Saturday, 9 July 2016

Love is all Around...

This summer the garden is certainly a demanding mistress.  Luscious, rich and heavy with scent, our intermittent sunshine and showers are proving perfect for the growing season.  Early July, post solstice, is boasting borders more usual in early June.

Our roses are flourishing, cascading over the geranium underplanting, a joy to behold.  Below, the notably fussy, Compte du Chambord, is unfurling his paper-pink leaves with abandon.  Bordered by the exquisite Apothecary Rose, a fuscia pink single flowering variety, and the repeat flowering Magic Carpet, the perfume swirling around the flagstone path is intoxicating, a particularly favourite with our inquisitive little honey bees!