I have to admit it's not getting any easier to find six things to include here. Time seems to be slowing down; instead of there being lots of new things flowering or shooting or going over, it's all much the same as a week ago. A sharp frost would at least draw a line in the…
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Six on Saturday – 28-10-2017
Six more horticultural Saturday happenings. It's been a benign week weather-wise, the garden looks much as it did a week ago; not good but could be worse. Here's what I found for this week. One. Hydrangea macrophylla You & Me Together ='Youmefive'. Confusingly there is a You & Me series and a Forever & Ever series, both…
Six on Saturday – 21/10/2017
I have to admit that the garden is looking tatty and perfect blooms are in short supply. It's been wind and rain that have done the damage, not cold. Today it's lurching wildly from bright sunshine and fluffy clouds to torrential downpours and black skies. We barely get frost any more here, so things get cut…
Six on Saturday – 14/10/2017
Saturday again! Saturdays seem to come round quicker than the other six days. I'm finding things to put into my six but struggling to find anything diverting to say about them. Well, some of them. Six on Saturday is a meme hosted by ThePropagator, who will have six of his own plus links to several,…
Six on Saturday – 30/9/2017
We managed a few decent days this week and the autumnal slide has been put on hold. The late show is now on, Asters, Cyclamen, Nerines et al, joining the long season Dahlias and Fuchsias. When I worked on a nursery I often got the impression that customers rushed out to buy plants as soon as…
Six on Saturday – 23/9/2017
The "could be anything" list on our host's participants guide to Six on Saturday is six items long. Perfect, thinks me, I'll do one of each. But I don't make plans, I rarely complete projects and I have no features. My favourite tool is up the allotment. I'll start with a success and end with…
Six on Saturday – 16/9/2017
While there is undoubtedly more going backwards than going forwards, there is still plenty of colour to be found. Harder to find is gaps between the showers to get out and take pictures. Low light levels and wind don't help either. At least I don't have to work out in it any more, for which…
Six on Saturday – 9/9/2017
Ah, the uncertain days of autumn. Things that look good on Thursday are trashed by Saturday; things that look like they will open in time don't. The weather forecast is for rain all day and it's been dry for hours. Right, what we've got is: One. Geranium procurrens. This appeared from nowhere about two years…
Six on Saturday – 2/9/2017
The elephant in the room regarding this six is the magnolia I have spent half the week removing and disposing of. It's gone, move on. One. Cyrtanthus elatus. Scarborough Lily. I included the variety 'Pink Diamond' two weeks ago, now the red flowering original form is starting to open. They're not frost hardy, but in…
Six on Saturday – 26/8/2017
What a busy week we've had. Last Sunday we went up to the flower show at RHS Rosemoor. It rained, which was a shame, but was enjoyable for all that. Restricted plant purchases to three items. Then Thursday we went the other way, to Penzance, taking in the National Dahlia collection field of Dahlias; awesome;…
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