Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.
Four more bags of second early potatoes have been planted – only two more to go. As I write this on Friday it’s a lot cooler but we’re yet to have any significant rain which means I’ll have to water everything newly planted by hand, and that means a lot of work.
One – The sweet face of a purple viola.
Two – The beautifully scented blooms of choiysa ternata.
Three – Am I alone in thinking this unfurling bud of allium schubertii looks like an unfriendly alien being?
Four – A clump of tulipa bakeri ‘Lilac Wonder’ with their faces open to the sun.
Five – The sweet smelling flowers of daphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’. You’ll have to take my word for it.
Six – A spire of the small, starry flowers of tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ recently planted underneath one of our apple trees
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Lovely photos, Cathy. Wisteria is already out here in Bath. An annual treat!
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My wisteria is only a couple of years old, still a baby really and the leaves have only just emerged. I think some varieties flower earlier than others or perhaps it’s just they take quite a few to establish.
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My neighbour’s took three or four years to really establish itself but I think you’re right: some do flower earlier in the season than others.
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Last year, I bought a daphne x transatlantic to sit by our front door. It’s still very small and hasn’t flowered yet, but I’m hoping it will be a delight for everyone coming in and out of the house. I don’t have a sense of smell, so it’s a bit of a hit and hope!
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Mine is still quite small as well so it’s still a case of getting down on your hands and knees to appreciate the scent. Worth it though.
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Lots of my favourites here, we saw a large bush of the daphne in a local park earlier in the week and I was ahhhing over it. The little tulip is a darling and I am a massive tiarella fan. Lovely.
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I’m now a tiarella fan too. I ordered the plants online and it wasn’t long after they arrived that they were starting to bloom. I’m really hoping I’ve found the right situation for them.
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Mostly what’s happening in my garden is the weeds are coming back to life! We really must get on top of them this year.
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I can empathise as someone who spent an hour yesterday trying to eradicare bindweed from a border and another tackling ground elder in the front garden.
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Bindweed is a nightmare! We have loads growing through wide, thick hedging and can’t get to the roots. So all we can do is haul out yards of the stuff each year!
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I have a Daphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’ – the fragrance is wonderful. A lovely selection.
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There are some lovely spring beauties in your post this week. The Tiarella is particularly beautiful with the light filtering through onto its flower spike and foliage.
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I haven’t grown tiarella before and now I’m wondering why not because I’m loving everything about them.
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Oh, the Tiarella is so delicate and lovely. I’m always fascinated with Alliums for so many reasons! Yes, they look like aliens at points–but oh, so fun and beautiful! 😉
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Watering when you have a big garden is a real pain. Bring on the rain, nice, gentle and steady. You made me laugh about your allium.
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