END OF MAY IN THE GRADEN

 

Some pots on the patio.

Flower garden

The roses are out in force

the four beds

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Gertrude J and unknown Clematis

Mortimer Sackler rose and unknown Clematis.

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shady space

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Folly roses

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Crown Princess Margareta plus Jane Philips Bearded Iris 

Tess of the D'urbevilles red rose

Mannington Mauve rambler rose

Pond garden

Trough's 

Pots out the front

Newly planted for this year climbing rose Bathesba 

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Rosa Mundy 

Close up.

The rose in the shade is going great this year.

Zephirine Drouhin Rose was planted about fifteen years back 

The Fighting Temeraire rose in a lovely deep peach

 

Lark Ascending Rose 

BEARDED IRIS

 Our bearded Iris's have putting on their best display ever.

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It's a shame they will be long gone by the time the open day comes around.

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Below are some of the ones that have been and gone already.

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ROSES ROUND THE FOLLY

 

The Gertrude Jekyll rose is wrapping round two sides of the folly beautifully and such a lovely scent. 

FLOWER GARDEN

 

The flower garden is filling with colour. The bearded Iris's are having a fabulous year, they seem to have multiplied and are flowering in beautiful groups of colour.

Seen from the other side.

Each of the four beds are filling with mounds of green , so hopefully plenty of colour next month

plenty of purple around

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The Rhododendron's are flowering at the back with some lovely red and yellows.

This bearded Iris is called something like Quanchee ? 

 Unfortunately when all the Iris's were moved from their original bed in the centre of the garden before the paving was laid, Paul didn't think to group them  and keep the name tags with them, so for some reason we appear to have loads of the purple and only one or two of the other colours.

Somewhere we did have a group of the light blue Jane Phillips but so far I have not seen even one of them! I'm hope one will flower soon, so I know we still have them.

I wish I had enough space to have a long Iris bed like I have seen elsewhere.