Wednesday Window: the garden in June

My garden is a very slow work in progress, but parts of it are beginning to look rather lovely, so if you'll forgive a rather self-indulgent Wednesday Window, we will look out at some of my favourite flowers.

First my climbing rose, a Zepherin Druin, planted last year in honour of the identical rose which has been growing outside the kitchen door of my childhood home for as long as I can remember. It smells heavenly, and is in full bloom at the moment:

Beneath it, the chives are attracting a wonderful array of bees, though the day I took these photos, none would oblige:

Update: I got one!

My peony, planted last year in an attempt to have my own piece of the beauty I found in a rented garden a few years ago. It's nearly out, and I can't wait!

Update: just two days later, it looks like this, and although it looks like there's something dodgy with the colour in this photo, it really does have an extraordinary ultraviolet quality to it.

And finally, lavender. My grandmother had a whole hedge of lavender in her garden, and it's a firm favourite of mine too. Again, it's nearly out...

Here's hoping for more fine weather!