I’m still enjoying the late Autumn in Canada. That early snowfall has gone, and it is really noticeable that I’m in a very much ‘continental’ place. The weather is stable, a few grey days, but many bright sunny ones. Cold and crisp, but SO MUCH more light than Scotland at this time of year. And some of the autumn colour has held on, despite the snow. It has been an interesting experience learning about the different species of tree that grow here, so there will be a couple of these in my cheerful and still bright #SixOnSaturday

First up, something very familiar, hostas are yellowing in the garden of the house where I’m staying. Interesting, I had always thought the cold killed them, but now I think it’s the wet. This plant has been through a ump of snow, but dried off and it somehow still standing.

This robust looking tree has big thick leaves, and is still holding wonderfully colour. I think this is a callery pear, an ornamental relative of edible pears. Still stunning.

Again, something very familiar, and robust seemingly everywhere it grows. The wonderful hardy geranium, still bringing a pop of colour near the end of November.

Another wonderful tree, this one is a tamarack larch, not quite the same as the European larch, but similar lives here in the boreal forests, which begins just 60-80km north of Toronto (this one has been planted here!).

This little bedding plant looks familiar, but I’m not sure what it is. Tiny flowers are still pushing out an apparent defiance of the winter.

Last up this week, again by now at home, ornamental grasses have turned to mush. Here the dry air lets them change into lovely colours and still adorn front gardens, even near the very centre of Canada’s biggest city.

I hope you enjoyed what will be my penultimate offering from North America. It’ll be time to go home soon. Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog. Join in with our #SixOnSaturday thoughts and images. 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