Tag: SixOnSaturday

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

What a difference a couple of days of sunshine makes, both to the garden and the gardener. My husband and I even had our mid-morning coffee break outside on Wednesday. Also the first sighting of a queen bumblebee looking for somewhere to establish a nest.

One – A clump of crocuses opening their faces to the sunshine

Two – Your weekly dose of pulmonaria, this time with flowers that are a lovely shade of blue/purple.

Three – More blue with a small clump of anenome blanda.

Four – Lovely yellow primrose but bearing the telltale signs the slimy ones are about.

Five – An area beneath a young field maple planted in very random fashion with miniature daffodils and crocus, some cyclamen, the odd primrose and tulips, plus a lot of self-seeded forget-me-nots. I also scattered some cornflower seeds back in the autumn but no sign of them yet.

Six – Shocking pink hyacinth that came as three bulbs crammed together in a pot. I shall try to replant them further apart once they’ve finished flowering with a bit more company.

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.

Yet another week with only limited opportunities to get out in the garden although I did manage to finish mulching the raised beds and borders. I was going to say the first signs of spring are here but, as I write this on Friday evening, it’s pouring down again and the wind has picked up.

One – First hyacinths in bloom.

Two – Rosemary bush flowering already.

Three – Groups of narcissi nearly in bloom planted around the remains of two very overgrown trees that were removed last year.

Four – New leaves of chives and fennel in the herb garden

Five – More young growth, this time the neat rosettes of a sedum.

Six – Allium schubertii sowed in the autumn from saved seed. However I’ll need patience because I understand it can take 3 – 5 years before they reach sufficient size to flower.

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.