Six on Saturday – Desperate

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I really wanted to come out to play today. Last Saturday was my first contribution for a while and I wanted to keep the momentum going. Inertia may have been vanquished but it is a formidable opponent. This weeks’ problem was the photographs. All day the rain fell. All day my camera was at my side waiting for a hiatus. At 3.30 it happened. Still gloomy, light fading, I made a valiant attempt. Admittedly, it didn’t help that I was taking the shots during the advert break of a film I was watching. I may have rushed a little. The resultant pictures are outrageously rubbish. I don’t care. Or at least I’m pretending I don’t. If you want to find out what the rest of the SoSers are up to, enjoying exciting and in focus photos, pop over to Jim at Garden Ruminations for inspiration and education. Come on, let’s get this over and done with.

Another greenhouse flowerer is Salvia ‘Waverly’. I have been taking the covers off periodically and letting the cossetted ones breath in the damp air, keeping vigilant for a frost warning. I’m wild like that.

Here I have peaked in my inadequacy. Rudbeckia ‘Irish Eyes’ far from its summer home.

If in doubt a black concrete cat will suffice. We bought this earlier in the year from Ewenny Pottery, to dissuade the local felines from eating the birds and pooping in the borders. Of course, they all love him.

This Pseudowintera colorata ‘Moulin Rouge’ has all the potential but none of the support team. I resolve to ensure it has more space and love in the summer and perhaps it may grow a little more.

This Hylotelephium spectabile AKA Sedum spectabile is reinforcing the “wet, wet, wet” and the “out of focus, out of focus, out of focus” theme of this blog.

If anyone were to ask me, in some sort of horti-questionnaire, what my favourite spurge was, there would be no doubt that Euphorbia mellifera would take my vote. This was a gift from Welsh John. It is totally inappropriate for my size of garden, it is totally appropriate for me.

There, all done, happy solstice to you all. The only way is up, baby!

21 thoughts on “Six on Saturday – Desperate”

  1. A nice raindrops enhanced selection. Two questions. What was the film you were keen to get back to and were you wearing a coat and hood when you braved the outdoors to take the photos? I can’t decide if I can see a hooded figure reflected in the water droplet on top of the Hylo.. the Sedum.

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  2. The pseudowintera colorata ‘Moulin Rouge’ was unknown to me. Very nice colours for winter The euphorbia mellifera can be tamed (at least here in Normandy because it suffers a bit in winter and restart) but Jim apparently needs to prune it once a year.
    Let’s hope that the neighborhood cats don’t take advantage of this black friend to often come to your garden… Happy Christmas Gill !

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  5. Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Leopard’ has been on my wanted list for years but I’ve not seen it for sale. Could probably get it online. ‘Moulin Rouge’ looks like a very viable alternative to be looking out for.

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  6. Well full marks for actually getting out there at all! Far too wild here today! And most of my garden is mushy, though I did get out on Tuesday to cut back most of the rampant jasmine and pull up the nasturtiums and calendula from the raised bed. I discovered that warm gardening gloves need to go on my list to Santa. You weren’t watching ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’?

    Have a lovely Christmas in Welsh Wales – I have lost count on how many this is now – and I wish you a very happy and productive gardening year ahead xx

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    1. No, it was The Northman on catchup. Rather violent and disappointing really. Not to be recommended (by me), although everyone (critics) seem to love it. Have a fabulous Christmas in Kernow, you never know, next year might be the year we meet in person!

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  7. Rubbish?! Even if some were rubbish (and even if I knew what that word means), they would not necessarily be inappropriate for Six on Saturday. I mean, we can show worse if we like. I have shared pictures of fallen trees, frosted cannas, tractors, weeds and even a humongous pile of poo. Anyway, even though it is your only non-horticultural picture, the concrete kitty got my attention. Pairs of such kitties flanking driveways or gates are a tradition here because our town is Los Gatos.

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