Cloncallow

With the excitement of the arrival of the Iris Reticulata in January and the flowering of our lovely white Camellia, then came Helleborus a plenty followed by daffodils in all their cheerfulness in March.

April brought our Woodpeckers and the trauma of their wind swept nest. It also brought Magnolia Stellata, understated and lovely.

May brought a great show of old roses  Madame Lauriol de Barny, in particular who climbed up through our huge Rhododendron.

June and the lovely Ligularia leaves start to unfold with Astrantia major for company.

July and August are the Lily season with us.
Tall Tree Lily Mr. Job and Pink perfection tower over the Shasta daisies.
Hydrangeas show themselves off to perfection.

And now September is here and  it is over for another year.
The Carnival is Over.

Mother duck making a nice nest for herself in the this lovely grass by the pond. But what a mouth full of a name for this wonderful clump forming damp loving grass from Japan ;
Hakonechloa Gramineae macra.

The grass is a warm golden-yellow, finely striped with green and puts up with any amount of trampling from the ducks. It’s reflection in the pond always brightens up my day.

It will suffer any treatment so long as it’s feet are damp. Well worth having if you have water in the garden.

Look who fancies some fish for tea, M. The grey Heron. Just spotted him perched on the mound of stones in the middle of the pond.

Our Monday fix-it-man Will recons we have three young salmon🐠 in the pond. He also spotted a kingfisher earlier on.
He is planning to bring his fly fishing gear with him next week.