We have been so lucky here as yet another heat dome covers north-west Europe. A couple of days over 25 deg, the rest well below that with a little fog at times (known as ‘haar’ in these parts). No rain though, wildfires are breaking out in local woodlands and moors, but luckily nothing too close. As the apparently endless sunshine continues, plants that give their all in late summer are already at play. This week therefore I give you my first Dhalia-special for my #SixOnSaturday.

A new one for the garden this year, I love the form and simple colour of this pure white variety with spiked leaves.

In dramatic contrast, how about dark, rich red? And a free little golden-shouldered bee.

This next one has been in flower for a while, and you’ve seen it in earlier weeks. Just keeps delivering lots of lovely varied flowers with petals running from red into a yellow centre.

Now pink seems to be the new red in my dahlia collection for 2026. First, a very pale flower, set on deep red stems and foliage.

Just one flower has appeared on another new variety, this one with what looks like a random variation of petals, either pink or white. I’m looking forward to seeing what the next few flowers deliver.

Last, a wonderful pink-purple variety with classic ‘cactus’ petals. Rich and wonderful.

There’s summer for you! I love the sunshine, but we really could do with a few drops of rain soon — seems to be none in the forecast for the next week or so.

Do join in with your own 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