May 12th ... random photo's

Once again, I popped out of the house and shot lots of photographs. Fifty seven, to be precise. Of course, many turned out to be less than interesting or duplicates of previous photo's, so didn't make it to the blog. These are the ones voted for by the Steve/ Janet jury ...



From the upstairs landing window ... a slightly different perspective. It confused me and I took the picture!

the border next to the driveway ... The Geranium is starting to flower - we think a little ahead of time.


Peonies are reputed to dislike being moved. Well this one is obviously a gypsy variety.

The honeysuckle aong the side passage that is a July flowering specimen ... It seems that it forgot to check the calendar!



The rather nice Azalea at the back of the patio that is about to burst into bloom - the bamboo behind it was bought for the colour of its stems as the next photo shows.






I'll post more of this Clematis as the flowers open, but it looks promising. Given that it's been pulled around a lot - while I repaired the fence and janet panted the fence, I think it's doing rather well.




I have no idea what this is ... but it's been flowering for ages. A great-value plant!


The tree-fern is sprouting new fronds. Last year's fronds are still there and still looking reasonably fresh so we'll probably leave them in place as the new fronds develop.




The "prairie" border lacked colour. Being in direct line-of-sight from the swing-seat we decided to plant this Geum. It's looking good and we hope if develops into a real splash of colour in subsequent years.

Another recent purchase. This heuchera is next to the new path and will, we hope, form a mist of red as it develops.

I do like the way Mahonia's give this splash of red as they grow.