Monday and its still gloomy.

The weather this spring has been awful. Apart from the odd spell of sunshine, we have mostly had rain, drizzle or grey skies. The effects on wildlife will show probably next year....but for now I can tell you the following..........up until this time I have not seen any honeybees in the garden. Hopefully if the weather warms up I might begin to see them. The mason bees have not done so well....last year eighty tubes were filled......this year I have ten at the most. I don't know the reasons but it has never happened before. But its not all doom and gloom....there are lots of young birds in the garden.......magpies....chaffinch.....starlings....sparrow.....blue tits.....and great tits. These are the ones that I have seen. Blooms are doing ok, as we have spells of sunshine in between the showers.
Plenty of rose blooms still, although some are pretty soggy!!!
I love this bloom on the Elder Black Lace. These shrubs thrive in the damp, so they are doing well.
Hypericum......I love these shrubs and can never quite understand why they get such a bad press here.
This Rose has got to be a freak of nature surely. Can you see the outside petals are green and red? Most peculiar.

Lovely foxgloves again,this one has just opened.....how pretty is that.
This honeysuckle is so full of flowers it lifts the whole garden, and the smell, oh I can't tell you it is divine.
Welsh poppies are popping up all over the place and dance in the breeze.....
And the delightful calendula.....an old cottage garden plant, don't you just love its sunny little face.
The cranesbills have flowered non stop.....I would not be without these.

I planted Arum Lillies in the bog garden years ago. Someone told me they would not do well. Me being me, never listened....glad I didn't because they bloom non stop every year.
I just love my white blooms.
This poppy is stunning....tried several times to capture the true colour and this was the best photograph. This is the result of cross pollenation.
Marigolds, always reliable and the hoverflys love them.
And finally this Clematis, one of the montana's, has so many buds it was starting to come away from its host, the old pear tree. I spent a good hour yesterday tying it in. I can't wait for it to reach the top of the tree....every year I look down from the bedroom window to be greeted with these magnificent blooms.

So a brief chat about what is going on in my garden......how is the weather with you and is your garden doing well????