January, the month with 5 Saturdays, it really does feel like it has gone on forever this year. And the month and been excessively wet, windy and grey. I’m done with it! But I did manage to to pull myself out into the gloomy dreach this week to find 6 colourful things for this week’s #SixOnSaturday. Here they are.

My favourite tree of the season, witch hazel has been slow to bloom this year, but finally here are the magical little yellow streamers with their honey-sweet scent.

Tree heather has been glowing away with lime-green foliage for weeks, and finally is producing its tiny little flowers. Not a shrub I would have bought, this one came from my Mom, who won’t remember that now, but she’d love it if she could travel here.

Also a gift from Mom, I’ve only just learned the name of this one. I think it is loropetalum chinense. The deep red of the foliage is great in winter, and what one often fails to spot are the rather interesting little buds. Almost like tiny glass beads. Gorgeous.

We really are leaving January now, yippee…..here are the crocuses.

Yet the magnolia stellata does not seem very far on from how it looked a few weeks ago. Ah well, the furry buds are a joy to view.

Last for this week, another splash of colour comes from another wallflower, I really do like these plants. They battle on through horrible conditions to give us flowers that bring hope for the colourful flowering season ahead.

There we go, the LAST January #SixOnSaturday for 2026. I’m hanging in there, hope you are too. 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