The Common Dog Violet is tiny and grows anywhere it can find a space.

A view from my seat and nice to see the Tulips have shot up, including one I have to step over. Also good to see is the Sweet Pea and Clematis Montana growing up the trellis.

This Tulip has been helped to stand held by a single spiders web.

This Camassia cusickii is a fairly recent addition and resides in a pot until I decide where to plant it.

A single Ranunculus flower, I have a couple of these showey white blooms growing in pots.

Around the same time the Bluebells start to show and the flowers on the Clematis Montana (top left) and the Honeysuckle behind the seat begin to open.

A few days later and the garden is full of Bluebells, The Clematis is well in bloom, the yellow Poppies begin to show and the Honeysuckle behind my seat smells as good as it looks.

A view from my seat a couple of days later and the Aqualegia are also rising through the Bluebells.

A few varieties in colour is becoming evident as time passes and the days warm up. My wild nature garden is truely becoming wildly pretty.

The Clematis Montana over the trellis is covered in flowers year after year.

Now the Bluebells have finished flowering the Purple Aqualegia becomes more full and different varieties appear.

A few of this colour are scattered around.

And the same with this light pink one.

I collected the seeds from this tall yellow one and grew around fifty plants, some I've added to the garden, other I've put in pots and happily gave some away to gardening friends.

These I grew from seed that I collected and sowed the previous year, happy that all have done well and although the seeds were collected from one plant I've ended up with three different colours.

A few clusters of Lily of the Valley growing both in the garden and in small pots give off a strong sweet scent for such a tiny flower.

Having decided to remove a couple of shrubs due to age and size I created a small piece of open space, I then added a Campanula.

And a Sage/Salvia to add a bit of colour.

Both are perennials and will return, finally I then spread a packet of mixed wild flower seed to add more colour later on.

Almost unnoticed a small custer of light pink Allium flowers appear.

Close by is a cluster of tiny white Allium blooms.

I bought this blue Poppy last year and kept it in a pot, this year it returned and is doing well.

And it looks like one good thing is leading to another as this year it's produced another flower.

This Ornamental Sage 'hot lips' was added last year, it smells nicely of sage and flowers for most of the year; note the flowers are two tone of red and pink.

In a small spot next to my shed a lone Allium shhots up in bloom.

Some time later the same bloom is now a seed head, still looking good.

A view down the garden, now it is well established it is full of colour.

A Honeysuckle in full bloom is both showey and offers a sweet perfume at the end of the day.

A wall of Sweet Pea blooms growing up and through the Clematis Montana.

These Sweet Peas come back year after year and get better each year.

A flowering Goldflame Spirea shrub attracting a Bumble Bee, a beautiful shrub all year round with the leaves living up to the goldflame in its name.

The 'hot lips' Ornamental Sage bush flowers have now changed colour.

This photo shows the reason for its 'hot lips' name with the flowers now red and white.

Nigella 'love in a mist' pops up in a few places and shows off its nicely formed blooms.

And the Nigella is another flower that has many different formations of petals and colour.

A small Geranium 'Leeds' fills out and in a couple of places it lines the side of the path.

It produces lots of small flowers and is visited regularly by small insects for its pollen.

The view from my seat on a sunny afternoon, it's looking green and growing with some of the first wild Geraniums starting to flower, soon there will be many.

At the same time a different view shows small Bee attracting purple bell flowers lining the borders, the Spirea doing well and the Hollyhocks are shooting up.

I put a few carnations in a couple of years ago and every bloom differs from plant to plant.

This one stood out as a single flower amonst the other pink and whites.

A full red one opens to join them in the sunshine.

And this is quickly followed by a full white one.

This Turks Cap Lily has returned year after year and although short lived as a flower it's always a pleasure to see it ready to open its petals.

And more of a pleasing sight when it's open to the full.

Now the wild Geraniums are standing tall, filling the garden and are adorned by lots of flowers.

And doing their best to keep all the visiting Bees happy.

Another plant to keep the Bees happy is the spire of the Linaria flower.

A small cluster of Garganzia that only open in the sunshine.

And when they catch the sun then they open their petals wide.

A Gladioli 'nanus' from one of the bulbs I planted last year, 3 bulbs planted and 3 flowers anew.

A little flower for a pot, I've got a couple of these Astrantia's growing in pots at my front door.

An Autumn Sage that flowers for most of the year also sits in the same pots as the Astrantia's. The leaves have a lovely smell of sage.

I've recently started to add hanging baskets and this Fuchsia is doing well.

It does have a picturesque quality about it.

Another variety of Fuchsia looking pretty drippy during a shower.

This one is standing in a pot on a shelf and is coming on nicely.

However not all my Fuchsia's are in baskets and pots, this is one of the two Fuchsia shrubs in the garden.

This is in flower from April/May depending on the weather and can bloom for most of the year.

Looks like the Hollyhocks are starting to shoot up.

And it looks like one has accidently sprouted outside my back garden gate.

Looking across from my seat the Hollyhocks are still shooting up and now in bloom.

And those outside are following suit.

Getting taller with blue skies and Summer sunshine.

The one outside the gate has now grown taller than the gateway and is just over 7ft tall.

And the tallest one next to the seat reached upwards of 10ft tall - Hollyhock photos taken between mid June to late August.

Meanwhile back in the garden and just as the Geraniums are finished flowering up pops Day Lillies and behind them now in bloom a bunch of Crocosmia and lo and behold another Hollyhock in the middle of the garden.

The day Lily flower only appears for one day (hence the name), however the stems keep producing flowers from June to September.

This photo taken at the end of August shows the Day Lily still flowering whilst other blooms such as the Pink Japanese Anenome are now growing strong.

The Crocosmia adds a nice bright red and stands out in both hight and colour.

I added these Crocosmia last year and they have taken nicely to their planted spot.

A small flower but plentiful and long lasting.

I've added another variety of Crocosmia this year.

A smaller one with orange rather than red flowers, hopefully it will return next year.

An annual visitor is the St Johns Wort, I have three patches of this as ground cover but need to reduce it as it spreads anywhere its roots will reach.

It does have a strong yerllow flower and one that atracts insects including the bees.

Got round to relaying my natural path, smells nicely of Pine.

A packet of Sweet Pea seeds and a spot to plant them, fingers crossed they will return next year.

Small but definitely sweet.

Also grown from seed this patch of wild Marigold have taken nicely to add a bit of colour for the Summer months.

The Japanese Anenome is prolific in my garden and grows in three places.

Even when the flowers close during a shower they still look pretty.

This photo shows three stages of flowering, one open, one opening and one that has lost its petals.

They also come in white.

A single Sunflower is all it takes to get a happy bee.

Another flower that only lasts a day is the Tigridia, fortunately the single stem produces another one when the first is finished.

And they do come in various colours.

Added some Black Eyed Susan this year, small at the moment however with the right conditions it should pick up and do well next summer.

More of filling in spaces and choosing the right plant for the space, this time I've choosen some ornamental grass - this one is a Pennisetum 'Fireworks'.

And this one in another spot is a Pennistenum 'Red Fountain Grass', both should return year after year.

Meanwhile on the edge of my little pond and drinking from it a Coccinea 'Major' easily catches the eye.

A hazy sunny morning give these newly flowering Gladioli an almost translucent look.

A few days later and in a more shaded end of the garden other Gladioli burst into bloom.

The view from the end of the garden shows the variety and colour, and yet more Gladioli opening.

My garden is happy to announce that it got a Silver in the annual Starbeck in Bloom awards...it would like to thank the Sunshine, the Rain, the Bees and all the other insects who helped make it what it is today.