Lovely flowers Lisa you have so much colour in your garden.
The very hot dry weather has seen off a lot of ours, and the lawns are looking very brown.
My sweet peas haven’t flowered yet WWM2
. Mind you I was late sowing them. Quite a bit of colour generally though 
Love the bunch of flowers Namsnanny! The Heuchera leaves really ‘lift’ it. I could plonk flowers in pots all day long!
A bit of a late answer Oldgoat, but I pinched out my Cosmos, I've yet to see the results.
Here is a photo of my seedlings compared with a Cosmos plant I bought from Lidl the other day!
can you believe it?! to miss quote Victor Meldrew.
The bought plant wasn't very expensive either.
I might not bother next year 
LisagranI'm channelling your artistic flower arranging skills for my next photo!!
I have a Mock Orange shrub which I like to cut and bring into the house.
The scent is gorgeous, but I can't pick long stems from it, only woody stumps!
So I've put some in a mug with Heuchera leaves.
Hope you like it
My beautiful oriental poppies sited among my low growing conifers at the front of the house. I bought them 4 years ago after seeing them in Oregon USA while on holiday coping with the heat effortlessly. And of course they are stunning. This year there were 41 beautifully delicate buds/blooms. With the first bloom came a storm but the blooms weathered it ok.
Having a dark brown garage door it always appears dark looking up the drive as it doesn’t get much sun. It’s a bit of a wind tunnel so eventually I had to stop the hanging baskets.
So what to do? At first I thought of painting sunflowers but came across these stickers on a leading selling site. I love my sticker sunflowers.
Just around the corner is my patio which is a beautiful surprise. 3 mature fruit trees whose branches span 2/3 of the way across the patio and provide a dappled sunlight where the wee dgc can safely play. The older ones climb the trees. Bird feeders and bird boxes in the trees and a bird bath underneath. There’s
red climbing roses against the garage wall with sweet pea growing through. Many curios and memories hanging from the fruit trees and all strung with fairy lights. Nasturtiums growing up through my obelisk made at the craft class in Centre Parcs. Cherry tomatoes growing in a pot sitting on top of the ivy covered wall to catch the sun. The wall is double at the bottom and has about 20’ of hostas. Maximising every inch of space.
Still room for seating..... just about.
My friend says it’s like walking into a fairy glen. I’m thinking of getting a Fairy Glen sign made.
Sorry to have rambled. I get carried way.
Lisagran … Thank you for the comment about the garden, but to be very frank, you don't see what's lurking just outside of the photo frame 
!!
I love the view you have through your window. Such a soft drift of plants through to the fields beyond.
Brilliant use of perspective from the vase of white roses (?)
What a huge Trachelospermum!! The scent must be heavenly!
How often do you prune it?
Woo woo! Rain at last! Garden looking better already.
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