This month certainly did not live up to its name of flaming June. Cold and wet throughout, it nevertheless meant our water butts were always full. Hopefully no need for a hosepipe ban this year! The rain did mean that most plants were able to get off to a good start.
White rose – June is the month when roses are at their best (02/06/07)
A delicate miniature rose (02/06/07)
Nigella, which becomes a nuisance when it self-seeds where we do not want it (02/06/07)
A purple clematis – a great lover of our chalky soil (04/06/07)
An opium poppy (05/06/07)
A wild rose (05/06/07)
The gooseberries are ripening. (05/06/07)
Dutch irises – they grow from bulbs (05/06/07)
Passion flower (05/06/07)
Campanula (08/06/07)
A corner of the vegetable garden (08/06/07)
Perennial geranium (08/06/07)
Lilies and alliums (11/06/07)
Regal pelargonium (13/06/07)
Ripening red currants (13/06/07)
A pink rose climbing into the cherry tree (13/06/07)
Last year this orchid had only one stem, this year there are three. (18/06/07)
Dainty campanulas self-seed every year. (18/06/07)
Hebe (18/06/07)
Day Lily (20/06/07)
Fuchsias (25/06/07)
Yellow lilies (25/06/07)
Himalayan honeysuckle (25/06/07)
Rose of Sharon (25/06/07)
Penstemon 'blackbird’ (25/06/07)
Alpine strawberries (25/06/07)
Salpiglossis (25/06/07)
The patio looking towards the ‘Biergarten’ (25/06/07)
Two dahlia flowers on one stalk (26/06/07)
Hanging basket (26/06/07)