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Cercis canadensis, cornflowers, hydrangea arborescens Annabelle, July, poppies, seed heads, six on saturday, stipa tenuissima, Succulents
Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle is opening, surely a sign that it is summer. These are flower filled mops, in a creamy lime colour tone that looks as if it was lifted from one of those Farrow&Ball colour charts. Gorgeous.
This is my first of the Six On Saturday I’m sharing with our host The Propagator
2. Another sign of summer has to be that the succulents are outside
Not the best examples but loved nonetheless.
3. Forest pansy is a beautiful specimen and a real favourite of mine. 
Back lit the colour is arguably unbeatable. Cercis canadensis.
4. 
Haze. This haze is created by the delightfully tactile Stipa tenuissima. I love these grasses for their movement; the slightest breath of air is all they need to move.
5. Opium poppies
These are very short lived but so pretty and wonderful for bees . Today they have finished flowering and I am left with fat grey seed heads.
I love these almost as much.
6.
Cornflowers are such a wonderfully intense blue, not unlike a Sir Terence Conran shirt. Great for cut flowers, great colour in the border. An easy plant. Sprinkle some seed in the spring and Bobs your uncle.
Whether Bob is your uncle or not, you see that this selection includes some of the easiest peasiest plants to grow. What are you Six favourites today? Join us.
Have a lovely weekend wherever you are. Thanks for reading. D.
