The garden has been full of colour throughout June. The lupins started to flower early in the month followed by the foxgloves.
Then we had the hardy geraniums, alchemilla mollis, honeysuckle, clematis, roses.
Two years ago I planted two roses down in the bottom raised bed--'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Rachael'. Unfortunately the labels got separated from their plants and now |I don't know which is which. This one has been the first to flower, its a lovely apricot pink.
Another flower which I've lost the label of is this gorgeous poppy--I'm good at losing labels and forgetting the name of plants.
At the beginning of June I finished planting up my patio tubs with summer bedding. Pinks, blues and purples are my favourite colours as I'm sure anyone who saw them would be able to tell. On fine, warm days we sit out surrounded by these lovely flowers and listening to the bees buzzing around them.
Early on in June when we were at last allowed to visit people, we went to visit our daughter and her family who we hadn't seen for a year.
She lives in Stotfold, Hertfordshire and with lovely countryside around them we enjoyed some lovely walks with their Beagle puppy, Snoopy who we hadn't met before. Here where we live in Lancashire its very hilly and walking can be hard work, so it was good to have some walking on the level there. We went to visit one of her local junk/antique shops and I bought these............
I polished the lantern up and it has revealed shiny copper, it does need a bit more work doing on it, but my arthritic hands are a bit painful at the moment. It was going to live in the garden, but I'm not so sure now. The tin bath is to be our project for the next few weeks as we turn it into a wildlife pond for the garden. That might be the subject of next month's garden blog.
I am linking this post to Sarah's blog at 'Down By The Sea' for her monthly 'Through the Garden Gate' post
