The flowers keep popping up and looking pretty. We are still working our way around the beds, with a LOT of mowing, and a big project to fix the dodgy footbridge over the creek. The roses are gratifyingly healthy despite my massive prunes. The pompom tree is out and we can see it from the dining table.
The clematis is a very pretty pink and just about to explode in blossom.
Most of the irises are purply but this is a lovely pink ruffly one.
Here is purple iris with purple lavender and purple sweet peas. And many happy bees.
And in non-flower gardening news we put to use our new incinerator ... tractor guy asked if we wanted a 44 gallon drum (only possible answer 'of course' even though we had no idea what to use it for) ... he put some holes in the bottom so we can burn rubbish that's too bitsy to chip, too twiggy to compost, too small to use in the fireplace and not enough to take to the tip. Not 100% sure it's legal but we figure on a nice calm day what harm could we do.
We started with the personal documents we forgot to take into work for shredding before we retired. Very satisfying.
And finally an after shot of the buddleia bed - the buddleia was higher than the garage roof but appears to have survived its hacking. We're not sure what the long term planting will be - it's a rare north-facing bed along the shed wall so we might need the micro-climate for something more delicate. But in the meantime, it's (largely) under control.
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