Clover is now starting to proliferate in the meadows adding a purple glow to the yellow Buttercups and fresh green grasses of summer….
……I guess it is going to make a great Hay crop full of nutrients for winter feed supplement.
Back in the garden a plant with a very similar flower head is now starting to add its own colour to our rockery…it is the Alpine Pink….
We also have our first Lupine of the summer. I think I prefer the flower spike when it reaches this stage….not quite full colour but more than enough to stake its claim as a big player in the herbaceous border….
Down by the pond we also have the first of the summers Flag Iris, a beautiful flower head that sadly never lasts that long…
Even the hedgerows are joining in the summer fest with Dog Roses creeping through the lush vegetation…
Even back in the conservatory this Kalanchoe plant with its fresh White is making its mark in the summer sunshine….
And there must be much, much more to come over the coming weeks of summer for us to enjoy.
6th June
© David Oakes 2013
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Very beautiful flowers, David. These days I want time to slow down…
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I am also trying my best to ‘slow down’…trouble is the world seems to be going round faster!
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Beautiful, David!
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Thank you…..it is a great time to be out and about
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Gorgeous!!!
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Great pics, David. Thank you. And yes, time goes way faster when you’re getting older. It’s the same for me, going on 64 next month. Being in England that day. Celebrating it with my dear friend Betty in Hunmanby. I love clover and buttercups, chamomile and all thos herbs and wild plants along side roads and cycle paths. They do smell wonderful. Lupine can now be bought in a pot, overhere. I may consider getting one for the balcony but with this stiff northern wind?
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Lupine, geranium or petunia…you have to bring some summer to a balcony…..glad you enjoyed the pics.
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