Spring continues with April being the most colourful month in my Scottish garden. Here is a riot of colour for the week’s #SixOnSaturday.

My favourite blossom of the slightly later season must be amelanchier. Not as full blown as the cherries, but set against a lovely red-brown set of stems. It wafts in the gentlest of breezes, yet holds it blossom for a good long time.

After years of trying to get tulips to naturalise in the garden, they are finally doing it. We’ve had a few warm wet winter lately, maybe that’s what they need. I love this bold rich red against the fresh growth coming on the border perennials.

At the pond’s edge, spring marches on, with marsh marigold enjoying its couple of weeks in the sunshine.

Another almost-as-favourite blossom is pear, this is a very old tree trained up against the 200 year old house wall. I’ve always wondered if the tree is as old as the house. I suspect it is.

Everyone has been marvelling at the huge and numerous blooms on camellia this year. Including nearby, such as my neighbours garden. Yet just a few yards down the hill, my camellias just have not been up to much this year. Each bloom is rather lonely, set in a flush of green leaves. they are so beautiful despite (or because of) their scarcity.

To finish this week, my garden must have been well designed 100 years or so ago. I host a succession of different rhododendrons, that flower in succession, giving us huge splashes of colours for weeks on end. this one is the first. Wow!

I hope you have enjoyed the wild and crazy form and colour that the Scottish spring brings. That’s all for this week’s #SixOnSaturday. Do join in with you won 6 things from a 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