SixOnSaturday

Last weekend I motivated myself enough to cut down the lawn , which suddenly badly needed it . I think I ’ve perchance mowed it 5 or 6 times this yr ? It has grow so slowly in the drouth conditions it just has n’t needed it . That geological era is over , it seems . Nice and green , lush even , now . I also shinned up a ladder to carry on with the unruly virginia tree creeper . The front of the house look tidier as a result , and day is once more reaching the bathroom .

I have recover sufficiently from my injury to take on a 50 mile airstream today , I will be jogging my way around the Chilterns and will be incommunicado for the length . While I ’m off doing that , you could all do Six on Saturday . Six things , in the garden , on a Saturday . Join in !

Here are my Six for this calendar week …

1 – althaea seed capsule . I ’ve get a few Tennessean hollyhock this yr , and no wonder . Each magniloquent radical has a few dozen of these tommy - shooter magazines , and each one of those holds gobs of seeds . It ’s a wonder I do n’t exist in a althaea woodland .

2 – Hydrangea , no variety given , “ inglorious something ” if I call back rightly . Diamond maybe ? I purchase this before in the class and it has struggled , to be fair . It ’s in a pot on the terrace so did n’t get enough water , then perhaps because of the dark leaves , it was munched by something . With cool , wetter weather condition it has snoop something of a recovery . I might put it in a bigger pot next class .

3 – Geranium ‘ Wargrave Pink ’ . I believe I plant this last twelvemonth and it has n’t exactly thrived . geranium seem to be like clematis for me – either they ’re really glad , or they ’re a flake crap . Hopefully this one will settle in and rise on a bit .

4 – Verbena bananarama . There ’s a sign labialise the corner that has a keen gallery of these in their otherwise rather sparse front garden . I ’ve always been rather envious of the cloud of purple they have floating 4 ft above the gravel all summer . Trying to replicate the result , I ’ve found a few and am felicitous to let them self - seeded player , a trait for which they are justly famous but systematically reluctant to do in my garden .

5 – Geranium ‘ Rosanne ’ . talk of well-chosen geraniums …

6 – Rose ‘ Caribbean Dawn ’ . Last year this patio rose had grown very wonky . In a bid to clean up it out , I pruned it hard . It ’s now just wobbly in a different direction . Suffering with its prison cell mates in a peck on the patio over the summer , it is now grudgingly flowering again .

Have a great weekend , I go for you get more horticulture done than I will !

I ’ll be back next sentence with another # SixOnSaturday .

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