Finally we have a spell of a few days of sunshine, and temperature up to 16 degC. Friday 20th was the equinox, what a turning point. Now those of us in the north will have longer days than you in the south. I’m ready. And to top that, I’ve found lots of wonderful spring blooms for my #SixOnSaturday.

Narcissus are coming into their peak period now. I have several to show off this week. First, is a slightly gentler version of the full-on basics daffodil, this one with a slightly slimmer trumpet and perhaps a paler yellow.

The very first tulip of the season has just appeared. A rather nice dark pink. I won’t have many this year as I was away for a couple of months at the prime planting season in Oct/Nov, so each bloom will have to be savoured. I like this one so far.

My next narcissus is another delicate one, this having 4-5 tiny blooms on each stem. I was excited to see the first of these opening in the sunshine on friday.

In the main borders I nearly missed this beauty. Every year I marvel at the delicacy of the naked head fritillary, what a strange flower.

Another lovely narcissus, this one a much paler lemon, perhaps a little too frilly? Says limoncello to me somehow.

Last up, a local garden centre does a ‘primrose festival’ every spring. Is SO hard to come away without a car full. This year I was craving colour, so bought just one. WOW, look at that pink. And yet, also a delicate yellow with a tiny hint of dark red at the very centre. This will be left to flourish in a pot, and be planted into the border for next year.

Spring really IS here now and needs to be soaked in fully while we have it. This will be a big gardening weekend for me. I hope you enjoyed the colour and promise that has finally arrived in the garden, for my #SixOnSaturday. Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog. I do read them all, keep them coming. And do join in with #SixOnSaturday. 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

It feels like we might be in for another cold spring. After the gloom of February, flowers are late, and currently shivering in a cold spell with sharp hail showers….brghhhh. But managed to find some more signs of spring for my #SixOnSaturday.

In the greenhouse, my red and purple potato varieties are hitting well. I do like to grow potatoes that I can’t find in the shops, and the ones with blue or red flesh and skins are always interesting.

Out in the windy, chilly garden, clematis are enthusiastically budding.

And there is more excitement in the flower borders. My wonderful wallflowers have been blasting out flowers since January, and still going strong. Wonderful rich colour to remind us all of summer colour to come much later.

Primroses are often in full flower by mid-March. I couldn’t find a single one out yet. Instead, this one is trying hard, maybe a couple more weeks before flowers appear.

On the edibles front, we’re a long way from harvest, but I’m excited to see some growing action from my rhubarb. This year I forgot to mulch in the winter, but it still seems to be going strong.

Finally, it is time to nip back into the house. Another squally shower is coming. Here you can see the storm cloud approaching with still-skeletal Appel tress in the foreground.

I hope you enjoyed the colour and promise I managed to extract for my #SixOnSaturday from a brief walk around the COLD garden. Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog. I do read them all, keep them coming. And do join in with #SixOnSaturday. 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

A mixed weather week with little frost. The great thing now is that some days we see a bit of sun. This week’s #SixOnSaturday has some further springy things beginning to appear.

First is the frogs. they took a while to come this year after the gloom of February, but now they are singing away as at least 26 of them are swimming about and spawning all over the place. Here are a few of them guarding the frogspawn.

Out on the metal arches roses are beginning to stretch up, here’s a brand new branch bud, bright in the morning light.

The borders have looked brown and bare all year, but not any more. The first clumps of grape hyacinth are coming into bloom and looking lovely against their thin green leaves.

My first daffodils of the year, these are the miniature ones that pop up in a sunny border in early spring. It really IS spring now.

Elsewhere in the borders, a carpet of little spring things has popped up. Here there is a sprinkling of Scilla with some self-seeded pink and white hellebores in the distance.

And last this week, I have managed to find enough to pop into a vase regularly, even through the winter. Now that spring is here, the display is much more pleasing. Here is this weekend’s offering, with budding branches, faithful hebe and some wonderful wallflowers.

It’s really happening now: SPRING. And we waited SO LONG this year. It is really heartening. Things will accelerate away now. Soon I’ll have a huge choice of images for my blog. It is great to feel that joyful time of year coming again.

Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog. I do read them all, keep them coming. And do join in with #SixOnSaturday. 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