Not much doing in the garden this week. The ground is bone dry. While the weather has cooled, it doesn’t feel worth doing anything beyond watering and deadheading.
SixOnSaturday is curated by Jim at Garden Ruminations, and you can find the participation guidelines here.
1. This is my Carlos, my Lantana. I’ve had him a few years now and bring him inside every winter. He was looking a bit rough at the start of the year, so I gave him quite a heavy prune, and now he’s feeling Smooth.
2. From Carlos to Coleus. I love the varied foliage they offer. I’ve never managed to get cuttings to take, so I can move from year to year, but they’re always first in the basket at the garden centre when I plan the pots.
3. A splash of orange and purple. My favourite colour combo
4. I bought this succulent at a Heritage Plant fair. I’ve had it for a couple of years, and this year it has flowered for the first time. I have these tiered shelves in the conservatory in the winter, which I bring outside for the summer months.
5. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had been growing cosmos for the first time, with varying success. The ones that have taken are looking nice. I started out with three varieties, but over time I muddled them up. Curiously, the white “purity” seem not to have survived. I have no empirical evidence to back this up, but perhaps the white cosmos are tastier to slugs than the darker varieties.
6. Final shot, because it looks quite nice and there’s not much else going on.
That’s it for this week. See you next time, and thanks for looking at my #SixonSaturday
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