Rain! We had a bit of rain during the week! Not a huge amount. A couple of hours of organised rain, enough to wet the surface of the soil. Really we need several days of that, but I’ll take it.
There will be no gardening this weekend, I shall be glamping in Devon with the current Mrs Jones. While we’re toasting marshmallows on an open fire and other such jolly japes, you can all do Six on Saturday. Six things, in the garden, on a Saturday. You know the drill.
Here are mine for this week…
1 – What’s the story, Morning Glory? I didn’t sow any of these this year, so this’ll be from a seed dropped last year, or even the year before. I always half expect to find a small light bulb down by the stamens, so stark is the contrast with the colouring of the outer petals.

2 – Teasel. My rogue teasel plants have finished flowering, and are now gearing up to spread zillions of seeds, ensuring a teasel forest next year. I plan to whip off their heads before they can do that.

3 – Canna. Despite the lack of rain over the summer (they are notoriously thirsty plants), my canna have returned once again, mainly untroubled by slugs. I just leave them in the ground, they seem to manage ok over winter. It’s a shame the leaves aren’t more interesting, they’re a rather plain green, but mustn’t grumble.

4 – Rose ‘Harlow Carr’. Or at least I think it is. Could possibly be ‘Gabriel Oak’, although I think that is a darker, deeper shade of pink. This is one of three shrub roses purchased in the spring that I’ve (eventually) planted in boxes on the patio, intending to train them like mini climbers up the short stretch of trellis behind them.

5 – Nadina domestica. Flowers now, berries later.

6 – Sedum not-Autumn-Joy. I expect if I look hard enough there’s a plant label nearby that would tell me exactly what this is. I am certain it’s not Autumn Joy.

