Late May’s garden is quite glorious. It also seems a few steps ahead of the last couple of years (see 2023 and 2022). Look, for example, at the honeysuckle just behind the polytunnel. This year it is already covered with flowers whereas, although we did get a good bloom, I didn’t capture the flowers until July (I didn’t take a photo in June).

I’ll be interested to see how the flowering succession does this year. Previously, we’ve had quite a gap between spring and summer blooms across the garden but perhaps nature is filling in those pollinator food sources… or we’re just having a good year.