Flowering Plum, Wild Plum and Red Dead-Nettle

The warm and sunny weather continues and the garden is becoming greener by the day. The Red Dead-Nettle (Lamium purpureum) has been in flower for a number of weeks. This plant moved into the garden without our help and is scattered here and there, mainly in short grass, next to pathways.

The wild plum hedge continues to blossom.

This decorative flowering plum does not produce fruit but has delicate, downward-facing, early blossoms on crooked branches. It has lichen growing on it within a few years of planting: the delicate cool green of the lichen looks beautiful against the pale pink flowers.

More wild plum blossom against the blue sky. The large female bumble bees have been making the most of this abundant blossom, crawling from one blossom to the next. Honey bees are also regular visitors.