I started our garden in spring with tiny plants. I didn’t want an instant garden at the time, I wanted a garden that would grow and develop over years. This plan made sense in my head but has meant that throughout most of summer it’s looked a little… bare. But finally, in late summer it’s starting to take some shape.
![Side of house in summer](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2671-768x1024.jpg)
![Dryopteris Filix Mas](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2705-768x1024.jpg)
![Ornamental chillis](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2703-768x1024.jpg)
![Acer Wilson's Pink Dwarf](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2702-768x1024.jpg)
![Fuchsia Jack Stanway looking good](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2672-768x1024.jpg)
![Sambucus nigra black lace](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2700-768x1024.jpg)
![Allysum](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2694-768x1024.jpg)
![Antirrhinum](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2697-1024x768.jpg)
![Monarda Cambridge Scarlet](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2698-768x1024.jpg)
![Supposed to be Monarda Cobham Beauty but blatantly isn't...](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2699-768x1024.jpg)
![Fuchsia Hawkshead](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2693-768x1024.jpg)
![Jenne's Cyclamen burst back into flower on 1st August](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2692-768x1024.jpg)
![Brunnera Jack Frost](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2691-768x1024.jpg)
![Heuchera marmalade](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2689-1024x768.jpg)
![Fuchsia Golden Treasure](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2688-768x1024.jpg)
![Kniphofia, turned out yellow rather than orange / red](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_25931-768x1024.jpg)
![Rumbles in his fave summer spot](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2665-768x1024.jpg)
![Fuchsia Golden Treasure](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2592-768x1024.jpg)
![Cornus Kousa Chinensis](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2588-768x1024.jpg)
![Buddleia](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2568-768x1024.jpg)
![Buddleia proving it's a butterfly bush](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2569-768x1024.jpg)
![Hosta Francee](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2586-768x1024.jpg)
![Front of house, Brachyscombe doing well after being cut back](http://www.claphamgardens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2733-1024x768.jpg)