May started dismal, wet and cold. The grass grew quickly in the rain but most of the other plants looked very miserable and soon lost the blossoms early so we will not be getting much fruit this year. However, the weather improved towards the end of the month, the temperature rose and we were able, at last, to sit in the garden to enjoy our lunch.
Wisteria sinensis – the first to bloom (07/05/12)
Apple blossom (07/05/12)
Bluebells (07/05/12)
A colourful border (07/05/12)
Wisteria sinensis in full bloom (12/05/12)
A tulip among the deronicum (leopard’s bane) (12/05/12)
The beans are starting to germinate in the greenhouse … (12/05/12)
… and other plants are doing well too. (12/05/12)
Ceanothus, and if you look carefully, a bee in the centre of the picture (12/05/12)
Wisteria sinensis (12/05/12)
Wisteria macrobotrys (23/05/12)
Polemonium (Jacob’s ladder) (23/05/12)
Choisya (23/05/12)
Clematis. This one climbs through our cherry tree. (23/05/12)
Hesperis (23/05/12)
Potentilla (white) and ceanothus (blue) (23/05/12)
Polygonum (knotweed) (23/05/12)
Cerinthe, much loved by the bees (23/05/12)
Young tomato plants in the greenhouse (23/05/12)
Runner beans getting a start in the greenhouse (23/05/12)
Broad beans. This is a red flower heritage variety. (23/05/12)
Veronica (23/05/12)
Rosa banksiae lutea, a fast spreading thornless variety (23/05/12)
Ceanothus at the front of the house (24/05/12)
First ever flower from our wisteria burford (27/05/12)
Wisteria macrobotrys in full flower (27/05/12)
Iris under an apple tree (31/05/12)
Iris under an apple tree (31/05/12)
Peony (31/05/12)
Dutch iris (31/05/12)