Tag: Cheering up Mondays

Some pink frills to start the week off in style. This is one of the rather lovely cosmos that I’m . . .

Something slightly different for today’s weekly dose of floral cheer. This is broad leaved thyme, which is generally grown usually . . .

One of this year’s new dahlias has started flowering and it’s a beauty. Supposedly the colour changes as the flower . . .

The first of the phlox has opened in the garden. It’s not a plant that’s really suited to my sandy . . .

This is a bit of a thug in my garden, self-seeding around at will. However, it shrugs off the weather, . . .

I spotted these on a recent local walk. Field poppies remind me of teenage years in Norfolk where their blooms . . .

This may not flower all summer like some geraniums but it’s still worth a place in the garden. Lovely soft . . .

There’s something beautifully elegant about lilies, particularly white varieties. I particularly love these for their fragrance. They’re filling the garden . . .

The first Cheering Up Mondays of June just had to be a rose. It’s the flower that I always associate . . .

I don’t grow many roses as they really don’t like my sandy soil but I persevere with a few because . . .