My May Garden....& Giveaway Result!

As you can see...we have beautiful weather here today and a certain someone is enjoying the sunshine very much! We'd just come back from our  walk when I took this, so she was feeling lovely & mellow...!

The garden is now starting to 'fill out' & look really gorgeous at last...I am having to keep on top of the weeds, especially as we had quite heavy and much needed rainfall yesterday...

Paul's favourite hostas are in their glory. We used to be plagued by snails and slugs eating their way through the leaves of these...but I refuse to use slug pellets in case Alice or the birds ingest some...so they take their chances and as they get more mature, they don't seem to be affected. Keeping them potted helps...as does keeping them away from the hedges or anywhere that snails might lurk...

the late-flowering clematis will be a while yet...but it's creeping beautifully up the old wall...in front you can see the hollyhock, which has blood-red flowers...soon.

The roses are almost out..

the wild geraniums ARE out...

so are the columbines..

the herb garden is running away now...catmint (in the foreground) will soon have it's mauve flowers on show...

the day lilies won't be long...more buds every day...and the beautiful white allium are just beginning to pop too..

My lovely friend Sandy sent me some sweetpea seeds.....which are doing very well now too! Can't wait to see the fragile fragrant flowers all over the tangled foliage...

New to the garden this year are some irises....3 different kinds...the first one just flowered...

and I can't stop looking at it! This time next month, it will almost be time to open our garden to the public!! More on that in June....but for now, the results of my Great British Giveaway!! Lots of names this time...

all carefully written out and put into a favourite and seasonal Emma Bridgewater bluebell mug...

and then I picked one out....and the name was....

SHANNON!! Well done to you sweetie...if you'll e-mail your postal address to me (MozartsGirl1756@gmail.com) I'll get the parcel off to you asap. Thanks so much to all who entered...I would love you all to win, every time! But I loved reading your comments anyway...and there will be another giveaway before long! I can't resist them!!

Happy week to you xoxox