I’ve been lurking around Six On Saturday since the end of last year, having nothing in my garden really to show. But things are slowly changing outside and I ventured out in a very brief dry spell this week to take some photos for today. Nothing I haven’t included before, with a couple of exceptions, but here in my new house I’m looking forward to how all the plants that came with me will get along with the established plants in the garden.
So here they are, six photos from my garden this week. If you would like to join in, you can find our host Jim here, and the rules of engagement are here.
Bizarrely I’ve taken all portrait photos this week. I’m also on a new computer, having given in and bought myself a Windows laptop (for training purposes while I look for a new job – anyone need a data analyst with a gardening blog?), so this update is late as I grapple with WordPress in a new environment.
As is the norm, I have no idea about specifics of most of my plants, but this euphorbia has been with me since 2020 and comes back valiantly every year. It is the only surviving member of a group of 5 or 6 I bought during that long summer spent in the garden. It is with the same pot mates it was planted up with (ground cover, trailing things and a few crocus bulbs) and seems happy enough on our new raised patio.
I’m still patiently waiting for the resident rhododendrons to flower so I can have a stab at identifying them. This bush is in the ground and is absolutely covered in buds. The potted plant I brought with me has fared less well and only has a couple of buds – it was glorious last year so I’m hoping to get a chance to put it in the ground here and give it a fighting chance to catch up to its new neighbours.
Some of my bulbs are not looking great – I think the yellow tips are caused by frost or too much rainfall, neither of which I can do anything about (no greenhouse to move them into) so I’m just keeping my fingers crossed for a dry March. February has been a wash out so far and the forecast is showing no sign of improving up here in the North West. I think this pot might be the final “oh just chuck all the left over bulbs in here” pot. My daffodils are looking a little better, with a few valiant souls forming flowers.
Hellebores were a bit weird this year – the flowers (sepals??) were white as usual but mostly hiding beneath the leaves – this one in the picture has pushed up and is now turning yellow as they usually do, but I’ve not really seen much evidence of the white petals above the leaves this year.
This is a gorgeous plant we picked up at RHS Bridgewater right after Christmas. Leucothoe axillaris – ‘Curly Red’. I can see it through the window as I sit typing this blog and even though it’s grey and miserable out there, the leaves of this plant are brightening up my view.
I’m looking for a little help with this one. My phone tells me it’s an Iris. The border it is sitting in is very narrow but seemingly full of this plant, between two rhododendron bushes. My husband is fervently hoping this is not an Iris (he inexplicably hates them) but I think he’s going to be disappointed. And yes, I need to remove the Herb Robert soon!
So there you have it, my first Six On Saturday of 2026. Let’s hope for some dry weather and a few more hours spent out in the garden very soon.
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I have a few of those ‘chuck all the bulbs in’ pots! Not sure what will come up, but something seems to be sprouting.
I’ll be curious to see what that unidentified last plant is!
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