Six on Saturday 09.09.23

Thistles and Kiwis

So we are slowly settling in, unpacking boxes and gradually finding things. A few plants from the old place have been transported down to the new place and now need to be given new homes. The crocus are in full bloom as you can see from the featured image at the top of the post, so lovely to see and so good to have them brighten up the balcony. Anyway, thanks to Jim at Garden Ruminations, for hosting Six on Saturday, whose knowledge of all things plants and gardening makes him an ideal host and move on to what can be see at the moment outside.

I have still to decide where to put things, but want to keep the thyme and things like the parsley and sage to hand on the balcony which leads off from the kitchen/living/dining room. I’ll get there eventually!

I brought both rosemary plants (you will be pleased to see Anne!) which are needing a bit of care but hopefully will adjust to their new position.

I also brought this pot with ‘mystery’ plants to see what pops up.

In the back yard (it is a paved area with a fantastic laundry drying area), as well as a lovely little display of daffodils, is this hydrangea, at least showing some signs of new life. I guess I should get out there and get rid of the dead heads.

There are also three lancewood, which are often used as an ornamental tree here (for example, by the war memorial outside parliament). A spider has been busy spinning a web on one of the plants too.

Finally, sadly not in our garden, but the kowhai in the gardens around Parliament are flowering, a realy sign of spring here in New Zealand. Spring is well and truly here!

As usual, I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s beautiful gardens in other parts of the world. Hope you are all well and enjoying your gardens in whatever the season is with you. I probably won’t be here next Saturday, bur promise to report when we get a bit more settles.

Thistles and Kiwis is a Wellington, New Zealand based blog written by Barbara, who likes cats, summer, good food and pretends to garden.

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23 Comments

  1. Here in England the advice is NOT to deadhead Hydrangeas till April as these protect new buds.
    I do this but always think they look messy
    I once deadheaded at the beginning of April and the next day it snowed !
    I tend to wait till late April now – But it is hard.

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  5. If there is no more frost, you can consider cutting the dry hydrangea flowers, but otherwise as I read in the comments, it protects the new buds. If I were you, I would wait a little longer. Good luck unpacking !

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  10. I wondered if that was a caterpillar’s work on the lancewood rather than a spider. We get similar coatings on bushes here which protect caterpillars’ eggs. Can you spot the spider?

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  11. There is a lancewood in the Morrab garden in Penzance, such a peculiar looking tree! As for the hydrangea I’d be snipping off those deadheads now back to the next pair of leaves to allow new buds to form.

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  13. It looks like spring is on the way. We are getting ready to go into the fall season here. I really need to get some work done around the house and snip back some things and clean out some of the flower beds. I just haven’t had a chance to get to them. I always love seeing all of your plants and what you have growing.

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