Bright garden - cloudy day!

I've taken some more pictures today because the weather was bright with a light cloud cover which means that the colours are not 'washed out'. The first picture is of my favourite rose Gertrude Jekyll which I have had for many years and no matter how hard I prune her she comes back just as beautiful and flowers well. She smells gorgeous too.


Below is a pelargonium but is most commonly called a geranium. I can't remember it's name because I threw the label away! I put it in a pot so that I can use it and a few others to fill up spaces when other plants have gone over.

This petunia is one of the surfina varieties and is called 'blue vein'. It is also scented and flowers profusely.

The last time I bought nemesia the slugs scoffed the lot but these are doing very well thanks to a sprinkling of slug pellets.

And finally this is a campanula and I have no idea what it is called. It's supposed to be planted in a sunny position but this one is in full shade under the wall but it's little starry flowers come back in profusion year after year. This proves that the label isn't always right!

I never tire of the wonders that flowers bring. Soon the sunflowers and the rudbekia will be flowering. The sunflowers are ones that I have grown from seed and I find it incredible that they are already about 6 inches high and they grew out of tiny seeds planted about five weeks ago. When fully grown, these will only be about three feet high.