What happened to the sunshine? Cool, gloomy and even a spot or two of rain here. No t-shirts this weekend, I suspect. I gather it will back up to spec next weekend but in the meantime we’ll just have to suffer! The garden probably welcomes a bit of relief from the hot sun which was a bit relentless at times, and certainly a drop of rain was necessary. More please. Anyhow, it is time for Six on Saturday. Six things, in the garden, on a Saturday. Could be anything – a flower, a harvest, a pest, a problem, a job completed, anything at all. Join in!
Here are my Six for this week.
1 – Geranium ‘Rosanne’. Just getting going in my garden, in a couple of weeks I will have unruly mounds of it, covered in flowers.
2 – Allium christophii – I’ve added to my supplies this year so I have a little thicket of them. A few of them have got quite tall, but never mind, the main point is the explody flower heads which are the size of footballs.
3 – Rodgersia podophylla ‘Instow’. This is a plant I got through the Hardy Plant Society Conservation Scheme. It was found in the garden of a stately home in Devon back in the 80s, then that clump was destroyed in a revamp and it is now not widely available. It has dramatic leaves and should colour up nicely. The clump should get to 75cm but the flower spike may reach to 2m which should be impressive.
4 – Cornflower ‘Blue Boy’. Grown from seed this year, allegedly these will keep coming and coming if I lop off the spent blooms. The flowers are rather small and I suspect you need a great swathe of them to make an impact. Still, they are a lovely shade of blue.
5 – Lupin, purple-ish. My only decent lupin plant this year, most have either stayed underground or been munched on emerging, it is flowering nicely now. I must sow some seed later in the year. I love them but they are a martyr to the slugs n snails.
6 – Geranium nodosum. Growing blamelessly in a shady corner, this plant is beginning to flower and I think it will be covered in them soon. It has a reputation as a spreader but not so as I’ve noticed here. The flowers are on the small side but I think we can forgive it for that.
Those are my Six, what are yours? If you’d like to join in, just publish your post and pop a link to it in the comments below. if you also mention my blog in yours that would be splendid. For more deets you can read the brief participant guide.
I have a bit of a run to do on Saturday morning but other than that I shall be ploughing through a lengthy to do list in the garden, possibly dodging showers. Don’t forget to check back in during the day as more links get added.
Stay safe, I’ll be back next week with another #SixOnSaturday.
The Propagator 
Lovely selection. Here’s mine https://bramblegarden.com/2020/06/20/six-on-saturday-my-garden-in-june-sos-saturdaymotivation-garden/
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Hello. Your cornflower, known better to me as a bachelor’s button, is lovely. I envy you your lupine. I had one once, but it lasted only a couple of years. Not sure what happened to it . . . Allium Christophii is lovely, but I’ve never had it come back the next year, and it’s too costly to replace every year. I have Rosanne in two different beds. In one, the deer have all but destroyed it, but they haven’t found it in the other (yet), and it has just started blooming. Here are my six this week: https://cosmosandcleome.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/six-on-saturday-june-6-2020/
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alliums are not reliable returners, i add to mine every year. cornflower, so called because they traditionally were found growing in corn fields here.
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Geranium Rosanne is a complete disappointment in my garden. I’ve
even tried moving it and it is even worse there.
Alliums don’t seem to last for me and I’ve included my only one in my
six.
Lupins however are no trouble at all here.
Here are mine: https://www.parabola.me.uk/blog/2020/Jun/six-on-the-sixth-day-of-the-sixth-month/
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He giveth and he taketh away!
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G. nodosum is one of my favourites.
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I love geranium ‘Rosanne’ – unruly is great! The rain was welcome mid week, but it can go on its merry way now! Here are my six:
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last year it she was a bit of a thug, smothering a few other things. serves me right for planting to close together…
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Geraniums like those are going strong in my area, but I don’t have any in my current garden. They’re on my wish list! Here’s my link this week: https://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/six-on-saturday-roses-and-clematis/
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no geraniums? really? that is a serious deficiency, you must resolve this forthwith! 😎
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I nearly included cornflowers today, but they will wait for another post. Thanks to you I grew lupins from seed last year and although not flowering they are at least still alive! Geranium nodosum does spread, but hey, growing blamelessly in a shady corner, what’s not to like! Thanks for hosting – I have a mixed six at https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/six-hatchlings-on-saturday/
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i always think “i must just buy some good lupin plants this year”, but by the time I think of it they are all sold out. i’ll look out for some interesting seed and try to grow later in the summer. I grew some last year but they rotted off over the winter. i should have started them sooner, i think.
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