Six on Saturday. Spatially Challenged.

Henry Mitchell said in his great script : One Man ’s Garden : ‘ No gardener thinks time will pass and works will grow . ‘Well , that ’s not quite true , I know very well that plants will grow and need far more room than I have allowed them , but I choose to ignore it . To cite another nurseryman ; Gertrude Jekyll wrote : ‘ It takes half a lifetime to decide what ’s best worth doing in a garden and another half to endeavor to do it ’ . She should have added another half a life to clear that you ca n’t do most of what you want to do and you could only grow a tiny fraction of what you want to mature . These awful truths are being brought home to me very painfully now I have such a small garden .

We downsized to a much smaller garden when we corrupt our house in France . This seemed like a sensitive affair to do . But the thought of never planting another tree is appalling . corrupt flora , propagating plants and growing industrial plant from seed is what I do . Inevitably , after less than two years here I have run out of elbow room . I was discussing the problem with a gardening friend the other day and he say : ‘ Well , you ’ll just have to keep on editing it . ’ But that means getting rid of plants and everything here is carefully chosen because I love it . I suppose I should reduce in smaller plants and seek to forget about trees .

as luck would have it I love Cyclamen purpurascens for their pretty propeller prime , some of which are fragrant , and their delicately marbleized leaves . I record some of my collection not long ago , but today I want to show you a young mannikin of the hardyCyclamen hederifoliumwith the most amazing leafage . Cyclamen hederifolium‘Jan Bravenboer ’ has Brobdingnagian leaves . The outer part is gloomy green but the centre is pale sage gullible or pallid grey with beautiful pinkish blending . With farewell like this you do n’t require the moderately pink or blanched flowers .

Cyclamen hederifolium ‘Jan Bravenboer’

Another unusual cyclamen isCyclamen genus Colchicum . It has nothing to do with genus Colchicum , the name refers to its place of beginning in Georgia . It looks a scrap likeCyclamen repandumwith leathery leave and it has strongly perfumed pinkish flowers . I desire it proves to be stout . It needs a umbrageous spotlight .

My third cyclamen today is for the house as it is definitely not stalwart . It is a fresh one with very strange monotonic flowers . It is called ‘ Illusa ’ . I ’m not completely certain about this as Cyclamen purpurascens efflorescence really ca n’t be improved upon . But I wish it if I do n’t think of it as a cyclamen .

I am not very piercing on frou- frou frilly fuchsias in great deal but I do like the autumn elegance of this one . I grew it from a cutting year ago from a previous garden so I am not certain of its name , but I make bold it isFuchsia magellanica . I would be glad if anyone could tell me if I am wrong .

Cyclamen hederifolium ‘Jan Bravenboer’

I love camelia but I do n’t have the space or the right acid soil for them . But this does n’t stop me having four of them in pots . This one is an autumn floweringCamellia sasanqua‘Autumn Flower Festival . ’ It has joined my maidservant - in - hold off outside my front threshold . What they are waiting for I do n’t know , unless by some miracle we rouse up some 24-hour interval and retrieve a few more metres of garden hiding somewhere .

I saw a pinkCamellia sasanquarecently growing in the botanical garden at the Place for plant at East Bergholt . Obviously , I ca n’t accommodate anything this size , but I suppose it accept several years and mayhap rise in a pot will keep it small . I see thatJimis establish us one of his gorgeous camellias today and it makes me a bit chagrined about my little one in a batch .

I lately buy the almost black - leavedHydrangea serrata‘Daredevil ’ which I believe is a unexampled salmagundi . I could n’t observe anywhere to found that either . This did n’t really get through on me until I had walk round the garden several times clutching it . So I squashed it in with my other hydrangeas which if not feeling cramp now , for sure will in a year or two . This hydrangea has the blackest leave-taking I have attend on a hydrangea . Apparently , it has intensely promising pink lacing pileus flowers which are purple on acrid soil . For even more sake the black parting wrench fiery reddish in autumn so it gain its place in the garden with prime , striking foliation and fall colour . Mine are just begin to turn .

Cyclamen colchicum

I think the frost are come next week so we are all going to be having problems finding six mantrap in the garden . I do n’t know about you but frost - rhyme cum - head do n’t do it for me . We might have to go into my conservatory which is even more seriously overcrowded than the garden now I have brought all my legal tender plants in .

Meanwhile , do go over to Jim atGarden Ruminationsto see how he and other SoSers have risen to the challenge of finding something of interest so recently in the time of year .

26 Responses toSix on Saturday. Spatially Challenged.

All these plants are mythological and wonderful for the “ Six ” meme . As I ’ve said , probably too many times , the Camellias have my heart . They are so beautiful and unique . I tried one in a pot once ( even with acid stain ) and did n’t have much fortune , but one of these days , I ’ll try again . ❤

Beth @ PlantPostings.com

Cyclamen‘Illusa’

Six on Saturday. Spatially Challenged.