Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.
We had our first real frost on Thursday night, with the overnight temperature down to -2°C. Although Friday was sunny, the wind direction still meant it felt very cold.
One – I think this may be the only time of the year, apart from when it’s in flower, that Mahonia aquifolium brings anything to the garden.
Two – Last man standing – almost – is Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Herbstsonne’.
Three – Fading flower heads of Hylotelephium catching the late autumn sun.
Four – Heeding the warning of frost, I started the process of lifting and drying the dahlias I grew in raised beds in the front garden this year. I toyed with leaving some of them in the ground but I was worried they might rot if we get a lot of rain and the beds become waterlogged.
Five – Arbutus unedo covered with flowers.
Six – Frost on the leaves of sage.
As predicted, it’s getting harder each week to find things worth mentioning.
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