A year in pictures

January

Christmas Box (Sarcococca), placed by the front door, so it is easy to remember to bend down and smell its glorious fragrance on a dark winter day.

February

Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ – perfection in miniature. Well worth spending 15 minutes getting cold knees to admire her.

March

Spring is here – cold knees again, but for a blast of golden sunshine.

April

Early sunshine brings out the butterflies. In this case, mating orange-tips.

May

Normal weather resumes, dampening the petals (but not the brilliant colour)  of the beautiful Meconopsis.

June

I spent some of May and June playing with the camera, learning about depth of field.

July

As always, July brings bright colours to the ‘late summer border’ (sounds considerably grander than it is!)

August

Rhapsody in blue – the hard-working and beautiful Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’ is a star in the front garden, starting in late July and going on until the end of September.

September

Almost as beautiful as a flower in the garden – the garden spider. I wish I was as keen on their cousins, the house spider – as it’s around September that these monstrous beasties make themselves known in the house.

October

What better advert is there for allowing ivy to grow in your garden? A red admiral enjoying some late October sun.

November

Early November sees the brilliant colours of witch hazel leaves shine through the dull days.

December

 

A New Year’s Eve rose – Tess of the D’Urbervilles.