…in the garden. This one is early. On the bank I spot the first small blue butterfly of the year but the dog flushes it before I can get a…

…camellia. unnamed vase of late flowering camellia Just outside Ruan Lanihorne I stop and photograph a Syringa vulgaris which I think may well be ‘Madame Antoine Buchner’. This has pinkish/…

…‘Frances Rivis’. Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’ Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’ A leaky hose watering system. A leaky hose watering system Trachelospermum jasminoides and Rosa ‘Madame Alfred Carrière’. Trachelospermum jasminoides Hydrangea…

…JCW Fortunei hybrids by Park are going over, Azaleas (white, yellow, red) are about their best, good too in the Drive. Madame Lemoine lilac good for a week, all but…