Six on Saturday

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For me, the transition from “how can I sneak an extra one in” to scrabbling about in the drizzle looking for a candidate that will just about pass the SoS muster, was a hair’s breath this year. One day all was balmy summer excess, each note, if not crystal clear then a least contributing to a melodious chord. The next day it had become a cacophony of random experimental jazz. The seasons keep us in our place. As does our Six on Saturday leader, Jim at Garden Ruminations, and I would recommend skipping over to find out what the rest of the universe is up to this fine Saturday morning. Let us shake a leg.

When my Cloggie family visited a couple of weeks ago, my brother and I did a hasty tour of the garden, dodging the annoying showers. The flower that caught his eye was the self seeded marigold. The one that he saw was in full bloom and in full focus, but I’m sure you get the idea.

I don’t usually sow hardy annuals, but this year I got some free Calendula Buff Pygmy and thought I would give it a go. There is a long way to go, but so far so healthy looking.

An unnamed nerine in a pot. That’s all I can tell you, except, of course, it is very lovely.

The sunflowers have done their flowery bit and now are at the feeding the birds stage of their lives. It is good to have a full and productive existence. I’m sure a few seed will have dropped to the ground and next year we will have some inappropriately placed giants and I will laugh and blame the blue tits.

The begonias have been splendid this year although the ones out the front are looking rather battered from the recent wild weather. This rather flouncy one is in a more sheltered area and is still holding its own. The little snail thinks it a worthy bivouac.

It only seems five minutes that the fresh young leaves of the Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ were emerging. With this wind the fiery display won’t last long, already they are scattering the lawn. Then we will be left with the hope of next year.

Another six done, another November arrived. Keep your chins up, nearly spring.

19 thoughts on “Six on Saturday”

  1. The heart-shaped leaves of cercis are really very pretty too. I could have chosen them for my Six! The Nerine is a flower that really doesn’t thrive here, I must have soil that’s too heavy and clayey. I only get leaves and never any flowers.

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  2. If the Calendula that caught your brother’s eye was as colour-rich as the just-opening bud you show, no wonder his attention was caught by it. Gorgeous photo – I hope it opens just as lovely. I have self-seeded calendula seedlings growing around the garden, but it’s a challenge to protect them from husband’s weeding. I’m assuming the little snail was carefully rehomed? 😁

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  8. The seasons do, indeed, keep us in our place! How wonderful to have a self-seeded Marigold. And I’m a bit envious that your timeline of planting for spring is a way ahead of ours. I LOVE growing annuals from seed in the sunroom, but I usually plant them in March for planting outside in early May. Our last frost is somewhere from late April to the beginning of May. 😦

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  9. Every word a delight to read, gardening and wordsmithing are two of special talents. I had been thinking of Calendulas too for next year, I am sure I have a few lurking in my seeds box, is it too late to sow?

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