And this rose, which is at least 30 years old, is resplendent this year.
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We are blessed to have the fortune of beholding another spectacular display of estivate blossoming 
The foliage is looking particularly healthy and I have every confidence that it will continue to flourish under your stewardship. I tried to capture a feeding butterfly/moth but I could not focus before it flew away.
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What you need is a Buddleia, aka butterfly bush. We have a white flowered one, but it won’t flower for a while yet. Never fails to attract them, and it’s nice to have some colour when other flowers have finished, although the foliage is uninteresting.
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I have three Buddleia in my garden and I’m waiting patiently for them to flower 
Reminds me of serene meadow flowers
That species of wild geranium as opposed to cultivated is a spectacle to sit back and admire upon the backdrop of the rock garden
Rose Ruby Wedding
Rose Samaritan(s)
Clematis Madame Julia Correvon
The flower is small, the size of a 50p piece
Salvia Hot Lips
Hosta Blue Mouse Ears
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Yup, got got it
Just waiting for these to get really going, all the hydrangeas seem a bit behind this year due to the weather fluctuations.
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Wife is a florist, one of her recent mock ups for a much delayed bride who hopefully will be getting married on freedom day part 2 on the 19th. Really feel for the stress that these couples have been put through, imagine waiting on a Boris announcement and your wedding is actually that day!
Fingers crossed for them.
Wife does the professional stuff, I mess about in the garden and then on the big gigs take some time off my work and become the helper up the ladder.
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Looks like an Agapanthus to me. Possibly.
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I cut round the Ox Eye Daisies and the clover , bees are happy
Really lovely photos that capture some kind of bliss in the presence of a grasshopper/cricket
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So I stopped using Chemical warfare on the Slugs. They have repaid me be completely demolishing my Lupins. No flower heads left and half its leaves gone. F… . It had 3 that where doing well and it was happy leaves where happy. Now it’s sad bedraggled thing. That’s in 2 days. Not a happy camper.
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