Flowers Before Rain

Four days ago, before their petals dropped in wind and rain, poppies shone for the bees under a bright June sun.

Inside this coral red poppy, four honey bees buzzed and fed.

Clematis Henrii climbed white among roses.

More bees homed in on the Ballerina rose.

Ox Eye Daisies arrived from nowhere in the patch of wild meadow......

Geranium Shepherds Warning, burned in sharp magenta, next to delphinium blues.

Foxglove and Teasel.......

Apricot floribunda rose......

Paul`s Himalayan Musk......

.....and roses backed by layered greens of philadelphus, dogwood, willow tree and distant lime.

The wild white Forest rose , sown by a travelling bird.....

...and foxgloves, self seeded, up against the hedge.

Peony......

.....and a tumbling, soft scented mass of pink Paul`s Himalayan Musk.

Sweet, deep scented Indian Summer.....

....and Rosa Seagull, climbing up through conifers, reaching for the sky.

In this parched, dry month, Hostas have survived without being laced by hungry , night time snails.

Brave survivor in wild corners, Ground Elder has unofficially flowered . Graceful and lace-like flowers of cream among pink Common Fumitory........

....pink cranesbill geranium and tall, wild Woundwort.

Snapshots of a summer garden. Four days later, after wind and rain, poppies and roses may have lost their blooms, but the lovely wild weeds flourish and remain.