I'm going to be up at RHS Rosemoor today for a meeting of the Rhododendron, Camellia and Magnolia Group, a rare chance for me to talk Camellias all day with some of the select few who share my obsession. It was a Camellia that set off the train of thought that led to this six.…
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Six on Saturday – 20/10/2018
We're in a nice benign spell of weather just now which is keeping the flowering going. Cold first thing but pleasant if you're working or wrapped up. Long may it continue. Most things survived the recent gales, beaten down but not broken. I haven't done a lot of patching up, it'll mostly get chopped down in a few…
Six on Saturday – 13/10/2018
Wednesday was a lovely day and seems such a long time ago. I looked at the forecast and got some pictures taken then and on Thursday. I did a quick loop of the garden this morning and it's looking battered and soggy with most of the pot stuff lying down. One. Camellia sasanqua 'Navajo'. This is…
Six on Saturday – 6/10/2018
I was expecting to wake to rain this morning, but it still hasn't arrived. It's not far away but it's not moving either. Hey ho. Six things happening in the garden now, no problem. One. Not one, but two bulging packets arrived in the post yesterday, next year's seeds. I stuck with Kings for my…
Six on Saturday – 22/9/2018
I just looked out the window and noticed how autumnal next door's plum leaved thorn is looking; that seemed to happen overnight. It's raining and it's due to last all day. The poor old garden has been given a right thrashing this week and there's more to come. I don't like wind. Even taking pictures…
Six on Saturday – 15/9/2018
I don't know how many different plants I grow, it's several, if not more. Some are rarities, some are not. Some are big and bold and brash, some so restrained they're hard to spot. I'm a gardener, I grow plants; for me, two different plants are more interesting than two the same. Each of us…
Six on Saturday – 8/9/2018
I was going to go and collect my onions from the allotment but it's just started raining. Today may not be the day I had planned. Tomorrow we're off down west to the rare Plant Fair at Tremenheere and a jolly round the Dahlia field at Varfell. I'm expecting it to be one of the highlights…
Six on Saturday – 1/9/2018
I usually have to pretend I'm writing on a Saturday but not this week. A blizzard of a week, possibly; disorganised, certainly; bit of a sense of things slowing down, not so much changing from one week to the next, let's go with that. Six reflections on the colour red. One. I had a row of…
Six on Saturday – 25/8/2018
The weather is completely back to normal, a bit of this, a bit of that, nothing to remark on. Except that the effects of the hot spell are still playing out, with early flower here and renewed growth there, meaning that it doesn't quite feel normal. At least there is more colour about now, with…
Six on Saturday – 18/8/2018
I don't have lawn in my garden, so in theory I don't have the regular chore of mowing. However, since nothing's ever that simple, I do mow next door's, except he's now gone into a home and his mower has been given away so I had to do it with my strimmer. Then I went…
