second day

Mostly Wisteria

The garden overwhelms me with its beauty.
Knowing how ephemeral flowers are, I walk round and round, covering miles during the day, not to miss a moment of these days of glory.

A huge Wisteria, with these subtle lavender/pink pendulants, covers my kitchen window. It is like living in a tree house. Birds can't see me inside when I'm doing the washing up. I can observe them unnoticed. The firecrest likes to take his exercise on the branches, using them like a gym.
This variety of Japanese Wisteria Rosea is one of the rare pink varieties and is fully hardy and withstanding temperatures down to circa -15 C

It is known as Wisteria Sinensis Rosea "Pink Ice" or Japanese Wisteria Floribunda Honbeni
As with all Wisteria varieties the best way to encourage prolific blooming in late Spring/early summer is to prune them back after flowering, really you can’t go wrong with the pruning – as even a hardy trim back will encourage a spurt of growth and lots
of flowers in the next season.

I always find this climber difficult to photograph. The flowers are so hidden behind the foliage.
Masses of them. I can see them better from the inside through the window, but never manage to get a good picture that way.
Spent hours on it this time, to pay it my respect as the flowers are so special.