SUNSHINE AND RAIN AND A GLORIOUS GARDEN

For a week or so now we have had alternating sunshine and rain here on the Pennine Mountains of West Yorkshire.  The garden is loving it, and so am I.  Also the rain has encouraged me to rest after doing my back in a few days ago, bending down from the waist, rummaging in cupboard.  Not smart.  Anyway, now I have the garden room, I get the best of both weathers, rain or shine.  This time of year is the best time of year for me, with the least gardening to do (apart from winter when I hibernate).  The small lawn takes no time at all to skim over with the Flymo, and apart from the occasional dead-heading and watering of containers, there is little to do.  The hanging baskets, which do need watering and feeding, rain or not, because they are somewhat sheltered by the house and because they are densely packed with lush plants, are fabulous with their white and purple flowers.  Below is the image of Bacopa Scopia Double Ballerina Snowball, I have never grown before, but will certainly grow it again.  That and the petunia Heavenly Blue which is more compact than the Lime. 



Bacopa Scopia Double Ballerina Snowball

Petunia Surfinia 'Heavenly Blue'