Wow, the last post for August already, the bank holiday weekend down in England, the expected cool and winder conditions. What to do? I’ll show you some hot summer colour to warm us all up.

Dahlia first, a wonderful bright bright red. Most evenings, each bloom seems to end up with a little golden bee attached for the night. Great spot to wake up for breakfast I guess.

I am a huge fan of crocosmia. This one is lucifer, though it does look a little orange. It may be a hybrid between lucifer and a smaller orange one. They are very vibrant and make an interesting cut flower, but rather thuggish!

Garden lilies have been decimated by lily beetle this year, especially the ones I grow in pots. Except for these, which flower much later. Maybe I need to invest in some later flowering lilies for next year: these are gorgeous.

For a few years now I’ve tried zinnia from seed. So few of them grow and flower, perhaps we just don’t have the warmth. But when they come through, the blooms are lovely.

Much better from seed, my cosmos are huge this year, some nearly 2m tall. They don’t last well in the rain, but if carefully deadheaded they do keep on blooming.

Last but not least, another really wonderful potted dahlia. This one is bigger than my hand. No bees, but a perfect flower.

That’s my #SixOnSaturday for this week. Join the sixes on Mastodon or other instances in the Fediverse via #SixOnSaturday, 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 on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot