English country garden

An English country garden is a beautiful place to be. Listening to the hum of the insects and the sound of the birds, especially the blackbird as it calls out its patch of territory. Most especially it is a lovely place to meander and roam in - even if it is quite small. No English country garden could be quite complete without a beautiful red rose. Below is a rose that is just about perfect - it is a climber that is cramped with petals that smell so sweet and heady - a red, red rose ..... that smells like Turkish delight!

A red rose - sweetly fragrant and smelling of Turkish delight

Candytuft

Common large pansy

Wild foxglove

(these regularly change their colour - from year to year)

Rosemary

Viola

Red Hot Poker plant

Red hot pokers are one of my most favourite country garden plants. I first encountered them when I was one year old and was immediately drawn to them. As I became slightly older - at three and four - the name was totally tantalising. I had to touch them just to make sure!