corsage & floral love

is everything just a little lovelier with a corsage?

                                               

Birthday flowers

my birthday bouquet -
it smells gorgeous

my first iris

Think of all the things that are named Iris & look at this one, this one is all mine. 
Planted years ago and never flowered until this week
It makes me feel like I've won a special gardening medal, the my iris flowered medal, except the flower itself is that medal, just seeing it makes me enormously happy and proud its in my garden, gracing me with its glorious presence

Pretty Peonies

In blossom in a garden near you. Sweet sweet peonies. Full, heavy, redolent with english summertime, just lie back and inhale their sweet dreamy fragrance. 

May flowers

the last of the home grown tulips and my favourite color of them all

Daffs

As well as planting tulip bulbs I also planted a few daffodils late last year ....
Although over now, since early April the garden was been full of them, over flowing yellowness & joy

Tulips

Back in Sept/Oct last year I almost gave up half way through planting all the bulbs I bought, but now looking at them, I'm so so glad I kept on at it. I must have planted close to 200 tulip bulbs & just look at them now.