There has been lots of sun this week, yet some very cold nights (-3 degC one night). Some of the spring flowers are lasting a LONG time. I like that. And of course, it was the spring equinox on Thursday, so those of us at northern latitudes will now have longer days that those of you down south. I’m looking forward to all that light. To celebrate the lengthening days, I offer lots of garden colour for this week’s #SixOnSaturday.

First, there is something strong and sturdy about the traditional daffodil. I think some of mine have come early. Luckily, they seem to be flowering slowly, with lots still in bud. The frill on the trumpet of this is a very pretty detail.

Other spring flowers are slow to start, I think because the ground is still very cold. Primroses are just coming through. I like a variety of colours, this one is a bit artificial, but it pops out nicely from the brownish spring background.

My garden has a range of what are probably quite old varieties of narcissus. Here is a second one, a long elegant trumpet and gentle bobbing head. It has a very different feel to the bold one higher up this post.

A second form of primrose is much closer to the wild species. This one is offering lots of green with a cluster of flowers just coming. I’ll need to get out into the woods to see if the wild ones are coming now.

In a big pot that hosts a rose and some succulents, a chocolate-leafed Celandine pops up its lovely yellow flowers and foliage for just a couple of weeks each year. It has arrived.

For my last image this week, here is some rich and wonderful colour and foliage. A friend gave me a sorbaria a couple of years ago. Despite being almost knocked out by a cold spell just over a year ago, it has started to leaf. The complexity of the leaves and the bread of colours from pink to green make this a fascinating specimen plant for the borders. I hope it grows bigger in the next few years.

Spring is really on the way now. I must get out and try to mulch the borders and prepare the veg beds. Lately, I’ve been playing the greenhouse with seeds, we shall see how well the veg start. 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