On my morning (doom)scroll on Bluesky, I came across a post by Cathy J from What Cathy Read Next.
Six on Saturday is an idea that’s been going around a while and involves posting six pictures of the garden on, yes, you’ve guessed it, a Saturday. Not sure this will become a weekly thing for me, but the sun is shining, a rarity in 2026, so I thought I’d take some picutures. Not that there’s a great deal out there to take pictures of right now.
Six on Saturday is curated by Jim at garden ruminations and you can find the participation guidelines here. Hopefully, I won’t stuff it up!
1. Some iris reticulata, with a sneaky tulip from the bulb lasagne growing in there too. First time I’ve tried different bulb types in a pot. I’ll interested to see how it goes.
2. My miniature cherry that I bought a few years ago about to burst into bloom
3. There are a few primroses dotted around the garden. A sure sign that spring is coming.
4. Last year, I got lots of ideas from Sarah Raven’s, A Year Full of Pots, this year is the year I get to see all those ideas crash and burn.
Raven suggested sowing cobaea scandens (cup and saucer plant) in January to give it maximum time to grow as big as it can during the summer. I planted 8 seeds at the begninning of the year, and only seem to have one plant to show for it. Trying to decide whether to sow the remaining seeds or just leave them until next year. (In the background you can see a salvia cutting I have been overwintering.)
Last year I split out a little of my oxalis triangularis to see if it would propogate on. Looks like the answer was yes! For now at least.
6. This pitcure was is across the view of my conservatory windowill because I thought I’d taken more pictures outside than I actually had.
I’m not all that good with indoor plants but here are a couple that I’ve managed not only to keep alive but also looking reasonable throughout the winter!
That’s it! A fun excercise that I hope to return to. The garden is looking to burst to life in the coming weeks, so hopefully I’ll have a few more things to photograph soon.
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