In the pleasant month of May. Pictures from my Hampshire garden. #SixonSaturday #GardeningTwitter #GardenTwitter 👒🌺🌼

Cool dry days, a sprinkle of rain and the promise of a warm weekend. That sums up my week.

Photo one is a plea for plant identity. This plant we inherited with the garden. It grows profusely in long branches with single leaves along each branch. The small flowers are pink with a fluffy texture, but I don’t know it’s name. Below are two photos of this plant, one has some recent frost damage to the leaves. Any thoughts on a name would be welcome

Photo two is of the tiny flowers on my variegated Tradiscantia.

The third photo goes to my swarm box. My dad keeps bees and if we get a swarm I shall have my own bee hive. The swarm box has some frames with wax in and I have instructions that if I spot a swarm in a nearby tree, I have to get the open box perched as close to the swarm, offering them a fully furnished empty residence which is immediately available for them to move into. No paperwork needed!🤔 My preferred method would be that a passing scout bee spots my empty box and gives the rest of the swarm the heads up and I don’t have to do anything.🐝

Next photo is of the variegated Weigela which is coming into flower.

Fifth photo is the Aquilegia or Columbines which are just starting to flower. Most of mine have naturalised to the purple variety.

Final photo is for the first flowers on my Marigold seedlings which I saved from last summer.

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

Links:

1. Mr P’s post for you to add you links to if you are joining in with this.
2. In Ireland Pádraig’s got some chemical free tips on weeds for you.(Just mind your toes!)
3. The Undergardener has a tip for growing Lily-of-the-Valley.
4. The Rogue gardener has been having rain that some of us are craving for our gardens.
5. Graeme has a lovely candy stripe Phlox.
6. Tony is talking about plants that naturalise.
7. Noelle is saving her grey water for the garden. I do this too.
8. Off The Hedge gardening has some great flowers this week.
9. On a side idea, Eileen is talking about May 12th’s Mass Observation project.
10. Lots to report back on from Waddesdon Manor.