Six on Saturday – 16/11/2024

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Every time I look at the weather forecast for the coming week the lowest temperatures seem to have gone down a degree. A couple of days ago it looked like we might escape a frost but that is no longer the case. I need to set up heaters and check thermostats and get more things in. Next week’s six on Saturday might well be a rather different prospect for those of us in the UK.

However, if you have six fabulous shots of your garden picked out in rime and sparkling in the sun, we want to see them. Post them in a blog or social media and put a link down below. There’s detailed instructions here.

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Given that most plants in the garden are fast getting worse, I make no apology for repeating one of the few that is getting better. Camellia sasanqua ‘Navajo’ is looking as good as it ever has, benefitting from cool, calm weather that has had the individual blooms lasting really well.


Two.
I am ashamed of the state of this item. Earlier this year I bought some bulbs of Nerine ‘Zeal Giant’, potted them up and put them in the greenhouse. For a long time they did nothing, then they produced some leaves. The next thing I know is that they have produced flower spikes that are pushing up above the shelf above them. Now that I’ve seen their quality, I am resolved to do much better next year.


Three.
Some of our Fuchsias are done, dusted and cut to the ground, some are still flowering well and looking good, a few are just starting to hit their stride, like this Fuchsia microphylla or F. bacillaris, whatever it is. I would expect it to sail through such light frost as we’re likely to get this week. The other thing is Zingiber mioga ‘Crûg Zing’, which I dug out and threw away a couple of years ago. It doesn’t seem to have got the message.


Four.
Ensete ventricosum maurellii had an outing a month ago as an almost abstract arty shot. It is still out in the garden and must come in before it gets frosted. This year I am determined not to lose it, it’s way too fabulous.


Five.
Fuchsia regia serrae was in a six in early September, just a couple of weeks into its flower display. It has been getting better ever since but has probably hit its peak. I’ve seen no gall mite on this species either, though I haven’t looked closely.


Six.
I took the picture of this Salvia, looked for the label and found none. Then I looked at the picture on the computer and the camera hadn’t coped well with the contrast, so it’s over exposed. Then I realised it was about the only picture I had and it’s dark outside. I tweaked it somewhat. It’s probably Salvia involucrata ‘Bethellii’.

I might try to get a few pictures taken early next week so that I have something to put in next week’s six. Or perhaps I could rustle up some shots of frosty plants sparkling in the winter sun. We’ll see.

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Published by Jim Stephens

Gardener, no-dig allotmenteer, camellia enthusiast. I love colour, it cheers me up. Retired nurseryman.

31 thoughts on “Six on Saturday – 16/11/2024”

  3. Yes, we are about to get frost here in the Midwestern U.S. this week, too, which is late for us. Time to focus inward for a few months. I’ve already brought in the tender plants I want to save, but I’ve been happy to have many blooms and foliage plants to admire much later than usual. I hope to join in the meme during the winter, too, but it will be much different. Thanks for hosting!

    Beth @ PlantPostings.com

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    1. Perfectly possible to grow Camellias in pots. They can grow big so will eventually need a big pot and they grow quite slowly, so the nutrients in the compost will run out before it needs potting on; it will then need feeding, though not heavily for sasanquas.

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  9. ‘Navajo’ is looking very good. As are the poor nerines. I noticed some gall mite on my big fuchsia this year, I have not seen it before so no idea where it came from.

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  10. I am grateful to still have some blooming plants to display this week. There is not forecasted frost for the next 10 days. November may pass with no frost. The ground temps are slowly declining so I may be able to plant my bulbs.
    Camellias are so pleasing in the late fall garden and into the winter.

    Autumn Colors 15 Nov 2024

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  11. Jim, you have a lovely theme this week of all pink to purplish flowers to go along with your wonderful red banana. What dramatic foliage! That is even more spectacular than a great Aroid and I am very tempted to add a banana plant to our tropical collection next year. I will hope to find ‘Maurelli’ stateside. Fantastic color, and yes, very dramatic. Your C. ‘Navajo’ is quite spectacular, too. We, too, are enjoying a long stretch of cool sunny days with no frost yet in the forecast. I was very pleased to finally figure out the name of a fern I planted casually some years ago that has done extremely well. So it is in our six this week along with the obligatory Camellias, including a C. japonica getting an early start. https://woodlandgnome.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/six-on-saturday-for-those-who-wait/

    I hope you get some beautiful photos of your late autumn garden before the frost arrives, but it will be a busy week moving everything back indoors for us both. Cheers!

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  22. Is Zingiber mioga a culinary ginger or ornamental. I saw that it is available online, but did not investigate. Is Ensete ventricosum maurellii a variety, or a cultivar as Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurellii’. Does it eventually gets too big to move?

    These are my six, but I am away, so just took random pictures from where I am presently, rather than from my garden or landscapes.

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    1. The ginger has edible flower buds and shoots according to the nursery it came from. I don’t know about the roots, they’re much thinner than normal ginger. Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurellii’ is a cultivar, not sure what I was thinking when I wrote maurellii. Mine is in a pot, so it will get too big to find somewhere to put it before it gets too big to move.

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      1. Galangal ginger has dinky rhizomes also. I only grow it because someone gave it to me. I will try it eventually. I noticed Mioga or Myoga ginger also, but did not want another obligation. I grow none of the Ensente species or cultivars because they do not often generate pups like the Musa do. Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ grows so big and so fast to become such a prominent feature in a landscape, and then suddenly dies without a replacement. I know that they can be forced to produce pups, but that is more work than I want to get involved in. It would be nice if I could find a Must that is comparably striking.

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