Is this really the last post of August? How did we get to the end of summer already. Still coolish days (16-20 deg), stiff breeze, a few sprinkles of rain, we are back to our traditional end of August. There are still lots of lovely things delivering colourful joy in the garden. Here are some of my beautiful colourful blooms for this week’s #SixOnSaturday.

I’m not sure how much I like this new dahlia variety, but it certainly packs in some colour, especially when it shines with newly fallen rain.

In the dry borders, buddleja have loved the warm nights and sunny days. The yellow one is always the most successful, still flowering well as the season ends.

After a long dry spell, I thought that roses had finished for the year. It seems they were just having a rest. These are back, with their gorgeous blooms and spicy scent (wish I could share that with you).

This year, Japanese anemone are early, fewer than usual, but dealing well with blustery wet days as well as sunshine.

Echinops always look lovely as the summer season ends, always one of the last plants to come into bloom, and always providing a snack bar for bees, overflies and other insects. I think this is a honey bee enjoying some nectar.

Last, pow, another dahlia, this one not so great for the insects, but it’s form is just perfect and such a rich colour, I hope my dahlias will last another month, maybe more if they go into the greenhouse.

Colour, form, in just a few short weeks it will be dark and cold as we five down into winter. At least there will be lots of colour from this year’s high season Sixes. I hope you enjoyed mine this week.

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