Berberis in flower

This is a great time of year in the garden.

Our geriatric berberis bush is a really weird shape these days but it still produces an impressive crop of flowers every April. Makes it worth the scratches which it gives me when I prune it!

We have a much younger purple one as well, which looks as if it will be in flower soon.

Our recent anticyclone seems to have departed today; the lovely weather has broken, but I managed to snatch this shot before the rain started :)