Close-ups of flowers

Bang On cue, my cheap Aldi rescue lily is performing like a star.
This year


Last year

 

I spy with my little eye...

 

My Sempervivum arachnoideum has started flowering

 

Went out to take photos and the wind decided to come with me so the flowers kept moving!
However....
Salvia turkestanica


A hollyhock that self seeded itself as they do.

Calycanthus "Aphrodite" has been in flower since the start of May and will continue for months. The flowers are scented and some days you smell red wine, others raspberries and then others a mixture.

One of the Ligularias.

and last one of my favourites plant groups. A self seeded poppy.

 

I really want a Calycanthus, been admiring them when I see them in garden centres

 

@amancalledgeorge we had never seen this plant until we visited a nursery and saw it in situ. Fantastic. So yes we bought one (problems and had to go back) but it is now a lovely shrub with so many fragrant flowers for so long.

 

Red (well nearly), White and Blue Hydrangeas.

 

Hypericum 'Miracle attraction'.

 

Wild flowers from the garden

 

Back lit Claud Monet

 

A couple of close shots from the garden this morning.

 

Clematis Etoile Violette.

 

A couple more from the garden this morning.

 

Hoya carnosa.

 

Close-ups of the day in the garden...

Mandevilla laxa, first bunch of flowers this season. Pure white flowers and a heavenly, exotic scent. Unfortunately not very hardy; I'm pleased it's growing and surviving happily in my garden in Brittany, at least since it was planted 2 years ago. Fingers crossed!
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Solanum laxum (used to be called Solanum jasminoides), the potato vine.
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Cornus hongkongensis 1/3. Planted in 2019, this Cornus is evergreen (more or less) but tends to not keep its flower buds in frosty winters. This is the first year it is covered in smallish but lovely flowers.
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Cornus hongkongensis 2/3.
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Cornus hongkongensis 3/3. Very close close-up!