After what has been a mostly miserably cold, grey, wet spring, would it be wrong to complain it was a bit too hot yesterday? It would wouldn’t it? Okay… some of the plants seemed to find it a bit too hot yesterday. I guess they’re not used to sunshine and heat. Even the Basil on the living room window went to look droopy, requiring a less sunny spot and a drop of water. Normally I’d be starting to harden off seedlings by now, but none of them are quite ready for that just yet, and that leads me to my first Six on Saturday…
1-3. Despite sowing less seeds this year, by the time I’d potted up this batch of seedlings I ended up filling the shelves in the mini greenhouse. I’ve got another batch to pot up this weekend. It’s doubtful they’ll all make it to flowerhood (a number of slugs and snails were removed from the greenhouse one night) but hopefully some will survive. Growing near the tiny wildlife pond is the pink ‘I’ve-lost-the-labelous’ Polemonium/Jacob’s Ladder which has returned for a 5th year, and a self-seeded Ragged Robbin.
4-6. Continuing what seems to have become something of a pink-themed SoS, the Dutch Iris are getting into their flowery stride, including the splendid ‘Carmen.’ A pot of chives, dug up from my mother-in-law’s garden, is flowering away and proving popular with the bees, and I braved the front garden to photograph the Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe,’ which I thought had snuffed it last summer – apparently not!
They were my Six on Saturday, a meme originally started by The Propagator. For more Sixes on Saturday, from all around the world, head over to the blog of the current Six on Saturday host, Jim.