We've just returned from a week away in North Devon and the garden has grown amazingly in that time. In fact when we arrived home, as we trundled our holiday stuff from the car (in the rain) through the back garden up to the house, I was partly overjoyed to see it all again, with flowers which hadn't been there before we went away, and partly overwhelmed by the work I would need to do to sort it out. It looked like a jungle. There seemed to be too many plants crowded into the borders. I really should remember how big plants grow to.
The following day I saw things differently. There was no rain, the sun was shining and my husband cut the lawn. The borders looked so much better once the grass was a decent length. Then a neighbour came round and exclaimed how beautiful the garden was looking. I looked again with fresh eyes and decided it did look quite good.
The poppies are now flowering. The lovely deep pink 'Raspberry Queen' is my favourite. The paler pink is 'Victoria Louise'. 'Patty's Plum' has lots of buds but is yet to flower.
The hardy geraniums are now out.
Lots of pale pink in the front garden.
More blue in the back garden
Also lots of blue from the Iris
It was all so lovely that I cut some flowers for the house.
