Garden

[cmcmck]

We have had so few days when we can sit out and enjoy our garden this year having had such a poor Spring and early Summer.

However, today was one so I took the camera out.

We had a visitor:





This is our briar rose in full bloom. This is one of the wild hedgerow varieties such as you find on the field edges locally, not a cultivar.



The echinops have budded up and when they flower, the bees wil go crazy!



A hollyhock varietal which the bees are already harvesting:





Daisy family:



This is Mexican fleabane which makes such great ground cover!



The back bed although I'm afraid you've missed the pink hawthorn and the jasmin which have both already set. The fern is a variety which changes colour all year round:



The hostas are flowering up. They're not native here but they do make great ground cover and come again year after year. We have four varieties:



We call this the marmalade plant as we don't have a name for it. So colourful!



This is spiraea (sometimes called the lemon plant) with a decorative grass yet to blpom to the left:



The bay bush (lauris nobilis)has come on really well- I do love having my pot herbs to hand and by is a top favourite.



My herb bed. Here you can see rosemary, sage, dill and oregano and I also have apple mint,, chives, basil, thyme and pennyroyal (the last just for decoration as it's highly toxic). There are also several lavender varities.
 

Comments

[emeraldarrows]

Very beautiful! And I love the little snail. <3

[cmcmck]

S/he (they're of both sexes) was pottering across our paved area to get to a shady bed.

[yourlibrarian]

Such a nice mix of colors!

[cmcmck]

We went for colours known to attract the insects.

[adafrog]

Cool, thanks.

[cmcmck]

Y're welcome! :o)

[full_metal_ox]

Your “marmalade plant” looks like Heuchera, one of whose cultivars is named “Marmalade”: https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/205185/heuchera-marmalade-(pbr)/details

In bloom or not, the back bed is a beautiful study in variations on the theme of green, as in the jungle paintings of Douanier Rousseau or—closer to home—Victorian fairytale illustrations.

[cmcmck]

So we gave it the right nickname! :o)

The back bed looks good whether in bloom or not but in bloom is really spectacular.

[turlough]

No wonder you have such a charming little visitor, your garden is beautiful. So many lovely flowers!

[cmcmck]

The re-design look a long time but it has been so well worht it.

What a delightful poem

[jesse_the_k]

to the natural world you've created in your garden.

The colors in the snail pictures are stunning.

Re: What a delightful poem

[cmcmck]

The brick paving in that area makes a great backdrop for photos.

[linky]

These are all lovely!