I know we’re all supposed to love red roses but yellow roses have always been my favourites. This one is a cracker, it’s a climber and it’s very easy to take cuttings from it. It smells lovely but unfortunately it doesn’t have as many flowers on it as I would like. I’m sure that it would do better in different soil. As you can see the foliage is lovely and fresh looking and it’s always disease free. I believe it’s called Golden Showers!

I’d like to be able to say that it’s only the morning dew on this poppy but it is rain. Still, every cloud and all that, I think it looks even more lovely with rain drops on it.

This rose is a low growing bush one, but I can’t remember its name. I’ll have to look through my plant labels. Anyway, it’s a really lovely rose and there aren’t all that many which are happy in my very light, sandy, free-draining soil.

As you’ll have gathered by now, the rain is back and it looks like it’s going to be a weekend just like the last one. Horrible on Saturday and a bit better on Sunday.

One good thing is that the local library booksale is tomorrow and it’s starting even earlier than usual, so I’m taking myself off to bed now so that I’m bright and bushy tailed for the melee tomorrow.