After a fantastic April weather-wise, May was dull, dismal and rainy for the most part. It did give the plants (and the grass!) a good start for the growing season. The garden suddenly became full of colour.
May flowers (hawthorn) in May (01/05/07)
Clematis clambering through the cherry tree (01/05/07)
Tree peony (01/05/07)
Chives to add to salads (01/05/07)
Borage – the blue flowers give colour to a salad and are a necessity for a Pimms! (01/05/07)
Lettuce, delicious fresh from the garden (01/05/07)
Bearded iris (04/05/07)
Miniature rose (04/05/07)
Perennial geranium, one of many we grow in the garden (04/05/07)
Aquilegia, otherwise known as grannys’ bonnets (04/05/07)
Potentilla – usually yellow, this is a white one (04/05/07)
Red rose bud (05/05/07)
Pansies (05/05/07)
Cistus (05/05/07
The blackbirds decided to build a nest in our ‘Biergarten’. (06/05/07)
Fuchsia (14/05/07)
White iris (14/05/07)
Clematis climbing the pear tree (14/05/07)
Cistus (14/05/07)
Cranebill, another form of perennial geranium (15/05/07)
A view of the back garden (15/05/07)
The wet weather brings out the first fungus. (18/05/07)
Peony (18/05/07)
Perennial fuchsia (19/05/07)
Oriental poppies (19/05/07)
Eschscholzia, californian poppies (22/05/07)
Philandelphus, mock-orange attracted many bees with its powerful scent. (22/05/07)
The baby blackbirds have hatched. (23/05/07)
Dutch irises (26/05/07)
Alliums (26/05/07)
Tradescantia (26/05/07)
Perennial gladioli (26/05/07)
Robin’s pincushion, a type of gall found on wild roses. (29/05/07)
The hanging baskets are up! (29/05/07)
Blackberry blossom. This is a cultivated variety without thorns. (29/05/07)
A baby blackbird has left the nest. (29/05/07)