Category: Cheering up Mondays

It’s press day at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show today so this week’s flower had to be a . . .

It’s heading towards peak sweet pea time in my garden. This is a new variety given to me by Chiltern . . .

A rose to start the week. I don’t grow many roses as my sandy soil isn’t really to their liking. . . .

How beautiful is this! I love iris and the rich shading on this is stunning. It was just one of . . .

Dahlia dreams for today’s cheerful flower. This is ‘Wizard of Oz’, which I was given a couple of years ago . . .

The first rose I’ve seen this season – not in my garden but at the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair. . . .

The cow parsley is in full bloom now and lifting my spirits every time I see it. I know it’s . . .

Beautiful wisteria to start the week. Sadly, this is not mine as it’s been very badly hit by frost. Unlike . . .

Something a little different for today’s flower. One bulb in a batch of Tulipa ‘Louvre Orange’ has produced a flower . . .

Some beautiful aubrieta that I spotted on a recent visit to Daglingworth House. It’s a familiar sight in the Cotswolds . . .