This Week In My Garden: More Than Roses

I'm joining everyone over at A Southern Daydreamer for another edition of

Outdoor Wednesday to welcome the month of June!

Over the past few weeks I've shared many of the roses from my rose garden, but

there are other things growing in the garden in addition to roses.

Geum 'Lady Stratheden'

Salvia africana-lutea

My favorite of all the sages I grow, this is native to South Africa and has large flowers.

Once the petals fall away the calyx remains for added interest. (below)

This evergreen perennial is Plectranthus barbatus and has large textured leaves

in a bright almost chartreuse green color.

Umbilicus rupestris - Navelwort, Wall Pennywort 

The Hydrangeas are very late this year, just starting to bloom,

 when they usually are finishing up about now.

Great fillers for any part of the garden, "daisies" come in a multitude of colors and sizes.

Silene uniflora - Sea Campion

Aloe striatula 

Eriobotrya deflexa - Bronze Loquat with a couple of Locusts behind

and our native oaks in the background.

Achillea - Greek Yarrow 'Moonshine'

Centranthus macrosiphon - Pretty Betsy, Spur Valerian

Love this, but Betsy goes everywhere in the garden.  It also comes in a white form

that is less aggressive.

Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Daisy

Another favorite Salvia, this is Salvia forsskaolii - Indigo Woodland Sage

Very large chartreuse textured leaves.  Snails love this stuff, so baiting is really

essential to keeping it nice looking.

This is another of my miniature roses called 'Popcorn'

Sedum rupestre - 'Angelina' growing at the base of an Agave.

And to finish up this week's stroll, this is part of a series of images of my

Deutzia 'Magician'

Thanks for coming along for this week's stroll through the garden.  Most of the roses are in a resting period after the first big flush of the season, but they will be back in full force within a couple of weeks.