What a change in the weather!! Sadly, I have removed a lot of colour from the garden……..I mowed the lawn! Gone are the white daisies and wild garlic, the blue speedwell and forget-me-nots, the yellow dandelions and celandine but I have avoided the cowslips so there are a few untidy clumps left!! (There is also some grass and some moss still there.)
Here are my Six-on-Saturday.
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The Berberis is a lovely rich colour and behind it is a tamarix tree. You may be able to see a slight redness on the branches; that gradually changes as the “flower” buds form until it becomes what is known in the family as “The Pink Feather Tree”.
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The Dicentra Spectabilis is just in flower – I think it is very pretty with the “pointy” cane topper! Behind it are the early shoots of the Solomon’s Seal which lasts all summer.
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This is a narcissus – first: amongst the forget-me-not and second: with the forget-me-nots cleared away! Can you see a very timid Primula denticulata which had been completely smothered. I hope it might get much larger and even flower now it can get to the air and daylight!
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The cat likes to supervise the gardening! The larger purple Aubretia was in my Six recently, but there is a smaller, pink one on the left. Both planted at the same time but the purple one is clearly doing much better.
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The plum blossom is abundant again this year. Last year it was beautiful but ALL the tiny plums fell off and the tree was covered all summer in a sticky layer – probably some black aphid type of insect – and wasps seemed to like feeding on them. (A couple of years ago, we had over 22lb of plums!) Hoping for better this year.
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The autumn fruiting raspberries are shooting well again. They produce fruit from June until late September. I keep picking them and freezing them. There is plenty to use with the rhubarb for our crumbles!
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I suppose I should apologize for my tulips : there aren’t many of them nor are they flowering….yet. They are a lovely soft pink – I will publish a photo when they do open. However, I can compete with #1 son-in-law in the bindweed contest – I bet I have more!!!
Well, another week goes by. This one was rather special because #12 grandchild arrived. A lovely, little girl. We are looking forward to seeing her for the first time today. Aren’t we lucky!