Six on Saturday by the skin of my teeth! It’s been a week of rain, rain, more rain, hail, sleet, wind and some sunshine. I’ve been in the garden this afternoon turning over the compost bins, a very satisfying job. At least we gardeners will have plenty to do during self-isolation.
1. A couple of clumps of these bulbs come up in the border alongside the drive every year. The name has escaped me for the moment
2. The last Hellebore. No more, I promise. I nearly forgot to include this one and it’s nearly past it’s best.
3. Persicaria microcephala ’Red Dragon’ has burst through the ground. I grow this against a trellis and ‘train’ it up it.
4. Many years ago I grew some Hyacinths in a pot then planted them out in the border. They come back every year but never multiply. I don’t grow Hyacinths any more as the Non-Gardener reckons they smell like cat wee. Hmmmmm.
5. The patio pots are looking good despite what the weather has thrown at them. I have layer planted the bigger pots for years but for some reason everything is flowering at the same time this year.
6. Primroses are coming out all over the garden but are also being badly eaten by slugs. Some seem to have a pink tinge this year.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for reading this far. Sadly no gardening for me tomorrow as I’m working. I’ve a couple of days off this week though and the weather doesn’t look too bad. 🤞
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Six on Saturday 
The first plant is a scilla. Your patio plants look good ! Which plant do you grow in the blue/black pot on the right? I can’t zoom in.
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Scilla! Thank you Fred. There’s a variegated Trachelospermum in that pot. It’s been in there a few years now and I top dress it each spring but I don’t think it will reach its true potential.
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Cat wee? That’s a bit mind boggling. Love the patio pots & the boot scraper. What a lovely sight to look out on. The hellebore backed up by crocus foliage is really lovely, too. The quilter’s eye is everywhere in your garden.
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That’s non-gardeners for you!
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May well adopt your tip of growing the persicaria against a fence and tying it in. Yours are a far more advanced than mine.
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I’ve attached a few strands of wire across the trellis and, as the Persicaria grows up, I tuck it behind the wire
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I’m a week behind here. What gorgeous colours!
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