Subtle shades of early summer.....

My first posy of flowers! The garden is springing beautifully into life; the roses are in bud, the peonies are unfurling their leaves and the herbs are filling out by the day. I felt inspired to bring in my first little bunch of flowers - aquilegia, sweet cicely and budding sage. All so delicate, as if the garden is teasing me in anticipation of the striking hydrangea blossoms and sculptural alium balls yet to come. My seedlings are nearly ready for planting out, the cosmos is frothy and light, the scabious a little more robust, my only hope being that the hens don't trample and nibble them to the ground. Maybe I'll get The Sicilian to construct a low willow fence before I chance it xxx