Holme Gardens, July

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Another overcast grey morning. Made the most of the soft light to head over to Holme Gardens for some flower photography.


Once again, I was bowled over by how fabulous the gardens were looking, and by the inventive planting, which always presents a challenge to the photographer - how to capture the way the colours and the shapes interact with each other?


Echinacea.


Yarrow.


Not a mystery plant... but I can never remember its name.


Eryngium & Verbena bonariensis.


Loosestrife, maybe?


Limonium sinuatum, maybe?


Something in the onion family, I am guessing.


Mystery shrub/tree with gorgeous delicate white blossom.


The soldier beetles seemed fond of this one.


Hollyhocks.














Corn marigolds & day lilies.


Cornflowers.




Linaria marocanna 'Fairy Bouquet', I think. It truly lives up to its name.


Echium, planted by a silver-needled conifer. Not a great picture of it, but the effect was stunning. One corner of the garden turned to blue and silver.