I have next week off work so this is the start of what is effectively a 9-day weekend for me. I will vacationing in the exotic Back Garden, with occasional, no-expense-spared excursions to the Front Garden. I will do battle with poorly staked plants, slugs, aphids, a serious backlog of planting, recalcitrant bean plants, run-away sweet peas, patches of bare lawn that stubbornly refuse to re-grow despite what is now two sowings of grass seed, and other such relaxing holiday pasttimes. For now it is time for Six on Saturday. Six things, in the garden, on a Saturday. Could be anything happening now in your garden – a flower, a pest, a problem, a success, an ancient tool, anything at all. Join in!
Here are my Six for this week.
1 – Clematis Rebecca. Young Becky here is poorly. Possibly. I suspect wilt. It isn’t lack of water. It could just be that these particularly flowers are just fading, but overall the plant doesn’t look well.


2 – Clematis, probably Nellie Moser. This one, on the other hand, mere feet away from Becky, is doing just fine.

3 – Sweet William. Bought last year as a patio pot filler, I didn’t quite get around to emptying said pots over the winter, and here they are, back again and flowering with gusto. Jolly.

4 – Digitalis, white one. Not sure what the official name is, I grew a few different kinds last year and was slack in the label department. I am ahead of the game for next year, in theory, a few more kinds sown this year.

5 – Dianthus deltoides ‘Brilliancy’. These continue to do very well for me. Grown from seed a few years ago they are still going strong. A good edge -of-the border do-er. I must look out for seed of other dianthus.

6 – The Wall of Fragrance. As well as the two purple clematis (it was a surprise that both were purple, I think they may even be the same variety), there are three roses and a trachelospermum jasminoides, or star jasmine which is a good deal easier to write. Rose ‘The Pilgrim’, on the left is going nuts, so many flowers. ‘Claire Austin’ is on the right, and doing a creditable job herself. The star jasmine is just beginning to flower. The 3rd rose, Dr Eckener, is in the middle. The clematis are not blessed with any niff, but the others! My goodness the smell walking past there is fabulous.

Those are my Six for this week, what are yours? If you’d like to have a go, just publish your post and pop a link to it below in the comments. If you also mention my blog in yours that would be fablious. For more details you can peruse the guide.
I turst you will all have a productive weekend in the garden, I certainly plan to. Don’t forget to check back in as more links get added during the day.
Stay safe, I will be back next week with another #SixOnSaturday.
Now I like that phrase ‘wall of fragrance’
My Six on Saturday
https://wp.me/paZ8Ih-yt
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even better with smellyvision.
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Pretty pinks – mine are still in bud, but I am looking forward to the scent! https://enthusiasticgardener.com/2020/05/24/the-fortnight-garden-at-the-end-of-may/
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i just bought some more. oops.
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Dear Mr Propagator, I really did post my Six yesterday, just forgot to come over here and look at yours and post my link .
The sweet Wlliam is a real red, Digitalis is unusual, not seen one like that before all my white have dark spots.
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/flowerswalksnature.home.blog/651
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i believe you, thousands wouldn’t!
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Good morning
A little late this week – I thought I’d posted a comment with this link yesterday evening, but perhaps I dreamt it !
http://eaglesfeartoperch.blogspot.com/2020/05/relocating-fig-tree-six-on-saturday.html
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better late than never!
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Hello. I just learned about Six on Saturday this week, and, as it seems quite manageable, I thought I’d give it a go myself this week. I love your bright blooms this week, and I love the idea of a wall of fragrance! Enjoy your extended weekend. Here is my post: https://cosmosandcleome.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/six-on-saturday/
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welcome to the gang! hope to see you again soon.
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Good for you to have such a long weekend ahead. Not one of my clematises have started flowering yet. And are you sure it is sweet william? I used to think sweet william is the one which has flowers in little clusters, not single ones like on your photo.
My sixes this week: https://pines-n-roses.blogspot.com/2020/05/another-saturday-another-post.html
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you may well be right.
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Enjoy your holiday, Jon! Poor Rebecca – I hope she recovers, whatever the cause, although she may have had her chips for this season I suppose…Your Wall of Fragrance must smell fabulous – neither my Pilgrim nor trachelospermum are flowering yet, but you are further south than us. My six are at https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/six-on-saturday-combinations/
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the consensus was wind damage, a bit of a prune and a feed, she should be back on her feet again.
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Hope she does, Jon – that wind has a lot to answer for. And thanks for reminding about feeding clematis – will add them to my next list!
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You clematis really look lovey, and it sounds like you will have a busy week ahead. More six here – https://murtaghsmeadow.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/six-on-saturday-23rd-may-2020/
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yes, but a bit of time for sitting down to enjoy the sunshine too, i hope.
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…an absolute must. You have to enjoy the garden too.
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I hope you have a great gardening week on your annual leave – I’m sure your garden will give you just as much pleasure as any trip away…
For my six this week:
https://blogoftwogardens.com/2020/05/23/six-on-saturday-mychelseagarden/
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and much cheaper too. if i don’t go to the garden centre…
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I am a great fan of Sweet Williams. So realiable and very rarely effected by pests and diseases. Here are my six for this week:
https://honeypotflowers.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/it-has-been-a-rather-blustery-day/
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anything the slugs don’t like is welcome in my garden. up to a point…
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Enjoy your 9 day weekend. Thank goodness the weather’s so good at the moment for our enforced staycations. Here’s my six this week. https://greengirlgardener.com/2020/05/23/six-on-saturday-23rd-may/
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yes a bit of sunshine makes a big different. i do find myself wishing for a bit of rain though…
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Lovely six – I do hope that pretty Rebecca picks up a bit and can almost smell the perfume coming off your wall of scent – I love ‘The Pilgrim’ and jasmine. Your garden situation sounds like mine, any day of the year. I am always behind! I tend to be a bit overwhelmed when I see how many people’s gardens there are to visit by looking at the number of comments you get. But here’s my six:https://gardendreamingatchatillon.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/six-on-saturday-23-may-2020/
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there’s always something to do in the garden, even in the dead of winter. usually more things than there is time to do…
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