Category: Cheering up Mondays

How’s this for some cheerful colour? I first started growing zinnias a couple of years ago when I was sent . . .

A pure blast of colour to kickstart the week. I saw this in Italy and am not sure what it . . .

This is a new addition to my growing dahlia collection. It’s called ‘Summer Flame’ and I really like the colour . . .

This has been an unexpected delight. I was given the seeds for this at a press event and sowed them . . .

A hemerocallis to start the week. I was given this last year but this is the first time it’s flowered. . . .

A penstemon to start the week. I love the shades of colour on this – and the fact the slugs . . .

A new dahlia to start the week. This is the rather strangely named ‘Karma Ying Yang’, which I was sent . . .

The hemerocallis, or daylilies, are beginning to open, including this beauty. I’ve no idea where I got it, or what . . .

After a brilliant trip to Fibrex Nurseries’ Gardeners’ Gathering at the weekend, today’s Cheering up Mondays pic just had to . . .

They may look delicate but no matter what the weather throws at them the flowers of Nigella damascena keep looking . . .