Category: Six On Saturday

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

Please can we have some rain now? It’s lovely to be sitting out in the evening with a glass of wine but exhausting to be constantly lugging watering cans up and down the garden to irrigate precious plants. However, here are six that have managed to survive so far.

One – Ajuga reptans which has found a place all by itself in the gravel under our damson tree.

Two – Gorgeous blue and yellow Dutch iris. They were sold as iris reticulata but, given their height and the fact they have only just come into flower, they clearly are not.

Three – Phlox subulata covered with delicate flowers and liking its sunny position.

Four – Mother Nature demonstrating her skills at garden design by having this dark pink aquilega seed itself next to the red tinged leaves of Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’.

Five – More self-seeders, this time what I think may be centaurea?

Six – White armeria completely happy in the parched earth whilst other plants around it are crying out for water.

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.

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

We still haven’t had any significant rain here in Berkshire which means continuing work with the watering can. There have been a few lovely warm – verging on hot – days but some very chilly nights which could still catch you out.

One – I spotted these two butterfiles (I think they’re Holly Blues) on the ivy in our mixed species hedge. ‘Mixed species’ being a posh term for a hawthorn hedge which is being gradually taken over by ivy, hazel and goodness knows what else.

Two – The first flower open on one of the clumps of geranium sanguineum scattered around the garden.

Three – The strawberry plants have started to flower so it will be time to initiate slug patrol.

Four – Always nice to spot one of a gardener’s little helpers.

Five – The ruffled flower of geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ bringing a pop of colour.

Six – Thyme ‘Silver Queen’ completely happy basking in the sun in the gravel garden.

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.