Aphid creche

I have no idea what is going on here.  None of the other fallen rose petals around had aphids on them, and by next morning they were all gone, albeit with a few nibbles to the centre of the petal.  Aphid creche, or the insect equivalent of when polar bears get cast away on broken ice floes?

Going...going...

Goodbye peonies, you were beautiful while you lasted, all ten days or so of it.

Early June garden

Lilac, bloomed and now going over in a matter of weeks...  shrub rose that I tended to last September now flourishing... Mountain bluet/knapweed/perennial cornflower invader from next door still producing buds... the promise of Delphiniums from out of nowhere in the shared bed... Aquilegia salvaged and replanted along the edge of the pathway beds now at its best... the pink Hibiscus bush leafing up nicely... electric blue glowing in the early morning light... foxglove buds yip!

I'm just popping to the shops

Oh, I might pop into Wilkinsons while I'm there, just to get some pot plant food (and some sunflower seeds, and some useful plant supports, only £1!).  And I'll pick up some strawberries for dinner, from the grocers in town, that also imports perennials, at a bargain price, 2 for £3.  Well, the poppies were a little bit more, but they'll grow through the campanulas so nicely...