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 in the comments below. If you also mention my blog in yours that would be spiffing. For more details you can read the brief participant guide.
Have a super weekend in the garden, I hope you get rain if you need it, sunshine if you don’t.
I’ll be back next time for another #SixOnSaturday.
All very beautiful! Congratulations on receiving some rain. It’s been in very short supply here, too, and I am tiring of dragging the hose around! In spite of it all, I have some very lovely things to look at this week! https://cosmosandcleome.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-catching-up/
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Your Morning Glory is spectacular and I am not sure what a Teasel is, but the texture looks delightful. Thanks for hosting, here are my six for this week https://onemorethyme.art.blog/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-20-august-2022/
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Enjoy your glamping! Your rose probably is Harlow Carr which has much smaller flowers than many of DA’s roses and relatively prickly stems – it is is one of 6 roses I am featuring today at https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-making-amends/
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It’s always fun to see what you’re up to for the weekend! I hope you enjoy your glamping. That morning glory is fantastic!
Here’s my six:
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I love the teasel photo. Thanks for hosting from afar. https://theshrubqueen.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-survivors/
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Happy Saturday all! I like the teasel seed heads, but understand the importance of not letting things go to seed like crazy. I was informed by Mr. Wisconsingarden that I must under no circumstances allow any of my milkweed to set seed. I begin to see pods forming on the A tuberosa, but must remove them before they get too big and release seed. Here are my six!
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Lovely six there. I have teasels too but I let them throw there seeds about. My Six is all about the joy of self-seeding plants!
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Great shot of the Teasel! And whether intentionally planted or not, the Morning Glory is stunning. Sedum is just breaking into bloom here. This is the link to what else is going on: https://aftereden.blog/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-20-august-2022/.
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I hope it rains on your garden and not on your glamping.
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The joy of Teasels, such generous plants! No sign of flowers yet on my Nandina so I’ll enjoy yours in the meantime.
Like n20 I’ve had terrible WordPress issues this morning but, finally, here’s my offering. Enjoy the glamping.
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Stunning colour on your morning glory and your teazel seedhead looks just the place for ladybirds to overwinter. Enjoy your glamping!
My six are here…………https://www.leadupthegardenpath.com/
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Glad to hear you have had some rain. This morning there is rain falling in my part of the American South. Hope it lets up because this is supposed to be a lake day with a group of friends.
I love cannas but they are so susceptible to the roller worm. Beautiful morning glory color.
The garden is a little tired these days but there are some fall flowers appearing.
https://mensgardenvestavia.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/butterflies-and-a-ginger-lily/
Happy weekend to all.
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If only the common bindweed could look so good as your Morning Glory! I’ve given up the battle and just admiring the flowers now. Can’t say I am a big fan of Canna lilies, they always look tatty to me, or maybe that’s because of the wind. Anyway enjoy the glamping, hope the rain stays away. My thoughts are turning to next year, though I still haven’t made any bulb orders.
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The grasses are looking great. Exciting to have garden plans to make over winter.
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I have ordered three more of the grasses so hopefully my plan will work out OK. Lots of work to do in the autumn once things die down.
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Good to hear that it finally rained! Hopefully there will be more to come. The close up of the Teasel seed head is lovely! I’m trying to grow arrowroot this year, which is a canna type of plant. Hopefully they will do alright here. The Sedum is really pretty, and I really must try harder this year to encourage my autumn joy to flower!
Here is the link to my post for this week: http://hairbellsandmaples.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-it-is-warming-up-outside/
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Oh my, what a palaver. WordPress not running smoothly for me today but I think I’ve sorted it. Here’s a link https://n20gardener.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-theres-a-hole-in-my-water-butt-dear-liza/ after some welcome rain there has been an uplift, and a small snag!
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Glamping? Very nice. Have a great weekend. We need a teasel here, if you have any spare seed ……. Love the rose, whatever its name. Please do not say autumn again, not for another couple of weeks at least. Have fun, here are mine https://offtheedgegardening.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-the-shock-of-the-new/
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Oh, and here’s my Six…
https://wp.me/p50zvt-2DY
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Wonderful that your canna will survive outside all winter, and interesting that so many great things in our gardens are unplanned, eh?
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Enjoy your glamping! I am hedge cutting which is a job I hate because I hate ladders. However, I do love the beech hedges! Here are my Six https://davidsgardendiary.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-68/
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A very nice six. Cannas, cannas. Shall I, shan’t I? I’ll ponder that while I wait for WP to sort itself out this morning. Hopefully back again later with a link. Enjoy the glamping, keep those songs going!
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A self sown morning glory has made it onto my allotment, it’s gone from the garden. You’ve captured the light bulb effect to perfection. The teasel looks like it should make perfect homes for very small bees. Here are mine: https://wp.me/p6bCCa-3sr
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You got a canna also! There are about ten here, although two may be the same. I have not yet met one that I dislike, although ‘Cleopatra’ is . . . weird. I happen to prefer the plain green foliage, as well as the darkest bronze ‘Australia’ and the green and white variegated ‘Pretoria’. To me, the bronzed foliage that is not as dark as ‘Australia’ seems to be dingy. Some are not monochromatic, with some foliage that is almost darkly bronzed, and other foliage that is only very lightly bronzed green.
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Enjoy your glamping. I left my teasel to seed for the finches, maybe 4 years ago. It was great watching them but I still have teasel seedlings coming up each year. I keep being tempted to try the cannas again but I don’t need anything else to over winter.
This week’s six features several freebies, a failure with the heatwave and some winners.
https://30daysofwildparenting.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-20-8-22-freebies-and-more/
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Very nice close up of teasel. For the cannas, you should have different varieties because there are red leaves, variegated leaves… It would give you a nice set. https://fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-20-08-22/
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Enjoy your glamping, and don’t worry your garden will look wonderful on your return. That canna is quite something, and very interesting to hear that it was happy and came through the Winter. Here are my Six: https://noellemace.blogspot.com/2022/08/six-on-saturday-in-search-of-blooms.html
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What a lovely six this week – the rose, the teasel, the morning glory.
Here is my six from a rain sodden Wellington.
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Happy Glamping! ‘Mrs Jones’ ref has conjured up all sorts of songs and films in my mind this morning. Here’s my six https://wp.me/p2Eu3u-irA
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Great arty shot of the Teasel. You’re right, Morning Glory do look like they’ve got a light bulb in their somewhere. I haven’t checked on those I planted – I suspect they are no more. Enjoy the glamping! https://onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-20-august-2022/
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Good morning. I woke early so the first thing that crosses my mind on a Saturday is Six-on-Saturday, of course. That Morning Glory is such a stunning colour, almost glowing, as you say. Have a good weekend away.
https://grannysgarden229242407.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/six-on-saturday-20-08-2022/
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