May – the best gardening month?

I think so.    In our garden May is a lovely month.   Plants in the borders are growing well and the fresh new leaves on trees and shrubs are in all shades of green (and purple!)    Early morning and dusk are my favourite times to be in the garden and over the last few days the garden has sparkled with dew on the grass and the scent of Wisteria in the air.    Bearded Iris English Cottage and Sable are both flowering along with alliums,  a combination which I love.   Pale coloured English Cottage has a lovely scent – evocative of playing in a childhood garden, when the iris flowered at my head height.  A pink Clematis Montana is covering a wooden structure, the flowers are beautiful but this is a plant I would grow for its scent alone.   It’s a scent that fills the air and you have to follow your nose to find its origin.

May also means hard work, at least this year it does.   We are open again for Charity under the National Garden Scheme along with others in the locality.     A quick cup of tea, a sit down and now back to the gardening.