May’s a great month, and not only because it’s my birthday month, but it’s the month that usually brings sun - and this year was no different, though since then it’s been a bit AWOL. But it’s good to look back over my pictures from the month and see the blue skies and enjoy the blooms from the Gertrude Jekyll rose which had plenty of flowers this month. And to marvel that our well known for its late flowering camellia, was still going strong this month - its latest ever, and no doubt a knock on from the peculiar weather in previous months.

The bluebells and sedums also enjoyed the month and looked good with a layer of camellia petal confetti among their greenery too. The rear of the garden was filled with the scent of lilac, and while we didn’t have many flowers on the tree, what we did have was powerful - and pretty.

May was also a windy month and we had at least three branches down, some of them bigger than others and some managing to balance themselves precariously on the fence, but just in a spot we couldn’t quite reach.

On the patio the border was full of greenery and the new additions of three stone spheres were almost, but not quite swallowed by it all. The alliums rose above it all and provided spheres of colour at a higher level, I think they’re increasing each year but it’s a slow process.

In other developments we did hang our new garden lights. After trying many types of lighting and approaches, this time we’ve gone for battery powered strings of lights across the garden, and they’re fab. I’m hoping we get much use out of them this year.

So that’s my May in the garden, how was yours?