Six on Saturday – Fussing

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Are we there yet? Not quite. After a balmy t-shirt day yesterday, today the wind is bitter and showers are forecast. I must remind myself it is still March and be patient. Easier said than done. Still, plants continue to nudge above the surface and buds are swelling, in spite of the gardener’s fussing. And it is becoming increasingly easier to produce a Six on Saturday. Ever a sign of progress. If you would like to meet other SoSers, and indeed the Grand Vizier himself, then pop over to Jim’s and you can enjoy them at your leisure. Shall we shake a leg?

This year I didn’t buy any new tulips and last years’ withered and rotted. My lack of enthusiasm was partly due to the millions I planted in other peoples’ gardens and I am not a keen bulb planter. A few have popped up that I missed when bringing them in for storage. Here is one, name unknown, Survivor would be apt.

The Anemone blanda, have been battered and bruised but soldier on regardless. I love this little beauty.

One day a sweet little seedling, the next a rampant, plant-suffocating mass of orange and yellow. We will never be without nasturtium and I’m very pleased for it.

Omphalodes cappadocia, a wonderful name, a beautiful plant.

Finally, our mini Magnolia stellata has its first flower and I am a very proud parent. Pink tinged and perfect, it is all I had hoped it would be. On an adjacent branch, a sibling is waiting for its time to shine. Just two this year. I am hopeful for next year.

All done, who knows what is waiting in the wings for next time.

I forgot the viola! Thanks to The Prof for pointing it out. This is a viola, another self-seeder, this time in the colocasia pot in the greenhouse. Quite how I could have forgotten it, I have no idea, it is so pretty.

Now, that is definitely six! I think.

38 thoughts on “Six on Saturday – Fussing”

  2. Oh, nasturtiums! I have grown them since before kindergarten, and always will. Brent says that they are ‘dago pansies’. I have tried fancier varieties, but, except for ‘Empress of India’, they revert back to the common orange and yellow, which are my favorite anyway. One can improve on perfection. Anemone blanda is one that I want to try because I think it looks woodsy enough for less refined gardens on the sunnier sides of redwoods. I want the white first, but could go for either white or blue. Pink looks too fussy. My dead star magnolia also bloomed. I suppose that means that it is not actually dead, or that it is no longer dead.

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  7. The Omphalodes cappadocia is very pretty and a plant I’m not familiar with – I’ll have to correct that. The Magnolia flower is a beauty, in a few years they’ll fill the tree – worth waiting for. I’m glad you’ve been reminded of the viola, I’ve taken renewed interest in them this year, though I still think I might be a bit too careless about the deadheading part – they’re so tiny.

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  8. Does one bring tulip bulbs in for storage? Or only if they are in pots that might freeze? My garden style is three parts chaos to one part sink or swim. My theory is that the right plant in the right lace will not need much from me except a little water, compost and kind words. I like the color of “Survivor”.

    I also am a big fan of nasturtium. I love they way they look, they way they bloom all the way to first frost and they are great in a salad. I won’t see those little leaves for some time yet.

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    1. I love the idea of your sink or swim theory, it is very true. Tulips should in theory come in, I think mainly so they aren’t in the way or get stabbed by forks and trowels. Some are much better than others at returning for the next year.

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      1. Ahh, well, where I have my tulips I rarely dig, but I can see where that would be an issue. There are beds planted with tulips up by our state capitol and if you happen to be there when they dig the bulbs out, they give them away!

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  10. I am so glad that you call it Omphalodes cappadocia and don’t use the common name, navelwort. Like me you have no truck with navels in your garden. Have you come across the blue and white one called Starry Eyes? It’s so pretty.

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  11. The Violas are very pretty, I am glad you were prompted to include them. I’m too lazy to deadhead violas, though I did once buy some rather special ones and kept them going for a couple of years. I must buy some anemone blanda for my woodland border this year. I used the white ones as pot toppers one year, but they were hidden by the tulip foliage so not very successful. Must try harder.

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      1. Horrah for violas, indeed LoL. Yes, tis me … piglet. I waas twiddling them there knobs on my blog and somehow changed my posting name. Don’t ask LoL “Oh, what does this button do?”

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  15. Your posts should get an award for most enjoyable-to-read garden blog! I always find myself with a smile after reading them. You have a great talent for humor and style … thanks for sharing that gift and bringing joy to me and so many others. So appreciated, especially during duldrums or downright dread. 🙂 -lisa

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