Back so soon? Taking part in Six on Saturday is a splendid way to mark the passage of the darkest weeks, which I am making a concerted effort not to wish away. This wild beast is overseen by our very own lion tamer The Prop. It works like this, he point an upturned chair at us, cracks a whip and we occasionally try to eat him. Something like that anyway. If you would like this confirmed, pop over to his blog and check out what is going on.
First we have a heart, suspended on our bijou cherry. I would like to say that it was a gift from Tom Hardy, but that would be at best misleading. In fact I bought this tiny terracotta tile for myself along with two other similars. They hang on the cherry tree, which was grown from a pip and therefore unlikely to doing anything of much merit, to add ornament where there is none.
Next we have Geranium bohemicum which I grew from seed last year. A few SoS’s ago I featured a geranium given to me by my college friend called ‘Blue Orchid’ . I have since discovered that it is actually called ‘Orchid Blue’ and is a cultivar of this very plant. Both are flowering now, they look the same, you would have thought I could have worked it out before.
Now onto Galanthus ‘Magnet’ a strong and upright chap, purchased last year when visiting Helen’s wonderful open garden at Little Ash. Later I transferred it into a terracotta pot, so it wouldn’t get lost in the fray. It has particularly long pedicel, the bit that attaches the flower to the rest of the plant, and therefore is noted for its fine bobbing. In fact, as I write I can see it, bobbing away in the breeze. Later there are gales forecast, I hope it doesn’t over-bob and lose its head.
Then some mummified apples and associated damage, is it canker? Perhaps. This is one of two apple trees in our garden, and they have outgrown the space. The jackdaws scoff the fruit before we can get to them and they aren’t all that special when we do. I have attempted to keep them pruned to size but it is a case of wrong plant, wrong place. Or is that a double negative and mean it is the right place? Whatever, my saw twitches when I am close by.
Another hit for Teacher’s Pet Tibouchina urvilleana. Although it keeps shrugging off the overcoat I so lovingly draped around its shoulders, it is still looking quite happy. One leaf has turned. And very beautifully too.
“Did you put a pottery horses head in one of the pots” I asked OH. “Yes” he replied. “Thank goodness, I thought the ceramics mafioso had been calling”.
That is it, all done for another week. Another day, another dollar!
Off The Edge Gardening 
Galanthus ‘Magnet’ is eye catching… like a magnet: very pretty!
Remind me Gill, is your tibouchina potted? in the ground near a wall of your house?
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It is in a pot, (sometimes) wrapped in fleece and snuggled near some shrubs.
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I thought there would many other snowdrops in other posts but perhaps it’s just too cold. It looks cold in your part of the woods Gill! Keep warm….the horse head made me laugh.
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It is absolutely tipping down and howling wind at the moment, horrid!
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Beautiful snowdrop – still waiting for mine to unfurl. Like your other half I stick bits of broken pottery around the garden – hate to throw it away!
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The head will definitely stay, I also like an electic garden, more fun that way!
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Mmmm, flowers…(drooling here 🙂 Very nice horsy head. I had self made mushrooms and a snail for a while for the indoors pots.
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Self made? Very impressive! Still under snow there?
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The horse head is fantastic! LOL Hoping the bobbing snowdrop hangs in there. Love that blue color of the geranium too.
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Thanks Laura, although I am not sure I can take credit it for horses head at all!
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Lovely snowdrop. That last Six brought back traumatic childhood memories of The Neverending Story. Poor Artax!
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I like the horses head decoration in the pot.
Is the OH into gnomes?
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We have a painted concrete gnome in our front room. He is very sinister looking. Good for scaring visiting children, we tell them he dancing around the room at night. 🙂
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I can imagine!
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“I hope it doesn’t over-bob and lose its head.”
There you go again, making me giggle. Love the heart. I think hanging pretty objects in the garden is a good thing. Not so sure about the horse’s head. It might grow into a full horse!
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Glad I made you giggle. Giggling is good. I suppose the head is planted, and it could grow …….. 🙂
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You heap funny lady. Points chair indeed. It was me that left the horses head in the pot, btw. I work in mysterious ways.
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I thought as much! 😀
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Apples can be pruned to stay in rather small spaces. It is easier to start with them before they get too big of course. Yet, even if you cut it to a stump (above the graft) you can train the new shoots into a small tree. In my work, I find that apple trees, and all other deciduous fruit trees are almost never pruned aggressively enough.
Now, why was the ceramic horse head in the garden?
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Yes, I imagine you to be an agressive pruner 😉 As for me, well, I have had my moments! The horse’s head is a mystery, I wonder if we will find the body one day. 🙂
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It is probably right under the head.
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🙂 I did look
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