This week’s selection for six on Saturday is all autumnal.

It was bonfire night a couple of days ago, and the garden is full of leaves, and mostly dying back, but there are still some burst of brightness.

There are pansies in flower. This delicate looking bloom is tougher than old boots.

I’m enjoying collecting pansy seeds from the garden and sowing them to see what happens. I have no idea if they will resemble their parents or be some weird hybrid. Time will tell, and I think that this little seedling looks hopeful.

Coming up – like a flower!

My next pick is the Fatsia Japonica, which has enormous flowers, and is pretty darn spectacular at this time of the year.

Next, calendula, aka the pot marigold. I planted out a packet of seeds into various gaps around the garden in the middle of summer, and only a few came up. But this one, in a pot by the greenhouse, is having it’s moment.

This little clump of sage that seems to have successfully established itself from some rooted branches that I removed from a plant in the rose patch that is outgrowing it’s space.

And this may be Rishi Sumac’s last leaf. The colour on our sumac tree has been amazing this autumn.

Staghorn sumac autumn colour

My final pick is a spot at the bottom of the garden, between the veg bed and compost heap. This particular spot is visible from the kitchen window, and from the top of the garden path, and I like to have something of interest here. The little white basket is a bit shabby chic, and it’s simply planted with a few sedum cuttings, and accompanied by the little doggie statue that was in the garden before we were.

There’s loads more to enjoy in the garden at this time of year, we can start to see the other side of the valley as the tree leaves fall, and there’s a lot of propagation going on in the greenhouse, but that’s my six for this week.

For more garden highlights, visit the garden ruminations blog for six on sat.

Have a lovely week,

J xx