{"id":3251,"date":"2026-05-09T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:49:41","slug":"six-on-saturday-9-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/six-on-saturday-9-5-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 9-5-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-298d22ae-ea2a-4691-a83c-8965376c0b11\">Spring continues, May rushes on, I&#8217;ve never understood how these longer days seem to go faster.  For #SixOnSaturday this week I present my first colour theme of the year, from whites to very pale pink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the old walls of the house, I grow an almost white clematis Montana, this has just come into bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2641\" height=\"2112\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clem-montana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3247\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Suddenly white edibles are in flower. The first are strawberries. Last year the flowers were few and the harvest poor. It&#8217;s looking a lot more promising this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2749\" height=\"2169\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/strawb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3249\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the first pink rhododendron from a couple of weeks ago fades, the white one takes its place. This is often buzzing with insect life, but the early morning photo didn&#8217;t reveal much wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3676\" height=\"2161\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rhody.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3248\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a very sheltered warm corner of the garden, with high stone walls to the north and east, and wonderful clematis with huge white flowers is blooming away. I&#8217;ll have to cut it back after flowering as it tends to strangle the plum tree it grows next to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2562\" height=\"2305\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clem.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3246\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Broad beans were encouraged to an early start in the greenhouse, went out about 3 weeks ago: now the first flowers have come.  This is one of my usual varieties, with flowers shaded from white through pink to black, later I&#8217;m trying one that apparently has all-black flowers, we shall see how that looks in a few weeks time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3250\" height=\"2087\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/broad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3245\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, here&#8217;s one of the very last tulips in bloom. this one hides behind a big shrub, so mostly shaded. It has kept its pointy-petalled form for a few weeks now. What a delightful combination of form and colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2509\" height=\"2402\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tulip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3250\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I hoped you enjoyed sharing my spring #SixOnSaturday. 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&#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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring continues, May rushes on, I&#8217;ve never understood how these longer days seem to go faster. For #SixOnSaturday this week I present my first colour theme of the year, from whites to very pale pink. On the old walls of the house, I grow an almost white clematis Montana, this has just come into bloom. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/six-on-saturday-9-5-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 9-5-26<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3251","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\/3251","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=3251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}