Fluffy Salvia

Salvia leucantha. These are buds, I am still waiting for flowers. Stipa tenuissima and Buddleja davidii make up the background.

Cobea scandens

The sweet peas have long gone, but Cobea scandens, fresh and green, still climbs up the support on the garden shed. Finally, in October, the first flower opened! Now it’s November and it is unfazed by all the rain we had and the snails and slugs go past without...

Red Admiral

Posing on the top of a fence. From this perspective the butterfly looks like a huge, furry monster. It is welcome of course, no matter from which angle.