What a fantastic summer! The weather was warm and dry throughout August. It was so dry that I had to water the garden and greenhouse every evening.
A pot of annual dahlias that keep returning year after year (07/08/13)
Hollyhock next to the shed (07/08/13)
The greenhouse tomatoes are not yet ripe … (07/08/13)
… but the outdoor ones are starting to ripen. (07/08/13)
A blackbird stunned after flying into a window (12/08/13)
Sunburst dahlias (12/08/13)
A hanging basket with fuchsia (13/08/13)
Miniature sunflowers (13/08/13)
Artichoke (13/08/13)
Purple heritage climbing bean, which turns green when cooked (13/08/13)
A ladybird making short work of black-flies. (13/08/13)
The vegetable garden (13/08/13)
Japanese anemone (13/08/13)
The jungle! (13/08/13)
White roses (13/08/13)
Apples (13/08/13)
Strawflower. It can be dried for flower arrangements.
Eryngium, sea holly (13/08/13)
A late wisteria flower (13/08/13)
Abelia (14/08/13)
Tansy (14/08/13)
White agapanthus (14/08/13)
Blue agapanthus (14/08/13)
Burgundy lily (20/08/13)
White dahlia (20/08/13)
The blue flower came from a packet of South African seeds. (20/08/13)
Plenty of grapes this year! (20/08/13)
Main border (20/08/13)
The pears are ripening. (23/08/13)
Blue salvia (23/08/13)
View to the house (23/08/13)
A bronze leaf with a yellow flower. Does anyone know what it is, please? (23/08/13)
Himalayan honeysuckle (23/08/13)
Indigofera (23/08/13)
Stokia (23/08/13)
The hops have done badly this year. They normally cover the whole of this wall. (28/08/18)
Anonymous – Spanish Serenade (René Bartoli)