I finally have some lilies, and roses, and a few other blooms to share. This summer… Ugh. Comparing to this time last year, everything is blooming two weeks later. It’s been a pretty poor summer. Good thing I didn’t even try to grow any veggies. I had a feeling this year was going to be shite for veg, and I was right.
Another clematis, slightly different in colour. It’s only the second year in the ground for this one, so it hasn’t gone crazy like the other one. That icky looking brown thing on the right is me using old knee-highs to tie it to the tree. I recycle everything I can!
Love the California poppies. Also in shot: the damned Duggar violas, irises, some of the new pink lilies, part of an astilbe I dug out of a friend’s back-garden-wasteland, and an ash tree that moved in a few years back.
‘Pixel’ lilies! Quite fond of these. They are very short compared to the next ones.
Forget what genus these lilies are, so I just call them my black lilies. Clearly they aren’t black, but they are lilies. This is the first one to open this year, now I have several out front and back. I’d guess they grow about a metre or yard tall – hard to say as again, they are in a pot.
Wonderful white rose. Smells sooooo good.
Orange lilies going bonkers as usual! Also lavender, columbine, sweet william…
Galliardia survived the winter. Still waiting on the rudbeckia to bloom.
More roses! iPhone really proved itself with this pic.
Sweet william, by my raspberries.
Key for size reference – raspberry season has arrived! They never make it far from the bush to my mouth. I do try to share with hubby. Sometimes.
Yes, I know my countertop is hideous.
Ending with my favourite rose, a lovely lavender colour. Bloom is too heavy for the stem, poor thing. I’ve been struggling with this wee bush for years, it is isn’t happy where it is, I guess. At least the black spot that is taking down my massive white rose hasn’t hit it, despite them being less than two metres apart. Two more blooms on this one yet to open, and I’m excited – that is two more than last year!
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Such beauty! I envy your garden. Hopefully one day soon I will have a garden again.
Soon!
Feast for the eyes. Really like the first 3 – can’t choose among them. Raspberries! Fresh ones smell wonderful.
You were right not the best year for produce here either
Thanks!
Too much rain in both cases. Not enough heat here, either. Oh well.
Your flowers are gorgeous!
Thank you!
Magnificent blooms!
Thanks! Wish I could spend more time with them 🙂
It may be a poor summer for veg but your colourful flowers must make up for it a little. California poppies always make me smile.
Gorgeous! In spite of the rubbish summer! Our clematis was showing real promise this year until the dogs ate it in protest over us arriving home late one evening!
I love the clematis, I have never seen that colour before.
Hubby loves them, so gets them for me to plant 🙂 He got a new one this year, will see what it is like next year I suppose!
Very beautiful 😀
Thank you! Not much else going on I can blog about so… flowers it is!
Always a good option! 😀
Looks like you have lots of glorious colour this summer again. Some of those are beautiful, we have a few similar int he garden, but I never knew what they were till now, do you are both entertaining and educating lol
Good! I do try to name names. And not go all Latin on ye in the process 🙂
If you went all Latin I’d be like…..wha???
The hard part is being here and there are other common names for things. For me, it is a columbine. Over here, they use the Latin Aquilegia. So unless I know both names, I’m probably going local!
We have the California Poppies at our spot too. Also that purple rose …. somewhere!
Where’s all these spiders?
You have my rose? I love that thing. Second bloom is about to burst, can’t wait. But the stems are so very slim, poor thing!
Um… Ireland is definitely full of spiders, I had three babies use me as a launch point today at lunch (I prefer to sit alone outside), and several more babies here at home. Unfortunately they are very wee so not much chance of a picture!