🌺Early Summer In My Hampshire Garden For #SixOnSaturday #GardeningTwitter #GardeningAddict

There is still a sharp easterly wind, which is keeping evening and morning temperatures low and the rain out in the west. So the garden is dry and in need of daily watering. Afternoon temperatures rise; some plants are thriving while others (my peas) are a bit miffed. But now we are heading for a weather bomb to mix things up a bit, so we shall see what happens in the next couple of days.

I’m catching up after missing last week, when life just got in the way.

Ragged Robin, bought to sit around the new wildlife pond. I’ve kept the label for when the brain cells struggle to remember the name! Foxy foxglove (I love these), the bees are enjoying them too. The purple Rhododendrons are flowering, last year I lost my red one, which was rather sad.

The roses are all coming into bloom, this one is suffering badly from black spot this year. Next photo is of a bed filled with bees and flowers, the buzzing when I go near by is a delight. (Red Campion, Ox-eye daisy, Jacob’s Ladder, green aconite, Foxgloves and at the back the grape vines.) Last photo is of the first Nasturtium flower. I went a bit mad sowing too many of these too early – beginners error!

Until next week…

Catch up with some of the Sunday Enchanting garden posts:

I spoke to Fred about his garden in Normandy, France, You can re-visit that post here.

I also spoke to Sarah about her Australian garden here.

Last week Páraig shared his Irish garden with us here.

Tomorrow we visit Selwa’s garden in Brussels.

Thank you for joining me for this #SixOnSaturday post. I hope that you enjoyed it. Jim is now our host for this gardening meme and you can find his blog here where you will be able to catch up with links from all the other folks who take part.

Happy gardening

Rosie