The melianthus major went in last October and made a very slow start, but now it looks fine.

The lysimachia is a thug, but easy to control, and very attractive.

There’s another gladiolus ‘Plum tart’ in a pot at the front. Not so far out. They’re overwintered in their pots by the compost heap.

This is the third year the edelweiss has flowered in its pot, which it shares with Tulipa ‘Golden Apeldoorn’.

This is the second year the cirsium have flowered. Success.

The day lily is my favourite of the three I’ve got. The others are a plain bright yellow, and a pink.

Last night half the solanum in the NE corner blew down in a not particularly strong wind. This is a more or less annual occurrence. I must keep it more in trim. The fences are hideous,.

Now the big telescope has been brought into the house (from the garage), this is its route to the platform.

The frilly ox-eye daisies by the catmint are disappearing, for some reason.

This is the third year they’ve flowered after being overwintered in their pots by the compost heap. They’re fed with tomato fertiliser every week. The white one, in particular, is superb. The lily beetle I saw earlier seems to have gone away.

While there’s not much astronomy happening (it’s still not dark at 11pm) there’s space for a few pots on the astronomy platform.

This is the third year they’ve flowered in their pots after being overwintered by the compost heap. They’re fed with tomato fertiliser once a week.

Now the telescope is no longer wheeled down this path it doesn’t have to be kept wide.

The Jasminum officinale on the N fence was being held up by draping itself over the fence. When the neighbours cut the bit their side my side threatened to collapse, so I cut it right back to the rather attractive branches, which are now tied in to wires.

Hopefully it will recover. The birds were crosser than I was.