{"id":1744,"date":"2023-09-16T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2023-09-15T21:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T21:05:40","slug":"six-on-saturday-16-9-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/six-on-saturday-16-9-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 16-9-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mid-September finds me in denial about the end of summer. I do love summer.  Let&#8217;s keep it going for just a bit longer with some wonderful Dahlias for my #SixOnSaturday.  First up is a very simple one, grown from seed, that the bees love.  Simple open flower, vibrant lemon yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2118\" height=\"1743\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/yellow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1745\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More beautiful in its structure and perfection of form, it is hard not to love a full orange cactus-style flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2001\" height=\"1733\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/orange.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1746\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To really ramp up the glamour, I actually remember the name of this one: Totally Tangerine.  Not sure the name fully fits, but the complexity of flower, stamens, shape, make this a very interesting variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2106\" height=\"2137\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tangerine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1747\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hard to know where to go after that one, so right back to the simplicity of a single coloured, pure white, and satisfyingly large flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2145\" height=\"2064\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1748\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This next one is a very cheerful type, I love the way the petals seems to flow from yellow through to red.  Then there&#8217;s a lovey flush of both colours at the centre of the flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2118\" height=\"2211\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/yellow_red.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1749\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this next one is a new one this year, back to the simplest of flowers and a single strong colour. what a rich vibrant red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2057\" height=\"1879\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/red.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1751\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would challenge anyone not to love all these dahlia.  I&#8217;ve been growing them just a few years, mostly in pots.  They bring thrills and spills of colour and form to the late summer garden. Hope you enjoyed this week&#8217;s six favourites.<\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mid-September finds me in denial about the end of summer. I do love summer. Let&#8217;s keep it going for just a bit longer with some wonderful Dahlias for my #SixOnSaturday. First up is a very simple one, grown from seed, that the bees love. Simple open flower, vibrant lemon yellow. More beautiful in its structure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/six-on-saturday-16-9-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 16-9-23<\/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-1744","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\/1744","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=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}