We had a very mixed bag of weather in May. On the whole it was dry, in fact too dry. However, it meant there were no excuses for not getting on with the many chores still waiting in the garden. The beginning of the month was also quite chilly with below average temperatures but then on 24th May we were treated to a one-day heat wave, when the temperature soared to the mid 20s (°C). The month finished on a cool note but with promises of warmer weather to come at the beginning of June.
The apple blossom is out. (05/05/10)
Spirea bridal wreath … (05/05/10)
… and here it is fighting for space among the hebes. (05/05/10)
View of the main flower bed (05/05/10)
A double daffodil (05/05/10)
A strange beetle on the goji berry bush (05/05/10)
The blueberry is in flower so we hope for a good harvest. (05/05/10)
Collared dove with two babies (11/05/10)
The lawn is covered in fallen apple blossom. (23/05/10)
Bluebells (13/05/10)
The wisteria in flower (13/05/10)
House and vegetable garden with the lilac and acer through the gate (05/05/17)
Woodruff: used for flavouring our ‘Maibowle’ (17/05/10)
Choisya and wisteria (17/05/10)
The white lilac has done well this year … (20/05/10)
… as has the purple lilac at the side of the vegetable garden. (20/05/10)
The runner beans have been planted. (20/05/10)
Ceanothus on the east side of the house. (20/05/10)
Centaurea Montana: a type of cornflower and a nasty weed in our garden
Wisteria in the Biergarten (22/05/10)
Allium: a member of the onion family (22/05/10)
Study in yellow: mock orange, asphodeline and coronilla (22/05/10)
Choisya, otherwise known as Mexican orange blossom, spreading its fragrance all over the garden (22/05/10)
Cistus (22/05/10)
The tomatoes are planted out in the vegetable garden. (22/05/10)
Black and white tulips (23/05/10)
Iris (25/05/10)
Clematis climbing over the cherry tree. (25/05/10)
Peony (25/05/10)
Garden view (25/05/10)
A few of the plants that will spend the summer in the greenhouse; they include peppers and cucumbers. (30/05/10)
Garden view from back (30/05/10)
Iris (30/05/10)
A bee on a polygonum (knotweed) (30/05/10)
Ceanothus on the west wall (30/05/10)
Rosa banksiae lutea. This was from a cutting of a plant at Leeds Castle. (30/05/10)
Weigela (30/05/10)
Various plants for the salad bowl (30/05/10)
Potatoes in a pot. This is a good way of growing potatoes as it is easy to harvest them. Also in the picture an artichoke and redcurrants. (30/05/10)
Garden view (31/05/10)
Irises under an old apple tree (31/05/10)
An archway under the clematis (31/05/10)
Antonio Vivaldi – Spring