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    Six splashes of colour in the sunshine – Saturday October 20th 2018


    October 21st, 2018 - Pots and containers, Six on Saturday, Style, Wildlife gardening

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    Six colourful images taken in the sunshine this weekend…

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    Purple, yellow and red in the front garden

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    A hardy fuchsia I’ve dug out many times because it got too huge but it keeps coming back and now it looks great –

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    Colour from simple plants – purple basil and sedum

     

    Here is the fancy mahonia I showed you last time with interesting flowers

    mahonia shrub in a cottage garden

    Evergreen shiny foliage and scented flowers  

    but now all the flowers have dropped off.  No idea why.

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    Sunshine through the grasses and geranium Rozanne in the foreground

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    Some yellow pots, a purple table and a Burmese blue old gentleman.

    Thankyou to the propagator who hosts this theme of Six on a Saturday of any six things in our garden.  Over on his blog you can find other people’s sixes.

    Happy autumn to us all and aren’t we so lucky to have this wonderful weather each day. Fingers crossed.

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    10 comments on "Six splashes of colour in the sunshine – Saturday October 20th 2018"

    1. Anne says:
      21st October 2018 at 4:25 pm

      Absolutely gorgeous- wish mi e looked anything like this good but some great ideAs 💡

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      1. Julie Quinn says:
        22nd October 2018 at 8:12 am

        Hi, xxxx. Yes, a table and chairs from Tesco online. Xx

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    2. Beverly says:
      21st October 2018 at 7:20 pm

      What a happy garden. With all of the bright colors from the props ( yellow door,orange and blue urns and purple table& chair) not to forget that beautiful cat. Lucky …you are.

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      1. Julie Quinn says:
        22nd October 2018 at 8:11 am

        Thankyou Beverly, yes I am, very lucky. I hope you have some colour splashes in your garden too.

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    3. Bec Jones says:
      22nd October 2018 at 10:44 am

      loving your garden set up and photos – I’ve got lots of hardy fuchsias in my garden in Manchester – not on the six this week – they’re loving the late autumn warmth at the moment. your cat is beautiful and obviously enjoying the sunshine.
      Have a lovely week love Bec 🙂

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      1. Julie Quinn says:
        22nd October 2018 at 9:44 pm

        Thankyou for your lovely comment Bec. the temperature has really dropped here today and it’s cold outside. I wonder if those sunny days are over now.

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    4. Lora Hughes says:
      22nd October 2018 at 11:27 am

      I see Mr Old Blue’s colour coordinated his tag w/the table. Very swish.

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      1. Julie Quinn says:
        22nd October 2018 at 9:45 pm

        Ah yes. He’s quite an old man now, just 14 but sleeps most of the time (like right now).

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    5. Cindie Winquist says:
      27th October 2018 at 8:33 pm

      Loved browsing through your sixes. I enjoyed all of your purple accent pieces in your lovely garden. I added a few splashes of purple to my garden this summer and have plans for more.

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      1. Julie Quinn says:
        31st October 2018 at 3:53 pm

        Thanks for your encouragement – yes purple is such a lovely colour to have, goes well with green I reckon.

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