middle of the month

And there was me thinking there was nothing much out....
Clematis "Dawn" stars here.

The lilies of the valley are a pain to pick when your knees are creaking

Cl. montana and Phlox 'Clouds of perfume' showing off a white bleeding heart.
My Latin names have gone right out of the window,

Exochorda Macrantha "The Bride" stars amongst lesser folk.

This Hellebore still striking in the throes of death

Aaahhh, what would my garden be like if the forget-me-nots weren't allowed free reign. Myosotis, I thank you for your cheery presence making rivers of blue through the grass and the weeds.

Ditto for the eyebright, Veronica something or other

Another posy, with a strong C. montana, whose subtitle I never learned as this was a cutting.

My current star: Comfrey, or Symphetum vulgare, the plant whereon the moth Scarlet Tiger feeds its caterpillars.
I did a full post on this plant and its relationship with the moth/butterfly called Scarlet Tiger

Geranium macrorrhizum, one of the many cranes' bill varieties my soil encourages.

A white form of the vinca family that runs late and stays long

Wood anemone A. nemorosa, delicate and tough at the same time.

The Spanish interloper - unwanted guest as it obliterates our native English Bluebell: The Spanish form is wiping out our hyacinthoides non-scripta.

The generous shrub Kerria 'flora plena' that still flowers in November, although sporadically by then.

The same flower in a different light.

Not sure I should show this form of Cornflower. Came from nowhere and made itself at home. I shall have to check out the proper name.

Clouds of Perfume again: a truly welcome import from the US.

Here the fat sturdy flowers of the Spanish bluebell. Indestructible it seems.

Appleblossom, in watercolour....

and for real. So glad our tree will be fruiting again, after we lost half of it in a storm two years ago.
Last year we harvested one apple - this year we will be drowning in applesauce :-)

My piece de resistance: Auricula - a type of Victorian primula that people collected and displayed in their greenhouse in Victorian days.

and again with a different camera.

A bit of everything that is there, still flourishing or now going over slightly.

This post is linked with Carol
and with Lisa