We have had some gloriously sunny days this week. The birds are nesting, the bees are buzzing and the flowers are blooming. All I want to do is spend time outside enjoying it all. Every time I hear a bee I’m chasing it to get a photo. I did manage to sit and watch a miner bee digging in the soil to make a nest, but it was up in the woods rather than in my garden. I posted a video of it on my Instagram page here.
First photo is of the Pulmonaria which has finally flowered. It is enjoying the warmer days.
Second photo is of the flowering currant. I did show it last week, but now the blossoms have opened.
Third photo is of the first Forget-Me-Nots just peeping out. A cheeky plant which will self seed everywhere if left to itself.
Next photo is of the tiny Quince bush, since we moved here it has taken me almost three years to discover what it was. An over enthusiastic pair of secateurs were much to blame, but it valiantly survived and produced fruit last autumn. I’m glad that it showed me what it was.
Fifth photo is of the Grape Hyacinths. A pretty little flower which does its own thing year after year.
Last photo goes to the first of this year’s Rock Roses (Montpellier cistus). I only just spotted this one. I grew them from seed; the first year they didn’t flower, but last year I had a wonderful display in various pastel colours. Great for pollinators.
I am now off to repaint the back porch while we have some sunny dry days.
Thank you for joining me for this #SixOnSaturday post. I hope that you enjoyed it. If you would like to know more about this hashtag, read founder Mr Propagator’s post here also find him on Twitter here.
Happy gardening
Rosie
Last week I chose to add a few links to others who take part in this meme. I enjoy reading the posts and learning all about plants and I thought you might like to see some of them too. I shall add a few more of last week’s posts here.
- Dana gardens in Ireland
- Sarah is from Birmingham, England.
- The Rogue gardener lives in South-West Oregon
- June is another British gardener.
- Granny’s Garden (Mr P’s Mother-in-law)
- Mr P’s post for this week
- I think the plant fairies have been planting in Fred’s garden.
- Eileen’s tiny Welsh garden
- Fab tulips on Doc’s blog.
A lovely selection: some classic spring flowers (particularly the forget-me-nots and pulmonaria). Have a nice weekend in the sunshine!
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Thank you.
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I love rock roses, I’m hoping mine will flower this year.
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I hope to have several clumps around the garden flowering this year.
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Another beautiful selection. Thanks, Rosie! Oh, and I’ll make sure I check the video!
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The video is a bit grainy, I shall try to improve my skills if I spot another one.
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Thanks so much for the mention, Rosie! That’s very kind of you. It is so true, that there are flowers all around us – throughout all of the year – we just have to *see* them! 🙂
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You are very welcome, you have a lovely garden.
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I do like pulmonarias, they are lovely little plants and mine have opened properly this week, as has my rock rose. Mine has the orange centre. Fab photos xx
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Thank you, I shall look out more more of my rock roses now I know that they are blooming.
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It is all starting, isn’t it brilliant! Lovely flowers and as always such an optimistic, positive post. Thanks
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It is. And thank you, gardening makes me happy.
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Very pretty. So nice to see blooms this time of year. Sherry
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Thank you.
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You’re sending us a bit of spring. I love hyacinths but learned never to pick them and bring them inside – their lovely odor is overpowering in a room. Better on a spring breeze.
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I tend to prefer to see all my flowers outside rather than picking them.
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HI Rosie, thank you for sharing your lovely garden and flowers with us. I appreciate them as we are in Autumn now.
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It is a pleasure to share them with you all.
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Your red flowering currant is looking lovely. I have planted a bunch here, as they are native, but I would be surprised to see flowers this year. Rock rose is a favorite here too, in part because it seems to withstand the summer droughts better than most.
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Thank you, glad to hear that the rock rose can survive in dryer conditions.
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A lovely Six. Forget-me-nots are such a good plant. They just get on it with it, seeding themselves around and providing nectar for the insects. We’ve been watching a few bee flies enjoying them and the grape hyacinths today.
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That’s good to know, I didn’t know that bees liked the Grape Hyacinths. I was only saying that I need to get some more.
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What a pretty selection. I love those pulmonaria where the flowers are both pink and blue all mixed together.
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Thank you, I think that we either brought it with us form the last house or it was here and we inherited it, but I’ve done nothing with it.
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I am impressed with the growing of Cistus from seed.
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Thank you.
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Many favorites from my old garden further north here! Love seeing them again. I have forget me nots that have not remembered to bloom!
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Oh how funny is that?
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I hope they remember!
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Quince are amazingly resilient – I like the colour of yours. Pretty spring flowers all round.
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Thank you,
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I like all these photos, but I especially like the Grape Hyacinths.
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One of my favourites too.
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Beautiful images.
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Thank you.
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Such a happy post. Spring flowers and sunshine are so welcome. I do hope winter doesn’t come back and bite us. My pulmonaria has begun to flower again, I was worried it had died off this year as most of the leaves turned to mush.
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Yes, I would be content if winter stayed away.
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Lovely colours. Are you going to make quince/japonica jelly? It’s very tidy.
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I was thinking about it, last year I only had 3 fruits, so if I get more I might give it a go.
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Tasty…not tidy.🙄
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Such pretty photos, everything has started to awaken ❤ Your cistus is quite an early bloomer, I have a similar one and it is quite late to bloom in spring in our garden. Love the flowering quince, must get more of that! ❤
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Thank you Sarah, the cistus is in a sheltered spot, so perhaps that has helped the early flowers.
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