Seasonal diaries – Six plants on a Saturday

Spring is all about yellow for me. It is the main accent colour in all corners of my garden right now.  The last three days have seen no sunshine at all where I live.  I find the cloud cover oppressive, which is why a revere yellow.  On dull days it glows and on sunny days it shines.

It's been a wet and blustery week so I've found myself sheltering in the greenhouse most days.  My Six pictures this Saturday are mostly greenhouse plants.  There's a bit waffle about wattle, along with a bit of myrtle.  I'll also be sharing Streptocarpus plug plants, Echiums and Jacranda mimosifolia.

It's a seedling special this week as I run through some of the perky green shoots that are springing up in their seed trays.  I've got many many more to sow but even with a spacious new greenhouse it's a good idea to pace myself to save being overwhelmed. I [...]

I've been sharing my gardening week with the world through the Six on Saturday link up of gardeners for exactly a year now. This week I've been buying shrubs, delighting in Iris reticulata and remembering those who pass on their love of gardening to others.

Bulb guard of honour I potted up lots of spring bulbs last autumn and was originally going to arrange them on an outdoor table but instead I've made a little arrangement either side of the path to my greenhouse.  The crocuses are filling out but they're not yet at peak [...]

Are you bemused by people who collect snowdrops?  Want an insight into why they have become collectable? My six pictures this Saturday are stunning snowdrops that you might not be familiar with but which will give you an insight into why some people are obsessed with them. They are not [...]

Snow returned to the Chiltern Hills and unlike last week it was heavy and caused chaos.  Not much gardening happened  so my words will be brief - but the next day there were blue skies and sunshine. Donning my waterproof trousers, wellies and waterproof jacket, I got cold and wet [...]

Snow This week we had snow - a dramatic heavy flurry during the school run which got my son excited about cancelled lessons and toboganning, but which was over by the time we arrived at the school gates. It's been so cold since then that what did fall is still [...]