Six on Saturday. Stormy Weather.

As violent storm Arwen rages bringing topsy-turvyness to many area we are lucky here in Suffolk to have escaped the bad of its horrors . But still , it ’s a atrocious daylight . I nipped out between showers to take some pic .

Every autumn I wait at the tan flower buds which appear so late on myTetrapanax papyrifer ‘ king ’ and conceive how nice it would be if I could see the livid , dearest - scented flowers opening . But of row backbreaking frosts come before they get the prospect . But never mind , the suede- coloured bud search good for now . Tetrapanax papyrifercomes from Taiwan . It is a very impressive works with huge deeply lobed leave of absence . It looks very alien ; I grow it next to my hardy banana tree , Musa basjoo . Most years I enfold up the stems of the banana even though it is supposed to be moderately brave . But it has grow far too big now so it will have to take a opportunity .

This week I have made a startle on cut back roses , wisteria , jasmine and clematis on the trellis round my secret garden . Here it is in spring with a white wisteria , and in summertime with one of my favourite roses , ‘ Phyllis Bide ’ .

It ’s probably the wrong time of year for everything to be slew back but I have a big garden so everything has to be mete out with when I get round to it . This haircut was long overdue ; I call it my undercover garden but I have to be capable to get into it . The judiciary is nearly hidden by the golden jasmine .

My strawberry tree , Arbutus unedois covered in bunch of pretty lily - of -the vale type flower . Anything that bloom in November is extra welcome in my garden .

I have a very pretty ling in the garden which is supposed to be for the conservatory as it is a bit tender . But I forget to take it in a duo of days ago so here it stay . I go for it will live another wintertime as I be intimate it . It is calledGenista x spachianaand it is sometimes cognise as the Easter Broom , it commonly bloom in late wintertime and spring but this twelvemonth it is coming into flower in November . The flowers are deliciously scented .

It ’s too pitiable to linger outside so let ’s go into the far unwarmed glasshouse . The tomatoes have been clear away and the vine cut back . The mimosa wo n’t be out until February . But I keep my growing collection of Cyclamen purpurascens here . I grow a few variety from come each year , but unfortunately the labels seem to go AWOL and it is quite knockout to assort them all out . But never mind their figure , they all have dainty , eggbeater blossom and beautiful leaves . And because I have different variety there is commonly something in bloom , many of them are sweetly fragrant . I think the first isCyclamen purpurescens

The next is probablyCyclamen mirabile , it has very pretty leaves .

I have some with huge leaves which are very eye - catcning , so far they have n’t flowered , but they are worth develop for their beautiful leaves . They could maybe beCyclamen africanumbecause I recollect sowing some seeds for this salmagundi .

As I am count all the cyclamen as just one point , I have one left to complete my Six on Saturday . I have one or two exciting plants descend on in my heated glasshouse and I am look forwards to divvy up them with you but they are not quite quick yet . So meanwhile here is my beautiful FantasyChrysanthemum‘Salhouse Joy ’ . I have to thank to Cathy atRambling in The Gardenwho very kindly sent me a slip a couple of years ago . I am very grateful . I have never grow tender chrysanthemums before and I was delighted to be introduced to the Fantasy serial publication . I am not slap-up on chrysanthemum with recurved petals which attend as if they have spent too much fourth dimension with an old fashioned hairdresser . But these Fantasy Chrysanthemums are really quirky with their mad Catherine rack flowers .

Here in the UK , it is for certain not a mean solar day for lingering in the garden but you will find some horticultural stalwarts courageously confront storms and havoc out of doors to bring you theirSix on Saturday . Do go over to our hostThe Propagatorto see .

39 Responses toSix on Saturday. Stormy Weather.

I ’m so glad that you get off the nimiety of tempest Arwen Chloris . It was the wildest and noisiest nighttime that we have had for years and the wind plump on well into this afternoon . Some damage in the garden too but nothing major . How long does it take the cyclamen grown from cum to flower ? That chrysanthemum is a show stopper !

I ’m beaming the storm did n’t impress you too badly – I checked it out online and it looks like it was puckish . That chrysanthemum is salient . I ’d gladly sister it somewhere if I thought it would hold up longer than a nanosecond here . Most of the florists' chrysanthemum sell locally are exceptionally dull but I discover one call ‘ Rainbow Circus ’ this year and play it home , only to have the return of high temperature and high winds rap it out in no time . Your lamentation about the unsuccessful person of the Tetrapanax to blossom echoes what I get a line from the gardeners in the Pacific Northwest each year . BTW , my sense is that your winter can be standardized to theirs and some of them are able-bodied to originate selected agaves in the earth . You might want to look into Agave ovatifolia and/or Agave parryi .

Oh , you have been very , very busy . I screw Cyclamen plant . I had one that hold up for several eld and then I forget how / why it died . I conceive it ’s time for a raw one … or two … or three . 😉

Your verbal description of the coiffure of Chrysanthemums made me smile .

Six on Saturday. Stormy Weather.