Delargo Towers annual Fuchsia Fest 2024.

 

Welcome my lovelies to the world famous 'Delargo Towers annual Fuchsia Fest' 2024

It is easy to take Fuchsias a bit for granted as they can be in flower from Spring to Autumn (In fact we have a some still in flower in January after the frost and snow). They often don't make it onto the blog so I highlight just one each month through the year.

To make up for my neglect, every year we hold a 'Fuchsia Fest' here at 'Delargo Towers' to showcase our collection. This year there is a grand tally of 53 named varieties so without further ado 

I declare the 'Delargo Towers Fuchsia Fest of 2024 well and truly open!

 Walz Jubelteen

 

Viva Ireland

 

Ting-a-Ling

 

Tennessee Waltz

 

Swingtime

 

Shrimp Cocktail

 

Sheila Crooks

 

Royal Velvet

 

Rose of Castile

 

Rivendell

 

Raspberry

 

R.A.F.

 

Queen Mary

 

Quasar

 

Preston Guild

 

Pink Rain

 

Pink Fantasia

 

Molesworth

 

Millennium

 

Marinka

 

Marcus Graham

 

Louise Nicholls

 

Lady Isobel Barnett

 

Lady Boothby

 

Katrina Thompsen

 

Just Pat

 

Italiano

 

Hot Coals

 

Holly's Beauty

 

Hazel Elizabeth

 

Hapsburgh

 

Glitters

 

Gay Senorita

 

Foolke

 

Elfriede Ott

 

Edie Lester

 

Display

 

Devonshire Dumpling

 

Deep Purple

 

Dark Eyes

 

Cliantha

 

CJ Howlett

 

Celia Smedley

 

Caroline

 

Border Queen

 

Bobolink

 

Blue Pearl

 

Billy Green

 

Bella Rosella

 

Bella Mariska

 

Arno Van Bree

 

Alison Patricia

 

Abbe Farges

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 

 

Please pop in for the next special edition which will be the ever popular 'A Year on one Page' 

 Till the me dears it's Ttfn from Donnny

 

and Ttfn and Happy New Year from all of us

 Ttfn.

 

 

The Delargo Gardens - December

Here we are me dears with the last post of the year. December has been gloomy and grim but the garden is stirring and getting itself ready for 2025

 

Indoors; this years pink (no it's orange) Hippeastrum was still looking stunning.

The salvias are all still going even if like the rest of the garden they are a little scruffy.
 

The Fuchsias are still flowering too but we will wait for the up and coming Fuchsia Fest to view those. Instead we will a whirlwind tour of the grounds.

.Cyclamen

We are amazed that this Thunbergia has continued to flower from Spring into the New Year

Any plant that flowers in Winter is a joy - Pelargonium.

and of course the Fuchsias, this is Pink Fantasia.

a couple of last years Primulas have made it through to this year.

Donny has his hands full at the moment organizing the fuchsia fest and the VIP guest list for the Post Festival Ball. He still finds time to try and protect our little Primulas from slug attack. He is on a losing wicket there methinks.

So there tiz me lovelies. Donny and I hope to see you at the world renowned Delargo Towers Fuchsia fest 2024.

Till the me darlins it's Ttfn from Donny

and

It's Ttfn from me

Ttfn.

The Delargo Gardens - November

 Here we are again my lovelies and on time. Not a lot to see this month so it will be a shorter tour than normal but we do have some flower in the garden and we also have this lovely pale pink hippeastrum from indoors. It's Orange !!!

Pansies are planted but not doing much yet

 Cyclamen are always a joy this time of year and I just love their marbled leaf

Our Regal Pelargonium has refused to flower all Summer but is having a go now in November !

We have already had a couple of night time minus temperatures and the Salvias are not happy but we still have some flower.

Well me dears that's it for the garden highlights. Tiz time to jump up into the fleet of Land Rovers and tour the estate.

and for this month only an unusual view of the back passage; from the Drawing Room window

As you know we hate being surrounded by the evil weed trees that have turned our south facing garden into a shady woodland garden. That said, we love ferns and ferns love our garden and seed themselves everywhere.

This is last years babies all potted up and below are the newbies still in the pots they sowed themselves in.

 

Donny loves the ferns

He also wants to remind you of the up and coming Delargo Towers Fuchsia Fest. There are a lot of them still flowering well even now - this is Millennium.

Well there tiz me darlins, short and sweet just like me. Hope you enjoyed the tour and the VIP refreshment tent; but till next time  -

it's Ttfn from Donny

and

It's Ttfn from me

Toodle-loo