Miss Jekyll's marigolds

well i don't suppose she planted them herself exactly, but they came from the garden she laid out at Lindisfarne............her designs are still there in the castle to look at, although how anyone could read her writing is anybody's guess......we bought two marigolds and a lettuce in her honour. the marigolds are in with the tomato plants in the GREENHOUSE!!.........other garden works have been held up rather by the weather. it's been a cold, wet and blowy summer so far and everything is way behind last year. the Oriental poppies are only finishing now. the paeonies are still not all out, and some of them have rotted with all the rain. the Pasque flowers hardly lasted any time; the alliums were the success i'd hoped they'd be, and i've now planted up my end of the planter bench with scented geraniums, variegated lemon balm, lemon thyme, and a diascia. all the pots are doing OK, but we just need some nice warm sunny weather so i can get the grass cut and we can sit with our borage-flower drinks and admire it all........the chaenomeles at the front has decided to have another go at flowering, and i've added to the alpines by the path................the bit under the tree still looks a bit sad but we've moved the clematis from the back (to make way for the new veg bed!), i've rearranged things a bit and put down some coco shell and it looks much better. gave the willow a haircut and weeded it..............tied up the rose.......volunteers continue to make their contribution to the garden, i notice a small hypericum growing in the alley, the mystery hellebore is doing well and the campanulas are back again along with loads of herb Robert which is spreading prettily but rampantly, let's hope it's not as badly behaved as the Alchemilla..............