365 pictures - Day 52

A coolish, wettish day to end May with. Our little hanging basket of tomatoes is enjoying the light rain. 

365 pictures - Day 51

Foxgloves are just magnificent! The kings of the wildflower world. 

365 pictures - Day 50

The alliums are in full flower now. There are more of them every year, and the seed heads are almost as pretty as the flowers. 

365 pictures - Day 49

A beautiful May day, with a light early summer haze. And so much green!

365 pictures - Day 48

We put in a little cotoneaster at the end of the garden in a really difficult little border. There's a line of conifers on the other side of the fence, and cotoneaster is pretty much the only thing that'll grow there. It was the last resort before we gave up, slabbed the whole border and stuck pots on it. Last resort or not, it's flowering! Looks like we hit on a winner. 

The pretty girl is Penny, deciding that she needs her moment of fame on the internet. 

365 pictures - Day 47

We put in an arch in the garden a few years ago as an extra feature, planted a clematis and a Boston Ivy against it. This spring, the ivy started sprouting, got frosted, sprouted again, got frosted. Finally, it's been able to get going, and it's got lots of lovely healthy leaves now. It'll look great all year. 

365 pictures - Day 46

An odd picture, I know, but the insides of these flowers are so pretty. It's a type of allium called Nectaroscordum. I love them because they're all pretty and droopy like this, then the flowers dry out and point upwards like mad little fairy castles.