The last weekend in January has come, bringing the light with it. Even when I’m driven in from the garden by cold winds and squally rain, the sun is still up until 4.30pm now……feels better. This week, I’ve managed to go mostly green for my #SixOnSaturday, and include a couple of proper winter flowers. It was fun to collect some garden colour, even though quite a bit of it comes from the greenhouse this week.

I’ll start with the very best of the season, witch hazel is now in full bloom, a strange but lovely shrub.

Now for the greens. As I strode in from the drive towards the greenhouse, some wonderful moss on one of the old apple trees caught my eye, looking almost lurid in the low sunlight.

And then into the greenhouse. A small lemon tree avoiding the frosts does look a little lacking in nutrients, yet the yellow veining is a compelling pattern. Are the tiny white spots just pores? i think so.

Summer geranium usually make it through by spending 3 months in the greenhouse too. This one is enjoying a sunny January morning.

The last greenhouse green is a little experiment. A California poppy did really well for me in a pot (they don’t self-seed well, I fear its too cold and wet over winter), so it has the treat of a greenhouse winter. So far, so good.

Last, but not at all least, back in the borders I’ve managed to clear away last years dead stuff, to find snow drops emerging and bursting into bloom.

I hope you enjoyed my mostly green, hopeful #SixOnSaturday this week. The blog is going well, but it would be great if more folk on Mastodon, or other parts of the Fediverse got into tooting a Six! Go on, its a much kinder form of social media, not controlled by crazy billionaires. 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/. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot