The Delargo Gardens - January

 He we are again me dears with the first garden post proper of 2024. Winter is far from over and I am sure we will have some casualties but the garden is starting to slowly awake.

To our great surprise and delight the Ipheion uniflorum came into flower straight after a series of hard frosts. We went down to -6'c.

equally joyous is our Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna “Purple Stem”. 

The scent is so powerful it could blow your socks off.

That is about it for the highlights so lets start the tour of the grounds.

The Delargo gardeners have finally got around to erecting the trellis extension to the Eastern boundary fence. Unfortunately the work was not complete in time for the visit of the Delargo Towers official garden photographer. 

But bless them, they look after the garden very well and are very cheap.

The Wallflowers are flowering and hopefully will put on more of a show latter on. 

At 75 pennies a pop primulas ensure that there is colour in the garden no matter what the weather throws at us.

That's it for this month then me dears. I leave you with Donny who has found a sunny spot to soak up some sun.

Both Donny and I hope to see you back in the garden next month

But till then It's Ttfn from Donny

and it's Ttfn from me

Toodle-loo and Pip Pip.

 

Delargo Towers Fuchsia Fest 2023

 Here we are me dears with the Delargo Towers annual Fuchsia Review of 2023.

Fuchsias always look fab and do so for such a long time, it is easy to take them a bit for granted. They often don't make it onto the blog as I try to show what is newly in flower each month through the seasons. They can be in flower from Spring to Autumn.

To make up for this every year we hold a 'Fuchsia Fest' here at 'Delargo Towers' to showcase our collection. This year we have the grand tally of  44  named varieties and will look at each Fuchsia in the collection in alphabetical order.

There are a lot to get through so with out any further ado, I declare the 'Delargo Towers Fuchsia Fest of 2023'  well and truly open!

Abbe Farges

Alison Patricia

Arno Van Bree

Bella Mariska

Bella Rosella

Billy Green

Blue Pearl

Bobolink

Border Queen

Caroline

Celia Smedley

Cliantha

CJ Howlett

Dark Eyes

Deep Purple

Devonshire Dumpling

Edie Lester

Elfriede Ott

Foolke

Hazel Elizabeth

Holly's Beauty

Hot Coals

Italiano

Just Pat

Katrina Thompsen

Lady Boothby

Lady Isobel Barnett

Louise Nicholls

Millennium

Molesworth

Pink Fantasia

Pink Rain

Preston Guild

Quasar

Queen Mary

Raspberry

Rivendell

Rose of Castile

Royal Velvet

Sheila Crooks

Swingtime

Ting-a-Ling

Viva Ireland

Walz Jubelteen

R. I. P.

The Sadly Lost and Departed

Bella Lydia

Border Raider

Ed Lagarde

Eruption

RAF

Sophisticated Lady

Well there we are then me dears. Donny and I hope you have enjoyed the our little Fuchsias Festival. Please make your way to the Moët & Chandon tent for some well deserved refreshment 

Roll on Spring, and shopping at the wonderfully grumpy Mr Baker's Fuchsia nursery in Essex. We are looking forward to seeing you back in the garden for more of the same in 2024

NB for Agnes Goldberg-DeWoofs

Wind resilient Fuchsia - fuchsia magellanica riccartonii growing wild on the Atlantic coast of Ireland.

Ttfn