It’s the first day of meteorological spring. A sunny day is promised and I’m going to get out and garden for the first time in over 3 months (due to rehabbing new hip). I hope you enjoy my #SixOnSaturday comprising blooms to celebrate the new season.

We’ll start with the soon to finish winter flowers. Crocus are coming to the end of their season, as ever they have provided bursts of hopeful colour through the drab of February.

Much more diminutive is the tiny red male flower at the very top of the luxurious female hazel catkins. Hopefully warmish winds will pollinate and allow hazelnuts to do well in the year ahead.

I could not help myself at the local “Jamesfield Nursery” who are having a primrose festival. I love the frilliness of the runcled flowers on my new primula.

The very first narcissi are in flower. This miniature daffodil sits next to the now glowing pulmonaria. A great combination of pretty flowers and furry foliage.

The first tiny Scilla are coming into bloom. I hope parts of the garden will be a sea of blue soon.

Last but not least, I recommend trying anemone in pots, they seem to flower very early. These ones are so cheerful, growing in a tall metal pot near the greenhouse.

It’s so much like spring now that I don’t want to miss a moment of it. Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog – sorry if I don’t always get back to you on time! 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, it’s 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