June delights

We are enjoying such lovely weather, eating most of our meals outside and thoroughly enjoying the warmth. We have had a couple of heavy bouts of rain so there is not too much to worry about in the garden for now (apart from slugs and snails!) I am still saving the bathwater, however.

Lush growth everywhere and some plants in need of the 'Chelsea chop.'

I brought this rose from our last place as a cutting but can't remember it's name. I absolutely love it; a great perfume, it doesn't ball in the wet and lasts well when picked.

Most of my cuttings have taken. Here's another whose name escapes me!

Pairing happily with a clematis.

Raubritter is easy to recognise with it's small butterball flowers and tumbling form.

I've been asked how I propagate them. I take a stem that has flowered, strip off most of the leaves and bung in a patch of soil or in a plant pot and hope for the best. Instagram is full of different methods. (Our elder daughter, who travels quite a bit for her work, saves her shower caps for me to put over the cuttings.)

Don't be like me and forget to label them!