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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.

With apologies to Irving Berlin – ‘We’re having a heat wave, A tropical heat wave, The temperature’s rising, It isn’t surprising… Some plants are not thriving.’

One – Reprising last week’s pink theme, a rose of unknown variety.

Two – Tanacetum coccineum ‘Robinson’s Red’ growing alongside viola. In the background are two, now very tall, teasels I sowed last year that I hope will attract goldfinch once their prickly flower heads have appeared.

Three – The wildlife pond I constructed last year has developed a lot of algae. I probably didn’t choose the best location for it although in fairness there weren’t that many other options. A lot of leaves fell in the pond last autumn and have sunk to the bottom. I think another factor is the pond is in full sun at certain points in the day. I’ve started to plant along the front edge in an effort to create more shade. I hope this sesleria autumnalis, also known as autumn moor-grass, will do the trick.

Four – I have a fondness for heuchera and I couldn’t resist this heuchera pulchella with its delicate pinky-white flowers when I spotted it on a recent garden centre trip.

Five – Chive flowers and fennel foliage in the herb garden.

Six – A rather tatty looking flower of Leucanthemum × superbum but it’s welcome anyway.

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.

My apologies that the rain I pleaded for last week came in the form of torrential (albeit brief) downpours or hailstones, accompanied at times by high winds. And here in Berkshire we’ve still had some really cold nights, although hopefully not for much longer. I have a pink and lilac themed six this week:

One – I only had one flower to show on this rhododendron last week, now there’s a whole host of them.

Two – Somehow this sweet pea has managed to seed itself and climb its way up through the perennials around it. I really like the delicate blush pink colour so I’ll try to remember to save some seed for next year.

Three – Perennial wallflower Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’.

Four – The rather beautifully patterned flower of Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’.

Five – A lovely dusky pink foxglove.

Six – I hope you’re not sick of pink yet because here’s Geranium sanguineum

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.