It must be spring!

It's the first of August today; the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the first of February, and it has been a beautifully warm and sunny day. It really felt as though spring had come already.

I did a tour of the garden this afternoon and couldn't believe the number of plants that are in flower at this time of year. I also noticed that none of the non-native plants seem to know what season it is. We've got snowdrops blooming at the same time as roses, for example.

Here are some of the other plants in flower at the moment.

blue daisy-type thing


bush with pink flowers


wild tree-bush with yellow blossom

And finally two I actually know the names of...

Honeysuckle

Lavender

Helen