Six on Saturday 27.09.25

Thistles and Kiwis,

It has been a month since I last posted in Six on Saturday, the weekly round up of what is happening in people’s gardens around the globe. It is spring in the southern hemisphere, and there are lots of signs of the season.

Clematis paniculata

This clematis is apparently one of seven species of clematis native to New Zealand. The Māori name for the plant is puawānanga and its flowering meant the start of spring. It is such a pretty flower and is settling in well.

Lavender

Also blooming are both of the lavenders. I love the shape, the smell and the colour.

Herb corner

Over in herb corner, things are coming to life – the oregano, new signs of life with the mint, thyme and sage. I have lots of parsley too.

Tulips and other bulbs

I had a wonderful display of daffodils earlier in the season, and the first of the tulips have popped up – a glorious spot of bright red. There are more to come on the other side of the garden. Meanwhile, the hyacinths have failed again. Not sure what I do wrong…

Hebes

There are a couple of hebes in the garden, both of which are in flower and looking really pretty.

Finally…

…nasturtiums! Hoorah!

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.

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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  2. When we see Barbara’s posts on SoS, it means spring is here! The lavender you showed us in the first photo is really very pretty. And congratulations on the nasturtiums.

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  11. Love that dainty clematis and the lavenders are very pretty. I should try planting lavender in containers, maybe an idea for next year. And your herbs are all looking good. I have just cut back my oregano and lemon balm, but the rest will wait awhile. Sadly all my sage have died. Time for new plants. I like your yellow/green one. And oh, yes, the hebes. What great colours. Now they do grow well here so I should look out for one with magenta flowers.

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    1. I’m pleased with the lavenders – doing much better here than our old place. My pineapple sage is not looking good at all, and not sure I cut back the lemon balm enough as it is looking rather stick like still. Hebes grow so well here too.

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  14. I remember seeing a clematis very like that growing wild in New Zealand and thinking it looked very garden worthy so it’s good to know that the NZ gardening community agree.

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  16. It is lovely for us to get a breath of springtime at this time of year. Thank you. The nasturtiums are very pretty, but a surprise because they are late summer flowers here.

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  18. Your tulips are gorgeous and I love the yellow nasturtiums. Mine are a very deep orange. We’ve had a mint plant in a large pot for well over a year and it was just staying alive and that’s it. Then suddenly it went crazy and has filled the whole pot to overflowing in a couple of weeks. It’s very robust.

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