{"id":3217,"date":"2026-04-18T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:37:33","slug":"six-on-saturday-18-4-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/six-on-saturday-18-4-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 18-4-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-8d0d9484-077a-4c2d-8b02-616907a98e89\">Spring continues with April being the most colourful month in my Scottish garden. Here is a riot of colour for the week&#8217;s #SixOnSaturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-821d2333-3789-4b17-9727-423b104cb999\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2800\" height=\"2746\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/amalanchia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3211\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of trying to get tulips to naturalise in the garden, they are finally doing it. We&#8217;ve had a few warm wet winter lately, maybe that&#8217;s what they need.  I love this bold rich red against the fresh growth coming on the border perennials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2903\" height=\"2641\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tulips-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the pond&#8217;s edge, spring marches on, with marsh marigold enjoying its couple of weeks in the sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2855\" height=\"1786\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/marsh-marigold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3213\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another almost-as-favourite blossom is pear, this is a very old tree trained up against the 200 year old house wall. I&#8217;ve always wondered if the tree is as old as the house. I suspect it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2819\" height=\"2973\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pear-blossom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3214\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2671\" height=\"1862\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/camelia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3212\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2616\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rhody.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3215\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you have enjoyed the wild and crazy form and colour that the Scottish spring brings. That&#8217;s all for this week&#8217;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&#8217;s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. And I&#8217;m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring continues with April being the most colourful month in my Scottish garden. Here is a riot of colour for the week&#8217;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. 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