Category: Cheering up Mondays

Looking forward to asters on the last Monday of August. This is ‘Marie Ballard’.

This has been an absolute joy this year. Tithonia ‘Goldfinger’, part of my garden trials.

Marigolds are one of my favourites and this – Calendula ‘Orange Flash’ – is a beauty. It’s part of this . . .

You can always rely on the pansy family to bring a bit of cheer.

Rosa ‘Harlow Carr’ to brighten a Monday morning.

Starting the week with some blazing colour from Campsis ‘Indian Summer’.

This rather gorgeous lily is ‘Rafael’, given to me by WH Hyde & Son to trial with Dalefoot’s new bulb . . .

Something exotic for a heatwave Monday. This Callistemon, or bottlebrush, was spotted in a summer container at Gidleigh Park in . . .

Rosa ‘St Ethelburga’ pictured at last year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. I’m hoping to see lots of roses . . .