The garden is looking amazing at the moment with so many flowers out ... we are enjoying seeing what is blooming where, although I don't know if we'll be remembering any of it for next year. I'm attacking a few more beds rather than wait for winter. I know it's not good form to do severe pruning in spring but I know I need to do it while the enthusiasm is there. At least the camellias are meant to be pruned back after flowering. Here is the before.
And the after.
It has made a huge difference to the amount of light that gets into that bedroom! It's east facing but we've never thought of it as particularly sunny. Nor has the cat, but she figured it out pretty quickly. Nearly makes up for the lack of a constant fire (but not quite, she loves the fire).
About a quarter of the roses are blooming with more coming out every day. They are all sorts and shapes and sizes and - generally - pretty healthy. I gave them another fungicide spray because we weren't expecting rain and then it rained for 24 hours, which is typical gardener's luck.
In the instruction folder for the house there is a collection of rose labels, and we might try and match them up to the plants. I'm not sure how accurate it will be. A rose is a rose is a rose, after all.
And here are the different rhododendrons, to go with the bright pink one that flowered first. The purple is particularly lovely, it's not a colour I associate with rhodos.
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