Here we are with the June pages of My Garden Journal, which takes us to half way through the year. I began my June entries with, “Gardeners have great expectations of June – warm weather, a proliferation of colour, bright sunlight and of course plenty to keep busy with. Wherever you look there is colour.”
“Foliage and flowers play equally important roles in giving so much.”
Six photos follow …….
Turning over the page we see that double page spread features insects on the left hand page and spires of flowers on the right.
On the page concerning insects I share 7 photos and write, “Insects seem to be all around the garden busy feeding and adding life to our patch.”
Sloe Shieldbug (left) 18 Spot Ladybird (right)
Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly (left) Dragonfly nymph(right))(Dangling Marsh Lover)
Large Red Damsel Fly (left) Southern Hawker Dragonfly (right)
On the page opposite I shared photos of flower spikes and wrote, “Many of our flowering perennials have the structure of ‘spikes’. Just think of Foxgloves!” and “Our insect friends love them all too!”
The next two pages featured some of our colourful dahlias, a recent interest. I wrote, “We have made four gardens together and it seems strange now to realise that we have only been growing dahlias for the last decade or so. Now we have lots of them that Jude grows in large pots. We grow those with open flower heads that insects can appreciate as much as us.”
I then filled two pages with photos of some of our dahlias.
pinks
Turn over the page to the final entry for June where I considered alpines, writing, “I don’t think I have ever featured alpines in my Garden Journal, so I will now even though they are out of their best season.”
So that is all about June in our garden which takes us half way through the year already. Back again in July!
greenbenchramblings 
One reply on “My Garden Journal June 2024”
The Joy of June – what a lovely blooming of colour and insect life. A Joy too of the end of those rains.