Middle of the garden

Beautiful as ever...even without the roses..

thank you very much Michaella, I am so looking forward to the roses blooming. The arbour seat has three all in bud two reds and a lemon one. It is looking good for some colour this summer. :O)

Nice and full!

Yes indeed, I sometimes look and think I might have over done it a tad lol :O) but not at this time of year, it has really only just got going and it is more at the back end when it is dying down that I think it starts to look scruffy. :O) but for now I love it and look forward to seeing the lovely colours which appear soon. :O)

Overdone it? lol! It is a real challenge getting colour right through from spring to autumn and beyond isn't it...but I don't have the wonderful summer display that you have with all your herbaceous plants. I sacrifice the 'wow' factor so I can have something in flower all the way through, and keep structure in the winter as well. Yours is more of a contrast between winter and summer, but as our winter is so long, I don't think that would work for me. I'd be miserable until about June and after August!!

It certainly is a challenge, been missing for one week and it is going mad out there. lol yep I know what you mean, yours would not be the same if it had all the herbaceous plants as mine does, although originally I did set out to have some colour in the garden throughout the year and I have been successful to a point even if it is only holly through the winter months. lol. think there is only January when it is quite bare before the bulbs start to get going here.

Yes, jan, feb are the worst. But tbh, nov is pretty horrid here too!

And March is sooooo coooold!