Six on Saturday – High Summer Happenings

Another busy week, the summer weather has decided to do a last hurrah and decided to be hot. Gardening wise I have been applying the the sprinkler to the main beds around the house and hand watering the outlying trees. I quiet enjoy hand watering, it is a very peaceful warm weather pastime! You can…

Six in Saturday – Incredible Edibles 11/2/23

It’s been a pretty cruisy week this week. I have been steadily putting the finishing touches on my new book. With plenty of yummy editing and rewriting to keep me amused, but I have been enjoying the process. The weather has been gently hot, but with quite cool nights, so the house can be opened…

Summer Sun Lovers ☀️

In the middle of a quite cool for us summer, I’m glad to say. It has been dry though. I’m still dead- heading all the flower heads from my excessively lovely spring. Using them as more garden mulch. These are flowers that love to bloom in my summer garden. Much love. 😘💞🌸⚘🧚‍♀️

Six on Saturday – Summer Lovelies that Thrive in Dry Areas 4/2/23

As summer hits it’s stride, these reliable summer blooms are are here to save the day. Not fazed by and heat and dry, it’s nice to be able to rely on these lovelies to provide some colour where there is not much about. There is a lot in flower, with patchy blooms on lots of…

Six on Saturday – Native Nuances

It is still in the middle of summer here in my Australian garden. It looks a little dull in my garden until you look a little closer. Not to be outdone by their showy garden mates, Australian Native flowers have smaller and more subtle flowers in pleasing tones. They are not at all bothered by…

Six on Saturday – Moody Blues

This week in the middle of summer there seems to be a lot of blue flowers in bloom around the garden. I don’t mind as blue is my favourite colour and cools down the colour scheme on warm summer days. That’s all from me. Look around for more Sixers from around the world with their…

Blue Flowers Help You Be Cool Under Pressure

Floral Friday has my garden go all blue and white for the hot weather and I love it!. 曆✿ •.*•-:¦~ღஐƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒஐ I asked the alyogne Fairy about the energy of blue flowers and it said “Blue flowers attract insects the best and are the embodiment of being cool under pressure. Blue flowers teach us the value…

Six on Saturday – The Party’s Over

My garden this week looks a little like the day after the night before. It’s finery is a little faded and make-up smudged. Summer has hit and the dry and the spring flower-fest is well and truly over. We are currently in the middle of a four day heatwave. While I have flowers 365 days…

The Lilies Have Put on a Great Christmas Show

For those living in cold bleak weather in the Northern hemisphere. I have some flower gifts for you! My garden is ready to party! The potted Asiatic lillies have increased their floral show this year. Being such generous plants they increase a little more in bloom amount and bloom quality each year as the lily…

Six on Saturday – Christmas Flower Countdown

It’s that time of year, when I look around the garden and wonder what it will look like for Christmas. With the unusually large amount of winter and spring rain we have received. It is not an unusual expectation to have a flower filled Christmas. Well much more than we used to get with the…

There Are Lots of Lovely Pelargoniums in My Garden at the Moment

With all that La Ninia extra rain the pelargoniums have gone bonkers! Some have even begun to naturalize in the garden. Happy Gardening!😘🌸💞