There hs been sunny dry weather in place, all over the UK, for the whole of April so far! Wow. Looks lovely, but here in the east, with cold winds from the sea, the temperature has seldom reached above 12 degC. Until the last couple of days, and now we have a mini-summer (18-19 degC). The response of the garden has been swift. So many new things are in flower that it was hard to choose my #SixOnSaturday. No theme this week, just what has brought me joy as I’ve looked around.

First this week, azaleas are go. This one sits near the step to the driveway. it isn’t a colour I would have chosen, but is pretty in the sunshine.

I thought green alkanes was a native wildflower, but have just read via the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) website, that it was introduced to the Uk 200 years ago or more. It grows like crazy in my garden. It is a bit of a thug, but has lovely blue flowers that insects love, and I just discovered are edible. Am thinking some pretty ice-cubes might be coming on in my freezer later.

My garden hosts a very old pear tree, growing up against the house wall. I’ve always suspected it is as old as the house — so over 200 years. This year the blossom is REALLY prolific.

I do love a few pots on a little table near the bench and table. Just now, there are so many pretty little plants there. My second favourite this week is a wonderful tiny primula. there is fantastic details in the petals.

In a corner of the garden where I don’t look much, I just found a huge clump of wallflowers. Wow, a punch of bright yellow joy.

My last wonderful bit of garden joy this week is my favourite pot-plant of the moment. A fabulous pasqueflower, doing its thing at just the right time of year. Amazing, rich purple flowers, splendid.

That’s my #SixOnSaturday this week. I hope you have some wonderful sunshine to enjoy gardens and green spaces too. 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