Mock orange, real fragrance.




Left, balloon flower.















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Meidiland rose and bomb peony.

Volunteer snapdragons.

Volunteer bachelor buttons.

Ballerina rose.

Ballerina rose.

Below, Shasta daisies, old roses and gold leaf caryopteris.

Mcdub rose has a fiery charm.

Russelliana and Madame Hardy roses.

A luminous peony seems to float into the summer dusk.

Fibonacci was right.

Hensol Harebell aquilegia blossom and seedpods.

Blue geranium.

Modern coral roses bloom in concert with OGR Alchymist.

Alchymist bud.

Buff Beauty rose glows in the late afternoon sun.

In late May, Buff Beauty is a symphony of color.

LET THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME

Enzo, named after the Enzo Ferrari racing car, rest in the spice barrel after a dip in the fish pool.

Please note snail damage to basil seedlings in foreground. French persons fond of sizzling the critters responsible in garlic butter may apply for the post of Escargot Hunters. As for me, well, I can try the old trick of baiting them--the escargot, not the French persons--with beer, but it seems a misuse of Stella Artois. I can also surround the basil with a nice layer of sand, which the beasties find unpleasant to navigate. Somehow the garlic butter treatment seems more appropriate.

The inner Enzo, photographed by the Ferrari makers.

Hybridiser Sam McGredy relied on the apple scented, pink Bantry Bay shrub and red, single flowered climber Altissimo to produce this gorgeous Dublin Bay shrub in 1976. Often paired with white Iceberg, for contrast, it is a slow growing pillar rose suitable for small spaces.

Sombreuil rose and peony.