We had had another week of sunshine and showers which the garden is adoring. Temperatures have stayed quite low, but there are promises of a fine weekend.
I’m off to help at a plant sale this morning, so I shall catch up with posts from all the other SoS gardeners later.
The Lily Of The Valley are just peaking through the lush green leaves in photo one. While photo two begins the pink and purple theme for the rest of the pictures. This is Clematis Josephine, she’s supposed to be easy to grow, need low maintenance and have a compact habit, which sounds fine to me. I bought her in the post Christmas sales as a gift to myself. The third photo is of the first flowers on the variegated Weigela. Last week Graeme from OneManAndHisGardenTrowel predicted that I wouldn’t have to wait much longer for my Weigela to bloom, and how right he was!
Moving from a pink theme, now we get to the purple flowers. I couldn’t resist sharing this pretty self-seeded Viola that has popped up in the ‘lawn’ (it is mainly Astro which I am slowly removing) I really love Violas and much prefer them to the larger Pansy. The fifth photo goes to some Jacob;s ladder which is attracting the bees. While the last photo shows three Alium which are almost out, but just tantalising with the initial flowers.
Thank you for joining me for this #SixOnSaturday post. I hope that you enjoyed it. Jim is now our host for this gardening meme and you can find his blog here where you will be able to catch up with links from all the other folks who take part.
Happy gardening
Rosie
Rosie Amber 
A gift to yourself… how lovely Josephine looks, and now you’ve shared with us! Happy days. Enjoy your Hampshire weekend.
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Thank you Paraig.
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Self seeded Violas are the best. Great to see the Weigela in flower. I must check if my Lily of the Valley is in flower yet.
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Self seeded ones like this are like little gifts.
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I would love to walk around your garden for real, as there is so much to see and enjoy!
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Thank you.
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Gorgeous, Rosie! I love pink and purple, and your garden is an absolute delight. Like Jaye and Anita, I’d also love to be able to visit your garden in person, but your posts cheer me up and I look forward to them. Here we’re having some much needed rain. Have a beautiful weekend.
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Rain is good, especially for the garden.
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I always enjoy seeing Lily of the Valley in a garden but haven’t ever managed to grow them. We do share the weigela however, it is a lovely one.
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These were here when we moved in, so I am very lucky.
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Josephine is very pretty, as is Guernsey Cream. A lovely selection this week:-)
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Thank you.
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I like your choice of a color scheme. It is wonderful to finally be at a stage where there is enough blooms to make photo choices.
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I agree, last summer feels so long ago.
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I hope that my lily of the valley clump up and flower like yours is doing. First flower on mine this year (bought from Tesco during the lockdown in 2020). Such a lovely scent. Your pink clematis is rather lovely too. My Nelly Moser is plumping up nicely too, another large flowered clematis. Helping at a plant sale sounds dangerous, I bet you come home with a few… 😉
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Actually I didn’t get a chance to buy anything that I wanted, the customers wiped us out in 30 minutes and we had about 12 large tables full of plants at the start. Oh well I might get another chance next month at the village festival.
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Wow! No time to hide a few under the tables?
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Beautiful! I love clematis.
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I had it on my wish list as we left the others behind when we moved.
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Josephine is my favourite clematis, just gorgeous.
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Thank you.
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What a lovely pink and purple selection. Do your Lily of the Valley smell lovely too?
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I shall have to have a sniff.
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I too love Violas, and it would be well worth saving its seed to increase your stock. The Lily of the Valley looks nicely established, and mine are just a few measly plants, I must be patient, and one day…….
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Great idea re saving the seed.
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I love violas, too. Happiness in a small package. Wish I could catch a whiff of the Lily of the Valley. I killed every Clematis I ever looked at except Sweet Autumn. Good luck.
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I like that thought, ‘Happiness In A Small Package’. Thank you.
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Lovely purple flowers! I much prefer violas to pansies too, much sweeter. ❤
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They always thrive much better for me, than a Pansy.
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What a great collection of pinks and purples. Your Clematis ‘Josephine’ is looking great and the Weigela is lovely with its pretty flowers.
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Thank you, hopefully I will have a couple more Weigela to roll out for next week.
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I just wish Lily of the Valley liked my garden, I’ve tried 3 times but it never returns, lucky you! We have the variegated Weigela in common, mine has just started flowering too. Nice colour themed post!
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Thank you, I don’t know much about Lily Of The Valley, perhaps it prefers certain soils?
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Such gorgeous photos! Spotting wisteria on my walks has made my heart sing over the past week.
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I love Wisteria too!
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Pretty pinks and purples Rosie. Hope Josephine does well for you. 😃
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Thank you.
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Lovely. Some of my fav colors. sherry
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Mine too!
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They’re all beautiful!
I feel like you have Kew Gardens tucked into your backyard somehow.
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Ha, ha, if only!
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Lol. It’d be beautiful but a lot of work.
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I remember a child telling me that pansies were happy little faces and they are cheerful maybe due to the months they flower as in wintertime here. Lovely to catch up with your garden, Rosie.
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Thank you.
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