An erratic summer at best but there are many pleasures in the garden to be enjoyed - here are some which I found rewarding.
Astrantia seedling Astrantia seedling Astrantia seedling
Astrantia major ‘Green Dragon’ a selection made here
Baptisia ‘Chocolate Chip’
Clematis ‘Gillian Blades’ Clematis ‘Warsaw Nike’ Crocosmia backlit Papaver o. ‘Cedric’s Pink’
Papaver orientalis sport from ‘Bonfire’
Rosa gallica ‘Charles de Mills’ Rose ‘Ash Wednesday’ Rose ‘Leander’
Four Seasons, Forncett St.Mary, Norwich
all photgraphs by John Metcalf