My bargain seeds...

Wandering around my garden in Wales at the weekend I decided that I’d take ten minutes and shoot a few pictures before it was too late – things are really moving towards 'over' very fast now.

I’m proud of my pot of Longiflorum, despite the Lilly Bugs getting to the leaves early in the season. How I love to squash their little red bodies between my finger and thumb, their filthy larvae do such horrible damage and make such a gooey mess. Look closely at the leaves at the bottom of the flowers, all nibbled by their nuisance – and see the tiny fly in the right hand bloom. This picture is just how it came, no adjustments - the white of the flowers in the sunshine against dark green-black privet. I’m pleased with it, good shadows, nice contrast, it looks almost painted.

I grow flowers from seeds in the main, buying the packets cheaply this time of year from Wilkinson in end-of-season sale mode. I bought £34 of seeds for £1.40 at the weekend – 10p a packet, fourteen packets in all. Here are some of the flowers I grew from seeds and corms with my Wilco bargains bought last year (and a couple grown from craftily taken cuttings when nobody was watching).

Next years garden for £1.40 - a bargain!

Nasturtium - Tigridia – Livingstone Daisies

African Daisy – Fuschia – Buddleia –

Sunflower – Scabious – Begonia