Aah! California lilac, (small photo when viewed on phone) not so fragrant but bees like it and it does look striking!
Some very welcome rain here yesterday morning and dry today, so it’ll be more garden tidying for me. The shady border is getting unruly and the rhubarb is getting choked by Arums, which need pulling before they seed again.
Better to dig arums out if the rhubrab will let you? They have a tuber about 20cmdown and pulling breaks off the stem. My current problem is Enchanter's Nightshade, underground runners like bindweed but more fragile so they break off easily. Previous garden (much larger) has an infestation of Winter Heliotrope, also underground like bindweed but bigger and deeper.
Last garden (1976 - 2002) looked like this (too big for one photo!):
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