June's Wildflower Splendour
Whilst every month has its own particular splendours, June brings hedgerows bursting with colour from a wide variety of wildflowers...
Tiny, shy little flowers like the speedwell nestle comfortably amongst larger showier specimen such as the tall, majestic foxgloves...
Cornish Hedgerows
On the two sided dry stone walls (or Cornish Hedges) the flat tops are thick with the rounded pale pink flowers of the thrift...
All shades of pink are represented by the striking cerise coloured wild roses with their contrasting yellow stamen...
Along the coastal paths all these are joined by the gorse and the creamy, lemon or bright pink flowers of the mesembryanthemum...
Cultivated Gardens and Future Glories
Cultivated gardens are not to be outdone. Giant balls of purple flowers of the alliums stand proudly in herbaceous borders...
The large flower heads appear on the statuesque cardoons again giving a hint of things to come...
The Glories to Come
So whilst, as The Gardening Year poem suggests, 'June ..... fills the children’s hands with posies', there are plenty of glories to come later in the year.
A Thank You to Christine
A very big thank you to Christine – the author and photographer of this first guest blog post. We hope other guests may be inspired to follow suit and welcome any other submissions.