We’re into those dull dark December days. I was scrapping around doing a bit of garden tidying yesterday, and really struggled to get inspired about showing you six things from my garden. But I have managed to find a few things that cheered me up. I hope my #SixOnSaturday will cheer you up too.

I’ll starts with skimia, a good hardy winter plant, just coming into its own with its strange purple buds and purple-edged leaves.

I was surprised to find a little pot of species tulips bidding for some light as they push up their little shoots. Seems a bit early? Ah well.

There are some good seed heads around. Even on a dull day, teasel offers lots of spiky detail.

I have had some remarkable success this year with pak choi. These went in sometime in autumn, probably late September, and seem to have come through hard frost, and even some snow. Here they are still slowly growing.

Another plant still offering a few tall stems and seeds is herb fennel. The heads look great against a rather bleak sky.

Finally for this week, I have never managed to keep a dhalia flowering into December. I’ve left one going in the greenhouse and it is STILL producing flowers. Lovely.

I hope you enjoyed my dank, dark #SixOnSaturday. By this time next week we’ll be past the solstice and the light will be on its way back….yeyhhhh. 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