Catch Up

I'm playing catch up again… I seem to have been on a photo-taking frenzy over the past week…

Happy Violas for the pots.

My first year growing Bergamot… I think I quite like it! The Butterflies and bees seem to anyway,

Lavender 'hidcote' bought reduced… They looked to be poor specimens in the pots, but put them in the ground and they look fine! Small, but they'll grow quickly enough.

A strange double-headed Scabious…

Small Tortoiseshell

Monkhood has been flowering for a while now…

I've seen a few Bees dying recently… Worrying…

This Bee wasn't in good shape…

And a dead Wasp…

10-spotted Ladybird

Harlequin? Or one of our larger natives??

Plenty of Gatekeepers once again…

Can you spot all the Butterflies in this photo???

Plenty of Shield Bug babies.

And a very welcome Angel's Fishing rod!!

Stargazer lilies… they've never been very good, I really ought to get rid of them, but their perfume is very heady…

Veronica 'Twilight'

Newly hatched Shield bugs

And an interesting sunset to close…

Rainy Monday!

Rainy Monday!

Rain at last!!! I think we're due for it to last all day, I wonder if it will cause flash flooding?

But anyway, I still have so many photos I need to post that it's getting silly now… So forgive me!

Bergamot

Danish Flag Poppy

One of many Gaura

Verbena Bonariensis and Aster stand tall

Coreopsis 'moonbeam' from the comfort of the grass

Interesting clouds

Beautiful, wonderful, amazing roses in the front garden

Sweet Peas in the back

Gatekeeper on Sea thrift

More Gaura teasing me…

Allium 'purple sensation' seed heads with Drumstick Allium almost in bloom

Campanula taking over the Veronica and massive Hollyhock in the background

We've seen a continuation of the wonderful sunsets:

Are these real clouds or 'chem trails'?

New border

Black Peony Poppy - will definitely save some of these seeds!

Yarrow… Now, I want to know… How is it possible to have three different coloured heads on the one plant? Scroll down and there's a pale pink photo, then there's this one a fuchsia pink and there's another that is just opening which is a wonderful dusky pink.

I can see why this is called Pheasant's Tail Grass now, wonderful.

See a pale pink one…

Peony Poppy

Is this also a Peony Poppy but without the frilly centre or is it a different type all together?? I'll save the seeds anyway.

Phew, I got lots of the photos posted… Yay. Still more to come though!!