The sleepy bee.

 This bumble bee was either very sleepy or intoxicated on the nectar of the Lambs ear flower.

Stachys byzantina (lamb's ear) is a nectar-rich plant that is attractive to a range of species, particularly bumblebees. It's a particularly important plant for the wool-carder bee.Medicinally the leaves can be used as an antibacterial bandage to speed up the healing of cuts. Curiously the squash leaves and put on bee stings and insect bites. 

Cosmos

 

Cosmos, have long been a favourite flowers of my summer garden for years. This year they seem to have gone a little mad. They are currently over four feet high

The last of the poppies.

 

Such a shame the opium poppies flower for such a short period of time. You don't realise how many blooms are on each plant until there is nothing but seed heads left. 

Centranthus ruber

  Red valerian grows well in our coastal soil.We have an array of red, pink and white variants.