Six on Saturday - 30 May 2020

It's very dry and hot for May, way too much. Primulas which I divided and moved to new place are struggling so much, that I need to shade them every day. I'm watering about everything, and it's becoming such a chore. But I accomplished a few things though over the week - I dug out tulips, and sorted them out, I am feeling I will have a very nice amount of bulbs for the autumn. Of course, some of the bulbs are on a smallish side - but that's fine, I'm happy to wait for them to develop for the next years.
Also I planted out the honeyworts. I pruned lilac. Planted out annual asters (or did I do it previous week??)

Anyways, time for Six on Saturday.
1. Bought some very cheap saxifragas at B&Q. Couldn't resist a bargain. Shame on me.


2. Pratia is doing quite well second year in a row. I should lift it, divide it and multiply.


3. That's my paeonias. I don't know the variety (as they were here before us) but the plant almost died when I was moving it out of the wrong place it was in, and it managed to come back, and this year we're finally having 6-7 buds and something to cut for the vase! It is definitely growing.


4. Cistus. It's just this time of the year when this bush is in the spotlight and is pretty. I'm quite indifferent to it, to be honest.


5. Sagina subulata aka Irish moss - I have one tiny clump, or - a patch of it. Somehow I find it hard to grow, this clump is not getting bigger, so I must be doing something wrong.


6. And, to finish the things off - I think I'll post one of the few roses I have which I know the name of. 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', a hybrid tea rose. Unfortunately the bush itself this year is not looking as good as before, I think I pruned it too hard. This year - very little pruning, I promise. But isn't it lovely, this gradient from paper white to pink?