Better late than never

Annual three weeks of complete neglect of garden and house (otherwise known as Edinburgh Festival) has begun. As predicted, warm and sunny weather now that the schools are back. California poppies doing great second flush......and godetias and love-in-a-mist flowering at long last. Fine display from morning glories and geraniums......and first nasturtium has appeared. Spuds all harvested and first variety of tomato producing some ripe ones....self-seeded chervil starting in its usual spot......

Nemesia "Wisley Vanilla" going great guns and doing its level best to cover the pong from the comfrey tea, which does not smell any less bad for being in a Burgon and Ball bucket.....

Worth the wait.....

So lovely.....

Out with the scissors

Doing a bit of dead-heading. Pleased to see that one of the streptocarpus leaves has put out roots, so have potted it on, also repotted Carrie's birthday mini-rose and the geranium cuttings. One daylily flower out AT LAST but love-in-a-mist still not in bloom, nor the rescue rose. Pot clematis looking much happier, and all the mint cuttings racing away apart from the lime mint which seems to be struggling a bit. Sweet william and black-eyed Susie seeds coming up good style......Carrie suggests we have flowers in the greenhouse if the salads are moving to the herb house so maybe they can go there.....two ripe tomatoes, no other varieties yet....feverfew starting to go over......absolutely no sign of the purple clematis this year, but it has been known to flower in September, there is yet hope.....second lot of Oriental poppies didn't come out either, developed buds which then just withered, but they sometimes re-flower in atutumn as well if it's mild....and I see there are some flower spikes appearing on the buddleia so the terrible haircut obviously hasn't put it off too much....

Love its little hairs......

Love her little hairs too.....

AT LAST!!!

Fine display from Lucifer......

So beautiful.....