{"id":1723,"date":"2023-08-26T07:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2023-08-26T08:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:56:46","slug":"six-on-saturday-26-8-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/08\/26\/six-on-saturday-26-8-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 26-8-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow, the last post for August already, the bank holiday weekend down in England, the expected cool and winder conditions. What to do?  I&#8217;ll show you some hot summer colour to warm us all up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dahlia first, a wonderful bright bright red. Most evenings, each bloom seems to end up with a little golden bee attached for the night. Great spot to wake up for breakfast I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2428\" height=\"1897\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dahlia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1724\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a huge fan of crocosmia. This one is lucifer, though it does look a little orange. It may be a hybrid between lucifer and a smaller orange one. They are very vibrant and make an interesting cut flower, but rather thuggish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2130\" height=\"1951\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/crocosmia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1725\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Garden lilies have been decimated by lily beetle this year, especially the ones I grow in pots. Except for these, which flower much later. Maybe I need to invest in some later flowering lilies for next year: these are gorgeous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2137\" height=\"2619\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lily.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1726\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For a few years now I&#8217;ve tried zinnia from seed. So few of them grow and flower, perhaps we just don&#8217;t have the warmth. But when they come through, the blooms are lovely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2065\" height=\"1777\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zinnia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1727\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Much better from seed, my cosmos are huge this year, some nearly 2m tall. They don&#8217;t last well in the rain, but if carefully deadheaded they do keep on blooming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2139\" height=\"3117\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cosmos.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1728\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, another really wonderful potted dahlia. This one is bigger than my hand. No bees, but a perfect flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2141\" height=\"2581\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dahlia2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1729\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s my #SixOnSaturday for this week.  Join the sixes on Mastodon or other instances in the Fediverse via #SixOnSaturday, we need a few more folk to toot on the topic: come join us. 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&#8217;s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I&#8217;m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, the last post for August already, the bank holiday weekend down in England, the expected cool and winder conditions. What to do? I&#8217;ll show you some hot summer colour to warm us all up. Dahlia first, a wonderful bright bright red. Most evenings, each bloom seems to end up with a little golden bee &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/08\/26\/six-on-saturday-26-8-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 26-8-23<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1732,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}