border.

A beautiful border looking down towards the house, it's all lovely though so can't really say one bit is better than the other. I love the Clary and it fits in everywhere so well. With the backdrop/borrowed landscape of the Church the Passion flower may well turn up it's nose at the Salvias and try to get over the wall to more exalted company.

Really lovely blog Janey - so nice to have all your happy plants given a name 🙂. What green fingers you have! x

That's a truly lovely cottage garden border. The salvias have gentle, soft colours which suit the wall behind. Your dahlia is very special, too.

Thanks Meadow, I'm hoping Amistad will bulk up and grow even taller. I remember I mulched mine to keep it warm over winter, they are a bit tender. Cherry lips is fabulous, and I do like very much nachtinder, another very dark one.
Yes, I do hope your cuttings take..

Thank you Honeysuckle, haha, yes that maybe is the case, it is pure white!

Thanks Sheila, pleased you like it. I have grown close to each and everyone during lockdown....no not really, only joking!..:))

That's kind of you Anget, they are soft colours, I usually have more brilliance in this border, but I really like it this year. Irish Frank was well known in our village, a lovely elderly gentleman and sorely missed..

Janey, your garden is fabulous. I just love it. I wish I had better luck with salvias...they are annuals here. You've achieved what I've been aspiring to for ages. at risk of repeating myself: I just love it!

Janey I love your garden its a proper cottage garden a riot of colour it would do well on a chocolate box or a jigsaw .. and those walls well you know what I think about them ..Big Sigh x

Aw, you two, thank you! The pretty dainty Clary ones Lori are annuals, I wasn't expecting them to grow quite so tall, but with rain, heat and rain again, they shot up!
A jigsaw Amy? Just imagine all the weeds you'd have on every piece..:) yes I do love the walls..
Thank you both so much..X

that is so beautiful a riot of colour and in my palette too.

Yes the S. pink sundae is supposed to be an annual, but a few seedlings shot up again here this year. 🙂.

Thank you Sbg...:)) good for the pollinators...

Did they Sheila, it is a strong one then..:)

Really lovely blog, Janey! Thank you for sharing with us.
You have a really beautiful, romantic garden. It’s captivating in all its prettiness and colour! Oh that dahlia is a real striking colour too; you are so very right, it’s beautiful!

That's so kind of you Kate, thank you! I'm really pleased how it's turned out. I did think there was far too much together, but no the plants lean on each other when the blustery wind blows and seem to weave in and out of each other too..:))

Your garden looks beautiful such colourful boarders love the Dahlia.

Thank you Dawn, I was hoping for a sunny day today to enjoy it all a bit more, but no rain, rain... Hope it's drier where you are..:0)

There's a lovely 'cottagey' feel to your garden, it looks very relaxing :)

A lovely, "flowery" blog, Janey! :)

I like that Passion Flower very much & the Dahlia is stunning!

Absolutely gorgeous border Janey.

All soft and lovely, that church spire is the icing on the cake. I do love clary, but have never grown it, is it easy? Does it look good for a long time? I've been growing herbaceous salvia for a few years now, such marvellous plants. I have nachtvlinder, among others, but my favourite is cerro potosi, absolutely love it, but it would not fit into your lovely muted border. Would you like to swap gardens? :-)

Ba I love Cerro potosi too . . . to me it goes with EVERYTHING!

Thanks Hywel, yes, it is quite a relaxing garden on a sunny day (!) The climbers have run away this year with the heat and then the rain. The hops down the end of the garden are clinging to anything they can grab, but they are such a wonderful colour, that I don't mind...triffids come to mind!

Glad you like it Balc, yes, the Passion flower has so many flower buds, and now they are trailing down to the Rosemary, it is really doing just what it likes..:))

Thank you Linda..:o)

Its rain rain and very windy here too Janey .

Hello Ba, yes the clary is very easy, the pink ones are from seeds Sheila kindly sent me. I love the bracts, just like coloured paintbrushes, and the insects do enjoy the tiny little flowers down the stems. I'll let you know how it all gets on, so far they have withstood the grey wet and windy days, so are quite sturdy..:0))

Nachtvlinder is my absolute favourite. I was lucky enough to visit Sissinghurst last September, and there it was, just stunning! I don't know Cerro potosi, so am going to google it to have a look. Both you and Sheila love it, so can't wait..haha.

