wolfsbride

This first picture is a long range view of what's just under my living room window.

And then up close and personal we have from left to right, Peony, which I think will start blooming in a couple of days, another rose bush, which has a few buds but nothing like the climbing rose, the group of plants to the left of the rose that got cut off is some kind of giant daisies.

To the right of the rose bush, is Comfrey. Don't know if I'd make tea out of it. Apparently, these plants are HIGHLY invasive. To give you some idea, I didn't plant them and my neighbours don't have any. I just went out one day and it was there. Being smug. Fortunately, it has pretty bell shaped flowers so it can stay, but I'll be keeping my eye on it. It propagates by sending out shoots on its roots. It's a bit like a hydra. If you dig up the root and don't dispose of it properly, you'll end up with several more plants depending on how many roots pieces you broke the parent root into.

In the shade of the Comfrey plant are a couple of hen and chicks. The last picture is an up close shot of them. The soil in that area is quite bad so they like it there.