We’ve had a glorious weekend weather-wise, hot and sunny, unfortunately I’ve spent most of the time decorating one of the dormer bedrooms, we’ve got a bit of a deadline as we have family visiting from abroad and I want the smell of gloss paint to have chance to fade before anyone sleeps in there.

Having spent the day indoors, it’s been lovely spending late afternoon or early evening sitting in the garden, enjoying the last of the rays. June is the peak time for the classic English Garden, there’s so much starting to flower, I shall pick my favourites!

If last week was iris week, this time it’s definitely the turn of the peony. I love peonies, they may have a short flowering season but they are so beautiful and the scent is gorgeous…these palest pink ones are my favourite at the moment, they’re just by the conservatory door and as you go up the steps the scent wafts at you!

…these magenta ones are a bit blousy, they’re up in the Amber & Amethyst garden…

These ones are up by the summerhouse, they make quite a display, looking good even from an upstairs window, they’re mingling nicely with the alliums and the astrantia too…

Up in the autumn bed at the top of the garden the peony has just started to flower, it only has one open so far but it’s very pretty…

The roses are starting to bloom too, most have just got one or two blooms out so far, but one bush is looking amazing, I think it’s called Golden Celebrations, my daughter bought it for us when our golden retriever died…

Aren’t those flowers just beautiful, I love the variation in the colour from deep orange in the bud to soft peach and yellow blooms.

Even the honeysuckle has decided to excel it’s self this year, I planted this a few years ago to grow over an arch and it’s always been a bit pathetic and straggly. It’s still straggly and not very tall but at least it’s flowered!

Around the garden there’s quite a few self seeded foxgloves, I usually let them self seed at will so long as they don’t go mad. This year there’s quite a few down by the patio, mingling with a creamy white one I think I bought last year, I think that’s one of the perennial ones…

There’s lots to do in the garden at the moment, but lots to enjoy too. My gardening friend is coming round this week so hopefully we’ll get a fair bit done. Whilst I’m enjoying the warm weather, it hasn’t rained for sometime, we could do with a little rain, just at night time to freshen everything up!! I’ve got quite a few plants waiting to be planted out but the soil is too hard to dig at the moment and I’m not very good at remembering to water them!