Last Weekend in May....

and it feels already like summer, hot, dry...

...and more 'early buds and flowering'

 On Friday..gray sky...clouds...rain????  we hope!!!

 Hydrangea quercifolia - Oak-leaved Hydrangea

four weeks too early!

only a few drops of rain...not worth counting! But still hoping...

Clematis jackmanii 

'complementing' the lime stone wall on this corner

and starts normally flowering in July!!!

love the color - changing with the light

no rain in sight!

Saturday morning - blue sky and sunshine again...

 these Hydrangeas are also already coming into flower

'Lace caps' and

'regular' ones

A small 'Lace cap' - from a cutting, still in a pot in the 'nursery-corner'

the Oleanders are now almost in full flower, also a good 3-4 weeks earlier

Cotton Lavender - Santolina chamaecyparissus

evergreen, summer-flowering shrub (mid summer!)

Acanthus - Acanthaceae dioscoridis  (normally beginning of July)

 Lavender and...

...more Lavender

  All in all - everything is a good month early, what will we do in full summer???

But as everything has 'two sides'..

 Anneliese's rose keeps on flowering longer this year

welcoming us each day with new blossoms

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His Highness is not too unhappy....

...and we wish you all a lovely Weekend!

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By the way..

HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  BOB ! 

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