Garden: Sweet Pea Flowers

June has arrived and with it..... rain. We have had incredible down pours these last few days, luckily this means everything in the garden is getting a really good watering, but it's not so nice otherwise.
May was mostly really good, so everywhere you look is bursting with life!

If you read my last gardening posts you will know that I planted some sweet peas earlier in the year and I've been charting their success on here. At the time of my last post they were all doing well, but the ones in the metal bucket were definitely smaller than the other two in pots, it's not changed since then. They are still tiny and a little sad looking, I think it may be a combination of poor drainage (there is no hole in the bottom of the bucket) and heat, the bucket gets really quite warm in the sun so it may not have been the best choice of container.

Anyhow, the other two pots are doing beautifully, they're both about 1m high now and are covered in buds, some of which have started opening! It was so exciting seeing the first flowers open and there seem to be more each time I look now.
When I bought the seeds I went for a mixed bag because I wanted a nice variety of colours and at the moment they are displaying that wonderfully.

White with pink blush

Deep purple

Pale pink/purple

Bright pink

If you were to read my gardening posts at the moment it might seem like sweet peas are all I've got right now, but don't be fooled! I've got a few more things going on and I'll be sure to post about them in the foreseeable future.