Taking the camera for a stroll in June

Thank you for sharing your garden with us, it does look good,everything so lush.

So glad you are able to get out and enjoy the garden Sheila. Its gone back to cold and windy here again today, although it has been nice and sunny. I took some photo of the roses as they are beginning to bloom at last. I love those swan river daisies and the osteospermums have always been a favourite of mine, but not too great for scottish climate I'm afraid.

Sheila, those Dianthus are beautiful and I love the Osteospermums. Tell me, will you cut down the Hesperis when they have finished flowering? I have had to remove some of mine as they grew so well, to the point that I couldn't walk through the 'wild flower' bed!!

Thank you Siris, Karen and Shirley!

Shirley, I want the Hesperis to self-seed, so I won’t be cutting them back just yet; maybe in the autumn or when they look “past it”?

Thanks so much Sheila 🙂

Wow all those lovely looking plants a pleasure to see ! Happy gardening to you Sheila .

Lovely photos Sheila :) That Malva is lovely but I hope it behaves for you. They spread like weeds in my garden.

Thank you Kidsgran.

Thanks Hywel . . . I’ll be happy if the Malva misbehaves!

Thanks for the Hesperis info. Sheila.

It really is looking like 'your' garden now and has so many pretty plants.

It is a lovely place to be.

As long as it doesn't misbehave too much Sheila lol :)

Thank you very much Chris :)

Hywel - it's strange, the Malva has made much bigger clumps than in my old garden . . . must be happy, lol!

It's looking stunning, so neat and tidy and a beautiful immaculate lawn by the looks of things. Your toning flower bed is lovely, I'm a bit of bright mix person, but I do always admire the toning ones. The Campanula glomerata is a lovely colour.

Thanks Honeysuckle . . . because I was starting from scratch I was able to try different colour themes in different beds . . . but by chance I now have bright pink in the cream-and-blue bed, so I'm beginning to be more relaxed. The pink/purple bed is fun though because there are so many shades of each colour!

So much color and that wonderful path to lead you around. I love how you used the stones to add texture and interest

Thank you very much Paul 🙂

Hi Sheila, lovely photographs! Some really gorgeous colours here. Love the rose with the little visitor!

Thanks Kate 🙂

Beautiful variety of colours and blooms.

Thank you Linda.

I enjoyed the tour very much - especially the white Dianthus (on my shopping list). Any idea what the green insect on the rose is? He's got a grand pair of feelers!

Thanks Sue. No - he has the legs of a grasshopper but too small, so I can't help you!

Your garden looks wonderful . is the insect a cricket? lovely colour combinations.

Looking so pretty Sheila, lovely colours

Thank you Eileen - maybe, but I’ve no idea 🙂

Thanks Sandra 🙂