Mid-January, and already it is really noticeable, on a non-cloudy day, that the nights are drawing out. It wasn’t fully dark until 4.30pm yesterday: wonderful! yet it is cold. On Friday we had freezing fog for much of the day. Although a bit miserable, it brings out some beautiful garden detail, that I’m going to share with you this week for #SixOnSaturday.

Buds and stem look great with a little winter frosting. For example, here is a recently pruned rose stem.

Magnolia stellata have a long way to go before flowering, but holds the frost nicely in the mean time.

Garden objects can also be enhanced by frost. The markings on the surface of the 18th Century sundial that sits in my garden are really brought out by the frost. We think this is a ‘wedding sundial’, celebrating the wedding of ‘J & W’ in the year 1785!

Even the lawn looks interesting on a frosty morning. Don’t judge us, yes there is MUCH more moss than grass in our lawn, a hazard of the local conditions. It makes for a springy surface in summer.

Seed heads look great too. I have a few heads of fennel seeds left standing. These should be harvested for use in the kitchen, I’d better get to that before they fall off the plant.

Last, but very much not least, the seed head of phlomis looks great. The first picks out the tiny detail in such a beautiful way.

I hope you enjoyed this week’s #SixOnSaturday. These dark days are cold, but the light is coming back, as it always does.
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