Nature Notes for May and June 2025

The plants in flower in the Gardens during May and June included:

• Rose - Zephirine Drouhin
• Turk's cap lilies
• Hawthorne or May tree
• Quamash (Camassia)
• Viola
• Peony
• Oxeye daisy​
• Foxgloves
• Forget-me-nots
• Wild strawberries
• Tulips

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• Aquilegia (columbine)
• Musk mallow
• Marsh orchid x 3
• Meadow Cranesbill
• Yellow rattle
• Chives
• Gooseberry Pax - fruited well
• Blackcurrants - fruited well
• Redcurrants
• Raspberries

Wildlife sightings

• Evidence of a hedgehog in The Tasting Garden
• Bees including chocolate mining bees and red-tailed bumble bees
• ​Peacock butterfly
• Large white butterfly

Below are photos taken in the Storey Gardens during May and June.  ​Click on an image to enlarge. 

A set of photos of the wildflower meadow area of The Tasting Garden.   Click on an image to enlarge. ​