This week’s ‘Six On Saturday’ selection is made on a rainy day with snapshots taken yesterday between the downpours.
The first of six ‘things’ in the garden is this honeysuckle, there are two large clumps of it near the house and at the sweet scent it makes is just lovely.
Next up ‘turkish sage’ aka Phlomis russeliana, which has been in this patch for years, but used to be overwhelmed by the huge treacleberry that I removed a few months ago. The sage has made the most of the extra light and is flowering beautifully. We spotted a lot of these when visiting Peit Oudoulf’s garden at the art gallery ‘Hauser and Wirth’ last weekend.
Behold the shiny, chunky green thighs of this thick legged flower beetle on a hawkweed. What a fine looking fellow it is.
Also, this week I admired this little micro moth, hanging out on a lady’s mantle.
I’m thrilled that the foxgloves have popped up again in the wildflower patch.
And last but not least, the sweetpeas are beginning to flower.
So, that’s my sweetly scented ‘SixOnSaturday’ selection for this week.
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Have a lovely week,
J xx
Do you happen to remember what cultivar of honeysuckle that is? Ours looks just like it. (I thought that it was common Japanese honeysuckle, but it is obviously a cultivar with more colorful flowers that resemble yours.)
(The picture of the thick legged flower beetle did not show up.)
try the blog page here to see all the pics – they don’t seem to be showing in the reader view 🙂 https://doingtheplan.com/2026/06/06/honeysuckle-phlomis-russeliana-thick-legged-flower-beetle-micro-moth-sweetpea-and-foxglove/
Lonicera Serotina is possibly the variety of honeysuckle, but it was already here when we arrived so we don’t really know 🙂
Thank you, but the picture of the beetle is still missing.
We were looking at buying some honeysuckle plants with a gardening voucher we recently received. Yours is beautiful!
The two insects are very sweet. The thick-legged flower beetle is all over our local country park, too, though I haven’t seen one in the garden yet.
I recently went to an event where a moth expert opened a moth trap and examined all the species inside. Didn’t know about macro and micro moths before that. It was really fascinating!
I have Phlomis fruticosa ‘Jerusalem sage’ here which resembles your beautiful variety. I remember sweet peas from my childhood. Such a beautiful fragrance.
The thick legged beetle pic should be showing now. Thanks Tony for letting me know it was missing. Now checkout those chunky green thighs 😍
Your insects are fascinating. I often find the photos with insects to be more interesting than those without. It’s nice to know the plants are supporting their local ecosystems. Lovely Foxgloves! I haven’t grown them in a while, but they are beautiful bloomers.