Hydrangeas Come Into Bloom

Our good news is that HG has a job :-) After the shock of being made redundant and feeling thrown on the scrapheap he has something completely different! And he loves it!

No more sleepless nights! No more 12 hour days!. No more days without seeing daylight :-) No more hassle about alarms and call outs in the night! And now no more job application forms for jobs that he knew weren't suitable for him! Life begins again!

I know I posted a bee last time but couldn't resist this one :-) This lavender is so beautiful too. Some of our lavenders are not yet in flower - I hadn't noticed before that they flower separately. I am pleased that they do; it will lengthen the flowering time. This Yellow Loosestrife can be invasive but we simply pull it up if it seeds where we don't want it. It can be quite impressive when left in a clump. This very pale Hydrangea is not my favourite but I am hoping that as it matures the flowers will become larger. The lily beetles continue to attack! I keep removing them but clearly I need to find out more about their habits! Our lilies are being devastated! This shrub attracts insects but they don't seem to eat it! I really should do more with the Lavender. I have read other blogs about drying it but haven't really had any success. I have also ready about eating it, but haven't tried that yet. Our Little Christmas Tree continues to grow. We will have to relocate the bird bath soon!And here is my favourite flower of the moment - I don't know the name of this Hydrangea but suspect it might have something to do with electric blue :-)
As this is supposed to be my gardening journal I should mention that the slugs have stripped the Cosmea back to the stems, the rocket has seeded before we got around to picking it, the Erigeron has not seeded in the gravel at all and has been moved onto the terrace. :-)