Aeonium Velour in flower - Six on Saturday

I'm saving the best for last this week, this is not to say that first five of six things aren't SOS worthy.  Areas got flooded again this week, but luckily the only bit of standing water here a mere sliver along the fence that abuts the neighbours path only lasted half an hour or so.  I'm linking in this post as do others, which offers any reader visiting Jim's post, the opportunity to savour lots of multiples of six things from lots of different gardens.  

1. Luck would have it that at my gardening club this week, I won first prize in the raffle, which allowed me to choose, and although there were probably more valuable prizes such as a bag full of maincrop seed potatoes, worth nothing to me of course as I don't have room to grow potatoes, I chose this pretty red Primula titled 'Gold Nugget Mix'.  My primula that I had been nursing through many seasons is just about hanging in there, so I am delighted to have another one. 

2. With a little bit of shelter from the excessive rain, this 'exotic' looking plant catches the eye of visitors.  After hearing that it is a little hardier than I thought, from Avon Bulbs at the HPS talk, the Tropaeolum tricolor is starting into flower outside.  I may just use a few blooms to jazz up tonight's starter.  

  

I read that the bright green lobed leaves are called 'peltate' with the middle of the leaf connected to the leaf stalk, which is also similar to nasturtiums which are in the same family.

3. When it was pouring with rain,  I spent a little while writing out some labels for the new snowdrops, and in a lull when I went to put in G. Heffalump's label, I noticed that the dwarf Forsythia was valiantly starting to flower.

4. I have a little penchant for clay  pots, preferably terracotta and if I can get old and interesting pots so much the better.  I was interested to read about some early pots excavated during an archaeological dig  in Wells to the rear of what is now the Wells Museum.  I am volunteering as a Gallery Steward for 'Smashed in the Cellar' and took some photographs showing parts of the old garden pots.

Panels explained that the earliest garden pots were made at the East Somerset Potteries, and there is a piece of old Dutch Delftware Pot which would have been used for displaying prize bulbs.  When I was in Shepton last week, I spied what looked like an old pot for sale, and would have gone back except that the roads have been flooded.  I went on the bus yesterday and each and every one had been sold! I  have amongst my old pots one imprinted Sankey! 

5. One buys bulbs with the expectation that they increase.  It seems that Daffodils don't do particularly well here in the garden.  This is all is left of the bulbs I bought in 2022.  The foliage is a little on the yellow side and perhaps it is ailing.  Any suggestions?

6. There is just about sufficient headroom for the Aeolium Velour as it stands on its stone topped table, and had we had more sunshine, its leaves would be even more purple and would contrast nicely with the yellow flowers.

And will there be any dry weather soon?  If not I shall still have to go out there, and prepare a few seed pans, hopefully in a couple of weeks time when the seedlings are up we shall have better light, but I ought to check first!