…but luckily not everything has:
Strawberries ready, chives good to go…
And that’s not all that’s ready; the little rhubarb planted last year looks as if I can start to take the odd stem now:
Rhubarb also ready to roll.
Not to be outdone, the kiwi vine has burst into flower, and there are a lot more female flowers this year than we normally see:
Kiwis up & running!
These look like female flowers.
The roses are going wild now; The Mayor is bowed down with blooms:
The Mayor of Casterbridge romping away…
…and DD2’s Apothecary Rose has put out its first couple of blooms:
Ooooh – it’s stripey!
Round at the front, the wisteria seems to have developed some strange blooms too:
Rosa Canina swamping my wisteria!
…and so does the drainpipe!
Who’d have roses round the door when they could have roses round the drainpipe?!
But it’s not all good; we’ve lost our eucalyptus tree. It’ll have to come down, as they’re quite brittle and it’s fairly tall. It’ll be sadly missed by the local bird population; there are usually at least 5 or 6 pottering around up there, and its swaying shape has defined the end of the garden for the last few years. But all good things come to an end eventually…
Our graceful eucalyptus will dance no more…
I wonder what we could plant to replace it?
A year of old-style gardening... 
Might the eucalyptus sprout again from the bottom? Or maybe replace with yellow wattle…fast growing,flowers in late winter and very sweet scented.
Gill
I think it really is dead, Gill, sadly. Yellow wattle sounds rather lovely… thank you!