As predicted, no gardening done last weekend, what with running foolish distances then snoozing a lot. I have got a fair bit done the last couple of days though. I have weeded, tied in, cut back, moved stuff, mowed, edged, weeded more. I have not yet fed my roses, nor have I pruned. So busy have I been that I forgot it was Friday and thus neglected to write this post till quite late in the evening. I shall be brief…
1. Narcissus jonquilla ‘Kedron’. Nice niff if approached closely.

2. Malus ‘Rudolph’. Festooned.

3. Amalanchier ‘Robin Hill’. Sadly this tree is in blossom but briefly, the merest puff of wind enough to drop the bulk of it on my lawn.

4. Tulip ‘Sunrise Dynasty’. I moved all the tubs up to the patio yesterday on realising that some were flowering away out of sight at the far end of the garden where I’d stashed them.

5. Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’. Could it be this small tree is finally going to prove worthwhile? Signs are it may actually flower this year.

6. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’

Here is a bonus photo or two of the daffs on the table and of the massed ranks of patio tulips.


That’s your lot, I hope you are enjoying the long weekend, and importantly have some gardening in your plans.
I’ll be back next weekend for another #SixOnSaturday.
Gorgeous pots and such a pretty acer – that colour in spring is wonderful!
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Gorgeous – your Spring is much further along than mine, and if you choose to view my six you must use your imagination for the sixth – so cold and windy it was difficult to get a photo that wasn’t all a blur! Snow tomorrow, well rather the so called “wintry mix”. Sigh.
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Superb selection and like the collection of tulip and narcissus photos.
https://gardeningmyway.home.blog/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16th-april-22/
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Lovely to see everyone’s pics! Trying again with mine – no idea why I seem to be having such trouble sharing this… https://notesfromtheundergardener.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16th-april-2022/
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Very nice tulip – looks like it should be some sort of cocktail in a fancy bar.
Here’s my six: https://peerlessgardening.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16-4-2022/
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What lovely photos you have shared with us today, Jon, thank you. I have added this amelanchier to our garden recently so its blossom is minimal, but my existing one has been ‘snowing’ for a week or two! My six (roughly!) are here https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-love-my-garden/
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Love all your daffs and tulips – beautiful display. I must try some tulips next year. Here’s my six https://greengirlgardener.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16th-april/
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You have an army of pots! The color is spectacular. Do you get fruit from your Amelanchier? Here’s my contribution: https://stoneyknob.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/sos-a-beheading/
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Bulbs are singing praises for the wonderful spring warmth and look wonderful. That is a fantastic Jap Maple. https://theshrubqueen.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-sky-blue/
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Very nice. Do you save the tulip bulbs or buy new each .?
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New each year. I don’t find them to be reliable returners.
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Thank you. I’ve often wondered how we manage to get bulbs if they aren’t renewable.
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At least your Amalanchier has blossom, most of mine gets eaten at the bud stage by the bullfinches! Like all your pots on the table, beautiful display. My six are here…https://www.leadupthegardenpath.com/
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Its Easter weekend. Today, I have a blend of offerings from Alabama and a few while visiting in Texas with my daughter for Easter.
Here they are:
Happy Easter from the warming SouthEast USA.
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And so it begins…the blooms of Spring commence! Cheerful!
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I love the patio table, always an ideal place to display colour. Here is my Six on Saturday
https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16-04-2022/
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Think my Acer photo may be of the same sort as yours, good to have a close up, I took a long shot, not as good for seeing the delightfulness of the leaves. Lovely photos of things in pots. Here are my six: https://kasmaty.blogspot.com/2022/04/sixonsaturday-easter-gardening.html
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Neat to see things blooming in your garden that will also be blooming in a few weeks here! The Cercis is worth waiting for, and as the tree matures I’ve found more flowers will also develop along its branches.
https://wp.me/p50zvt-2sM
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Glad to see that you’ve had time to get back out in the garden. Your pots of bulbs are looking great. The leaves on the Acer are very beautiful.
I’ve managed to get away for a few days to Devon so I’ve got some photos from there for this week’s ‘Six’
https://www.hortusbaileyana.co.uk/2022/04/hortus-on-tour-in-devon.html
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I am rather taken by your Acer! Very subtle. Tulips always get my vote too. Here’s my six new bulbs for the garden this year and cherry blossom – fingers crossed! https://n20gardener.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-natures-bounty-begins/
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Morning!
We really are fully into daffs and tulips territory, aren’t we?! Everything’s starting to look quite cheery in my garden too…
Blog contains additional dispatches from my internship at Waddesdon Manor and my allotment for those interested in such things.
Have a super Easter!
Louise
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Lovely cheering colours you have there, and sun to enjoy them at their best. Once you have red tulips in the frame, nothing else stands much of a chance. Here are mine: https://wp.me/p6bCCa-3fs
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You are a busy bee! I am pleased to see Forest Pansy flowering for you, we left ours at the old house (too big to move even though it was in a pot) and it never flowered. Probably fed up being in a pot. Nice to see the tulips at long last. Hope you get a bit of respite this weekend. Here are mine https://offtheedgegardening.com/2022/04/15/six-on-saturday-oops-i-did-it-again/
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https://fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16-04-22/
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They are very pretty these flowers of malus! An unusual dark colour that we don’t see much around here for these trees. About the cercis flowers, I’m growing a cercis siliquastrum here and had flowers for the first time (!! ) but unfortunately they burnt out with the early April frost… Have a great Easter weekend Jon , https://fredgardenerblog2. wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16-04-22/
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Hey Fred, there is a problem with you link 🙂
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your link. 😀
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Yes thank you….Saw this after posting and couldn’t edit…another reply to Jon has the right link 2 minutes later.
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Well, I have not been doing much gardening either. I had been on vacation, and after returning work, I have not worked much. Hence, my pictures are not of gardening activities.
Your flowering crabapple is RAD! I do find flowering crabapple, in some aspects, to be more appealing than flowering cherry. I just do not like pruning them. Most are such a tangled mess! Do you find that modern cultivars develop superior branch structure?
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A massing of tulips on a patio is always a good thing, I do the same. Lovely Rudolph blossom too. Here are my six:
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The Amelanchier is always eagerly anticipated here and then so quickly gone but now you have ‘Forest Pansy’ to look forward to. Fantastic Tulip display.
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Good morning. I’m looking forward to seeing all those lovely, bright plants “in situ” soon. Are you running this weekend? See you soon.
https://grannysgarden229242407.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16-04-2022/
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Your garden looks a dream thanks to the Acer, all the bulbs. As for that Cercis if only I had the room! Here are my Six: https://noellemace.blogspot.com/2022/04/six-on-saturday-16-april-2022.html
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Looking good. ‘Sunrise Dynasty’ is a stunner, the Acer is a beauty and I’ll have to look our for ‘Kedron.’ https://onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/an-easter-six-on-saturday-16-april-2022/
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All looking lovely after your efforts this week. I have not heard of a forest pansy, fingers crossed it has a great year. Here’s my six https://wp.me/p2Eu3u-hZC
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Some great spring flowers there. Here are my autumnal six https://thistlesandkiwis.org/2022/04/16/six-on-saturday-16-04-22/
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Lovely bright colors. A variety of bulbs had naturalized here before we bought the house and have been, for the most part, left undisturbed. Your incredible displays have inspired me to make some additions to what’s already here and move a few things around. Here are mine: https://roguegarden.wordpress.com
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