Gladiola

In the prettiest shade of pale salmon pink with a beautiful Yellow throat.

the flower spike

I shared this here, here and here

I still don't know what it is yet.

Rose hips

This is one of the more unusual and beautiful Hips in the garden, it appears on one of the 'old fashioned' roses. That is how I refer to them. Someone told me they were English roses but I also seem to think they might be what My Mum called wild roses.

I didn't notice the shiny little iridescent bug until after I uploaded the photos.

Here is one open.

The Evening Sky

This is what I saw when I went out at about 8.20 to bring in the washing after a very warm day. 

Stunning.

Nectarine's

in the evening light. Almost ready.

4 O'Clocks

At first I didn't know what these were but they amazed me shutting them selves up tightly in the heat of the day but opening to show their glorious Yellows and pinks in the cool of the morning and once the sun started to dip in the evening. 

It was by accident when searching for something else in a diggers seed catalogue online that I found these listed as heritage flowers. They seed profusely so if any of my local friends would like some seed let me know and I'll collect some for you when these flowers finish later in the Summer.

They feature In the lower left fore ground of the above image. :)

Grapes

Plums

Agapanthus

Yellow fleshed Plums

These beauties are on a grafted tree bearing two types of yellow fleshed plums. It is loaded this year and the birds are sampling just waiting. They have moved from the Apricot tree to a red skinned plum that is already ripe. 

They will have a fight on their hands as these jems made the most delicious jam last summer and there is only one jar left!