Out this week

Big hips of Rosa rugosa in the top bed. Onorpodium acanthium (Scottish Thistle), nestling in with Santolina 'Santa', Heliotrope marine 'Cherry Pie' ...get down on your knees and inhale.. you'll see why it's so named! and Nicotiana 'Lime Green'..out at last.

Out this week

The White Geraniums in the Island Bed are finally putting on a show, and Sunflowers, Helianthus 'Valentine (a branching multi-headed variety), beginning to flower.

Looking good this week

Yellow Perennial Rudbeckia, cerise Lychnis, orange Calendula and purple Verbena bonariensis all working together!

Out this week

The Squirrel Tail Grass, Hordeum jubatum, a perennial Rudbeckia, Sunflower 'Valentine', White Geraniums finally coming into flower and Love in the Mist

More poppies.....

Opium poppies (Papaver somniferum)

Seed scattered in the top bed in March are now all coming into bloom and should provide a wide array of shapes and colours in the next few weeks.

Wildlife

Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Grey Wagtails (nesting in Deptford Creek) and stag beetles have all been spotted recently.