CAMERA CAPERS

It's hard to believe that Mayfield Lavender Fields is only about ten miles from London.  I visited with two friends from the Camera club on a very hot day in early July, and we could have been in the South of France.  The scent of lavender in the air was wonderful - it is a wonder we did not fall asleep.  On one side of the fields is a large area that has been planted with wildflowers.

I'm a bit late with posting this, but these are most of the flowers out in the garden at the end of July.  July was a mixed month weatherwise.   Some very hot days, and ending dull, wet and a bit on the chilly side, particularly at night.    Sedum just coming into flower This is Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff - it should be a much darker and brighter red Dahlia David Howard  Fennel Lyly growing in a pot and placed in the border  It's easy to see why this sunflower is named Teddy Bear Acanthus Courgette flower White Sweet Pea  One of the new Dahlias I have grown this year. This is Nicandra physalodes, commonly called Shoo-fly plant, or sometimes apple of Peru. Pink Sweet Pea Hardy geranium Anne Folkard  Rudbeckia growing in the front garden Verbena bonariensis with honey bee  Salvia Hot Lips You can see how they got their name Marigold White Phlox Th