Ooh yes, it is spectacular! Baby sage...and there it is with Amistad at Sarah Ravens. I think it would look great in my border, a pop of sharp pink, to wake you up..:0))

Oh Dawn, don't we get fed up of it! I keep putting pots under cover, then bringing them out.. I've even got my heating on as it's quite cold inside..:((

If it’s Cerro potosi you like, I can probably take some cuttings . . . but don’t hold your breath!

I do Sheila, thanks so much..:))

A real cottage garden which looks amazing. I love the colours in your border and the pretty, frothy mixture of plants.

Janey, I have just taken two cuttings of a ‘sharp pink’ Salvia. I now have quite a few sharp pink salvias around the garden, so it might be Cerro potosi or it might not! But they are the same colour so I’m sure you will like it.

If they make a good root system in the next few weeks, I’ll post them on to you. x

Absolutely gorgeous planting Janey ... I would love to have a brick wall or two for my Passion flower to adorn ... instead of a fence where it grows through to the neighbour's garden! Not that he minds ... :o)

Oh, thank you so much Wildrose, I'm pleased how it's turned out..:o) they all seem to like being next to each other, which is great..

Well, thank you very much Sheila, I'm sure I'll love it, when I googled it, it looked really pretty..X

Aw Shirley, this brick wall runs the full length of the garden and is probably 200 years old. It's taken me quite a faff to remove most of the Ivy that had been there ages, and luckily, the Passion flower is happy to search and twine through it. I bet your neighbour is very happy to accommodate yours, especially with the orange fruits later!
What type is yours?

Sheila, if you're still looking in, I broke off a woody stem of salvia embers wish by accident, decided to try cuttings and stuck them in a glass vase filled with water. It didn't take them long to root and I now have 5 embers wish in pots, sadly not my favourite, but cant sacrifice a stem of cerro potosi lol:-)

Wow Ba, that’s amazing. I’m sure we’ve all done that with fuchsias, but wouldn’t have thought to try it with salvias . . . thanks! Apparently the stems of salvias can be cut into many pieces and all used as cuttings.

Ooh you lovely girls talking all about cuttings. Haha Ba.
Heck, Im going to try Amistad if either of you two would like a cutting? And if you don't, there's more for me..:D xx

Thanks Janey, but I already have a couple of Amistad. Good luck! x

Ok Sheila, I'll give them a go and put them next to my rooting geraniums on my kitchen window sill..x

Janey, mine is the absolute 'common or garden' Passion flower ... all the garden fencing will be replaced with new some time in August/September ... I dread to think which plants will suffer from the fencing guys size 9's/10's/11's !!

Lovely, I do like that one. I thought mine would be unusual, but actually you can't distinguish one part of the flower from another, being all white.
i would think being fencing guys, they'll be used to owners saying watch the plants! It does sound like a big job though Shirley...:((

It entails all three sides of the back garden ... also was booked to be done in March ... then Lockdown arrived! ... :o((

Ooh....mmm....just imagine when it's done tho, you'll be very pleased it's over. Just mind that powder puff cosmos, as they do flower well into autumn don't they..

The Cosmos are either in the middle border or in large pots ... away from the boundary fences. One of the guys said it's the smaller plants I need to worry about ... the large shrubs are tough. By the time they come to do the work I hope to have lifted some plants to pots for temporary measure. What a palava!

That's good. Yes it isn't what you would want, but it'll be worth it.. Next year you'll be planning for all sorts in the garden. This year is one we just have to get through, and plan for good things to come next year..:o))

That is so very true Janey ... I'm staying positive throughout !

Yes, we have to. I have to have my tall chimney repointed in August, not all of it thank goodness but right up to the top, I've been advised a liner would be beneficial too...yikes!
I'll have to move all my pots and baskets right out of the way, with a very old place, it's never ending..:o/

Janey it all looks wonderful, a fabulous selection of very happy plants, thankyou for sharing ....Oh I nearly forgot, I love your walls also, can remember you clearing that ivy, job was well worth doing.....

Hi Lincs, thank you for that..:))
I thought I'd read your comment, and then there was an extra bit...I've been checking out all the frames online with Specsavers, now I know I need them!
Yes, those walls which are beautiful each side, have been the bane of my life gardening here..haha, well, not the walls themselves, but the plants on them. I'm so pleased the ivy is under control now, and my blue butterfly still visits..:))

Not sure how I missed this....a wonderful country border.....gorgeous planting Janey.....

Well thank you Dd..:)) and even with the weather we've had lately, the tall plants are still busy doing what they do best!