Ebb and flow

The garden is changing, shifting shape and form.  Late Spring has ebbed away and only the bobbing heads of Alliums, all green now, reminds us of the contrasting purples and whites of a few weeks ago.

Summer is flowing through the veins of the garden and as we pass the Solstice, a new road on this garden's journey has begun.  There are hints of hotter colours to come alongside the white, pink and purple of Foxgloves which stand tall and statuesque above the beds and borders like the spires of country churches in a landscape.

Sisyrinchium striatum stabs its way out of the borders while Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum' lays across them like scrunched up purple gift wrappings.

These are high times to be remembered and stored.  Taking pictures of the garden helps and will see us through next Winter bringing back fond memories of all too fleeting moments.

This Sunday (30 June) is our last public opening of the year in support of the National Garden Scheme.  It will be an opportunity to share the garden at a precise moment in time.  But for us and the garden, the road goes on and around the next corner is the Lavender displays.  These tall and fresh green flower shoots will soon be many shades of blue, purple, white and pink.  Many Lavenders are in pots dotted around the garden so these too will add to the theme.  But as we past this Solstice moment, I cannot help but look back with a small degree of sadness at an array of plants that we will now not see again until next year.