In My Garden Today

Hello Everyone,

For a host of reasons I haven't been able to post my usual In A Vase On Monday these last few weeks. Today is no exception. I'm off on holiday soon so I'd rather not cut flowers that will wilt and die from neglect. So, instead, here's a photo from my garden which I hope you will like as much as I do.

A happy combination of Clematis Sunset and the black elder, Sambucus Black Beauty.

Hope you are having a great Monday.

In A Vase On Monday - It's Tulip Time - plus a garden update

Hello Everyone,

Well, here we are one day into British Summer Time, and we're having gorgeous weather! And as if to celebrate the sun the tulips are bursting into colour at last. Just in time to be included In A Vase On Monday over at Cathy's blog, Rambling in the Garden.

Planted by my husband, who never labels anything, these could be Sunlover tulips but I can't be certain. I do know, with absolute certainty, that the twiggy foliage is from the black elder, Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty'.

Tucked in between the emerging leaves are the dark red flower buds which will, in a few weeks, open out into frothy sprays of pale pink flowers.

Needless to say the warm sunny days are encouraging me out into the garden to spend a couple of happy hours tidying up and noting what's putting on leaf or is just about to burst into blossom. I've also been repotting hellebores and narcissisi ... after a winter of being in the shelter of the kitchen door I thought it was time to put them in a sunny spot.

The pot back left contains dog's tooth violets, Erythronium 'Pagoda' which are just about to flower.

Here's a few other shots taken today.

Pansies planted up at the weekend.

Flowering current, Ribes sanguineum

Celandines, Ficaria verna

Spirea 'Gold Flame'

Lemon Balm

Berberis

I'd better stop there or this post could go on forever!

Have a great gardening week wherever you are.