The last ramblers to open their corollas are the wichurana and the multiflora; ‘Rambling Rector’ a powerful and very fragrant multiflora with D. purpurea alba in the background.

‘Bambou’ and ‘Inès’, two chance seedlings of La Bonne Maison, threading their ways through the Virginia creeper up towards the roof.

‘Stanwell Perpetual’ scarcely without a bloom, gifted with an exquisite Damask fragrance.

   
   ‘Stanwell Perpetual’

‘Mrs Doreen Pike’ a R.rugosa hybrid from David Austin amidst the Helianthemum

   
   ‘Mrs Doreen Pike’

End of June, Hydrangea arborescens already blooming, above a carpet of Alchemilla mollis.

‘Mme Lauriol de Barny’ a Clg. bourbon, once-blooming but spectacular.

Hemerocallis adopt the same pastel shades as the roses.

A very free-flowering Bourbon with semi-double flowers : ‘Souvenir de Ste Anne's’.