#SixOnSaturday – Six things happening in a Cornish garden this week #gardens #gardening #Cornwall

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Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.

I’m on holiday in Falmouth, Cornwall this week so I’ve borrowed from the garden of St Michael’s Hotel where we’re staying for my six.

Update: Just about all the plants were unfamiliar to me but the Six on Saturday hive mind was able to identify them all.

Clockwise from top left: Seed head of Aloiampelos striatula (Aloe), Fascicularia bicolor, seed head of Agapanthus, Acanthus sennii, seed head of Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon), Aeonium arboreum

Do check out the posts of other participants by following the links in the comments section of Jim’s post. If you fancy taking part yourself but don’t know where to start, here’s the participant’s guide.

12 thoughts on “#SixOnSaturday – Six things happening in a Cornish garden this week #gardens #gardening #Cornwall”

  2. Happy holidays and an extra mark for posting when you are away! Lovely exotics in the garden, I can recognise a couple, Fascicularia bicolor is the colourful centered one, aloe vera is the first one and I think the last is Acanthus senii. Oh and agapanthus seed heads and aeonium. Not sure about the massive fluff ball – cardoon? Have fun!

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  3. According to my nifty app (not always sure how reliable it is) :

    The big picture is a hardy aloe. The red flower Chilean (or crimson) bromeliad. Underneath that one, seed head of an Agapanthus (African Lily).

    Bottom left : Aeonium arboreum or Black Rose, Middle : Artichoke Thistle, and on the right : Acanthus.

    Hope you’re having a lovely time!

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    1. Your nifty app is pretty spot on as it happens. Several other of the gardeners who take part in Six on Saturday made the same ids, including a few who live in Cornwall. When I get time I’ll update my post for gardening posterity.

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  4. Clockwise from top left: Aloe seeds, Fascicularia bicolor / Bomeliad, agapanthus seed head, Ethiopian acanthus, possibly a cardoon (?), and Aeonium could be Zwartkop.

    All very familiar in public Cornish gardens. Hope you are enjoying your holiday – you are lucky with the weather.

    Jude

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    1. Thanks, we went to one of our favourites, Cribbs, and finished the evening with one of their rum flights. Then followed a rather unsteady walk up the high street to the Moor for a taxi back to our hotel.

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