The height of summer

 Not much work has been done in the garden this year, owing to our pre-occupation with the extension.  We have managed a bit of weeding in the main flower beds, but sadly none in the overgrown veg patch.  The flower beds are blooming, and those plants which haven't keeled over due to the absence of any staking are looking quite respectable.

Dahlia Twinings After Eight

Rosa Open Arms

Echinacea Purpurea in amongst the yet-to-flower Cosmos

Campanula Glomerata

The joy of scaffolding

Sunnyside is undergoing a growth spurt.  The bricks are up, next stage is timber and tile hanging.  So we have scaffolding, which is affording us an unusual view of the garden.  Hopefully one day soon we will be able to take pics from this elevation out of the attic room window.

Roses galore!

The garden is blooming with lupins, roses, paeonies, poppies and many many more.  Some of the plants in here are still very immature, so there will be lots more to come next year.  I'm very pleased with New Dawn, climbing all over the outside loo.  It has done brilliantly considering it was only planted last year.  I had about three years to decide which rose to plant here, and I'm glad to say the research paid off - the blooms are exquisite and they have a lovely delicate scent. More of New Dawn below. 

New Dawn

New Dawn

Louise Odier

After giving one of my monstrous lupins the chelsea chop, Louise Odier has been given space to breath, and is rewarding us with its gratitude.  Beautiful "old rose" fragrance.   

Compassion

I was once advised that if you only have one rose in your garden, make it Compassion.  I can see why - this is a real show stopper.  This rose is bold and brassy and I love it. 

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This rose was grown from a cutting from the one peering over the fence from next door at Mum and Dads.  Beautiful small blooms starting off apricot and turning white.  Beautiful and lovely scent.

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This was grown from a cutting from one actually growing in Mum and Dads garden.  No idea what it is, similar to New Dawn but slightly smaller blooms with fewer petals.

Still to flower is Paul's Himalayan Musk, but you will have to wait for next year to see it as it looks like it might flower on old growth, and I only planted it in the autumn.

The roses are out!

The roses are beginning to flower - so much excitement!  New Dawn here has scrambled up the side of the outbside loo and is budding and blooming all over.  More rose pictures to follow shortly, if they don't all get blown away in this wind.  And our dear Jenny, the most beautiful rose of all.

More blooms

Paeonia lactiflora "Sorbet"

Astrantia "buckland"

Luscious lupins

Can you believe, these lupins were grown from seed just last year?  They are monstrous.  But strangely only on the east facing side of the outbuilding.  On the other side they are tiny.

Tulips

The tulips look spectacular, and well worth the hours spent last autumn planting them.  White triumphator here bordering the grass path through the pergola

Apricot Impression, a giant darwin tulip, in it's final flush

And finally, Ballade, a beautifully romantic pink tulip with white edging.