With the last 2 days' heat things have come on rapidly. I now realise I have 33 dahlia plants to find space for + the phlox which came free! It now seems a blessing that there are gaps as a result of the hard winter. So many new developments in the plant department; the first mid-season clematis are opening (usually higher up than I can appreciate them), the first roses, the stunning white iris I put in the vegetable patch as there was no other space now makes me feel guilty for not finding it a better home, an astonishing variety of colours of aquilegia which I can take no credit for as they just seem to do their own thing and come up different colours each year.... Too much to list.
The heat has had its effect on the wildlife too. I have seen and heard my first swallows or martins - must learn to tell which are which, two May bugs and a couple of bats. There are also plenty of (proper) bees.
Put down my secateurs at 9.00 tonight after dead-heading tulips and pondered with a glass of wine until the last colours drained away at about 9.35. Such energy in the garden just now - its quite intoxicating in its own right.
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