With only being away for a few days, I was amazed to see plenty of new blooms.  I have a couple of hydrangea bushes that I  have planted in partial shade and there is one bloom on each.  The one variety has a mixture of chartreuse green and pale pink petals and the other is a pale mauve and white bloom.  

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I am not a lover of lilies but they do have a place in the garden.  I just have one clump of orange day lilies and a small patch of tiger lilies.  Managed to capture an unusual coloured lady bug on one of the tiger lily leaves.

Meanwhile both the white shasta daisy is starting to open up and I spotted the yellow bud on my rudbeckia.  Always happy to see the sweet peas starting too.  

The phlox is putting on a good show.  This plant does not only have attractive blooms but is fragrant too.

Another plant that I am always happy to see and does very well in dry conditions is the lavender with its delicate spires of purple flowers which are also fragrant.  This particular plant is right next to my phlox so I would say along with my roses this is the scented garden bed.   Talking of roses I almost forgot the dark pink crimson rose which is the feature plant in this flower bed. 

Last of all is the coreopsis.  The particularly variety that I have growing in the garden has delicate leaves with bright yellow flowers.  It works well beside my campanula carpatica with its familiar blue bell-shaped flowers.

Apart from the sweet peas, all the plants that I have described are hardy perennials which return year after year.