Meteorological summer came in with a bit of a wimper with cold haar off the coast. Yet the last couple of days have burned it all back to glorious sunshine. Thus, it has to be red for a red-hot summer feeling for this weeks #SixOnSaturday

Almost red, this slightly orange euphorbia is a hot shock in the border and also great as a cut flower.

Huge, hand-sized poppies always signal the start of summer in my garden. This year it is dry and windless, so upwards they push.

In the driest spots, next to the hot south facing house wall, red valerian has found its happy place.

The first of the peony are out and having a go. There has been a long dry spell here, so I’m not sure how long they will last, but each one is a lushous expression of early summer.

My garden must be host to a very early variety of red hot poker. I seem them everywhere, all summer long, but this one is very much an early summer number.

Last this week is the joy of lupin when there has been a calm dry spell. Straight up, no wind rock, no rain damage. Gorgeous.

How did we get to June so fast when the winter seemed to drag on forever? Ah well, here we are. I must remember to spend some time ambling the borders and focus a bit less on the beg bad (more on that at the end of the month).

Stay safe, take care out there, and don’t forget to follow the crowd on various instances of the Fediverse. Join the sixes on Mastodon via #SixOnSaturday, but we need a few more folk to toot on the topic: come join us. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim’s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I’m now mostly on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot