{"id":3362,"date":"2026-07-25T01:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:47:39","slug":"six-on-saturday-25-7-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/six-on-saturday-25-7-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 25-7-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And still the hot weather goes on. I’m only watering veg beds and pots. There’s not much left of the lawn and even big shrubs are withering a little. As the apparently endless sunshine continues, plants keep giving. I’ve gone for cool white for my #SixOnSaturday this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of lillies, despite a major lily battle attack this year. These one are white with a touch of pink, smell Devine, and draw in dozens of hover flies. Magical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nigella is a newish annual for me. Some years I have tried but this year they have really taken off. I love the detail, the feathery yet well-organised leafy bits, the simple flower, the blowing beautifully in the breeze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another lily, this time Calla. I keep these in pots, then pull the pots into the greenhouse and keep dry for the winter. The strategy seems to have worked well over a good few years. The flowers don’t last long, but when they do, they stand proud and tall, great structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year’s favourite, a dahlia that’s mostly white, but with a hint of pink as the flowers come fully out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In contrast, ammi is doing it’s very floaty thing in the long borders, seemingly resistant to the hot sunny conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last, a cluster of really really white lillies. They look gorgeous, yet not as fragrant as the one I opened this post with. They are strutting their stuff beautifully, loving the pot that restricts their roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hope some of the pure white colour has cooled you down….this year reminds me of the summer of ’76, when I was a wee young girl. I remember those endless summer days in the sunshine. When will it break?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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’s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And still the hot weather goes on. I’m only watering veg beds and pots. There’s not much left of the lawn and even big shrubs are withering a little. As the apparently endless sunshine continues, plants keep giving. I’ve gone for cool white for my #SixOnSaturday this week. Lots of lillies, despite a major lily … Continue reading Six on Saturday 25-7-26<\/span> →<\/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-3362","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\/3362","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=3362"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3373,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions\/3373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}