I missed the blooming of my Japenese honeysuckle last year so had been a bit nonplussed about it. But this past week, it has been smelling lovely as we come in and out of the front door.

And a slight disappointment that the clumps of leaves that were growing from seed turned out to be humdrum day flowers/spider wort. Not as exotic as I was hoping, but the bright blue tiny flower is quite stunning.