June started off colder than it should have been but on the 20th of the month there was a big change and we were treated to sunshine and temperatures above average. This gave a real spurt to the plants in the garden and by the end of the month the garden was at its best. As well as the flowers, the apples, pears and vegetables look like supplying a bumper crop this year.
A red poppy (04/06/10)
Rosa Banksiae lutea, a small, yellow, thornless rose (04/06/10)
George relaxing in the garden (04/06/10)
The wisteria has done well this year … (04/06/10)
… and also made a good show under the pergola. (04/06/10)
Peonies have taken over a whole small bed at the back of the garden. (04/06/10)
Iris blue shimmer (05/06/10)
A bed of irises under an old apple tree (05/06/10)
Alliums
A red rose (06/06/10)
The hanging baskets are starting to fill out. (06/06/10)
Dutch irises. This type of iris is grown from bulbs. (08/06/10)
Tradescantia (08/06/10)
The vegetable garden from the top window (10/06/10)
Philadelphus: mock orange blossom (11/06/10)
The fern garden (11/06/10)
A clump of colour in the main border (14/06/10)
Around the birdbath with London Pride in the foreground (14/06/10)
Perennial gladioli (14/06/10)
Crane’s bill, a form of geranium (14/06/10)
Rose (14/06/10)
Cistus (14/06/10)
The first courgette (14/06/10)
The salad garden (14/06/10)
Campanula (23/06/10)
A small white rose (23/06/10)
A self-sown double red poppy (23/06/10)
The main border (24/06/10)
Honeysuckle in the cherry tree (24/06/10)
Sisyrinchium (24/06/10)
Cistus bush (24/06/10)
A corner of the main border (24/06/10)
By the end of the month this hanging basket has filled out nicely. (27/06/10)
A small white daisy – a present from Lin (27/06/10)
The house from the back of the border (27/06/10)
Orchids (Dactylorrhiza Elata) (27/06/10)
Nature in our Garden
Our friendly Robin (03/06/10)
Our friendly Robin (03/06/10)
A wasps’ nest in the beech hedge (08/06/10)
A lost nest blown down by the wind, almost certainly that of a goldfinch (11/06/10)
A white poppy next to the euphorbia is visited by a bee. (14/06/10)
Frog and lettuce – could almost be the name of a pub! (28/06/10)
Ladybirds on the beans. Lets hope they keep down the aphid population. (28/06/10)
William Hopkin – Idle Days in Summertime