The Delargo Gardens - April

Here we are again me lovelies with the garden in April and on time for once and it's Tulip time.

As our American Sisters would say; 'They give you a lot of bang for your buck'. All of these are crammed into just 3 pots. They are planted on different levels and as the first to flowers fade they are cleared to make space for the upcoming flowers.

 

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In a small garden succession planting is everything. Our 'Tête-à-Tête'  daffs are over but we now have these.

 

 I have never neglected a plant like I neglect our Auriculas but they come back every year.

Brunnera

  A double flower on Doronicum 'Little Leo' Leopard's bane. How fab is that!

Ipheion

Our recently divided Geranium phaeum. We now have two.

What would Spring be without the scent of Wallflowers.

There Tiz then me darlins and now it's time to jump up into the Land-rover and tour the rest of our vast estate.

 

 Our two newly planted Clematis

The foxgloves are now big enough to flower and as we sowed them not last year but late the the year before we are looking forward to a good display this year.

Great news. the Taro has come through another Winter totally unprotected. It might not look like much now but just and wait and see what it will do.

The Fens are unfurling and Donny is already getting excited to see what the garden will do next month.

April Has been fab but roll on May when I think the garden will really kick off.

Till the It's

Ttfn from Donny

and

It's Ttfn from me.

Toodle loo and Pip Pip.

The Delargo Gardens - March

Here we are again then me darlins; as we are saying good bye and good riddance to the Winter. The clocks have gone forward and the cold unsettled weather of the middle the month has given way to more Spring like weather.

 This is just one little pot of Crocus but a bundle of joy. Delicate pastel species crocus were succeeded by the bigger and more blousy hybrids.

Now then me lovelies the 1st March is St. Davids day and as this is an half Welsh household we celebrated it big time with Daffs, both inside and out.

 

Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête' 

 

Narcissus 'Minnow' 

 

 And Narcissus ' Daffs from the local supermarket' for St. David's Day

 

Else were in the garden the Aubrieta was dripping with its amethyst flowers.

 

 

They are taking awhile to establish themselves but I adore the Forget-me-not flowers on Brunnera. The flowers are followed by fab silver / platinum coloured leaves.

 

We would have liked a few more flowerers on the Chionodoxa, known as glory-of-the-snow. Perhaps if we give it some food it might do better next year.

 

Thanks to Blogger's photo upload the next two photos are stuck together !

 

Below is the lovely (not a Dandelion) Doronicum  which we first saw in Beth Chatto's garden and have loved ever since.

 

Above this is Ipheion beloved by us and a favourite of Steve Because. Click this link and enter a world of wonder & befuddlement 

We now move on to the bastions, heroes and stalwarts of the winter months and they are still going strong now.

There we are then me dears. Everyone pile into the Land Rover to view the on going major works across the vastness of our entire estate.

Once rested and have scraped the mud off your boots come in for some Champagne and the delight of our Cymbidium Orchid in the Parlour. It only has one flower stem this year but that one stem has 14 sizeable blooms so I don't think we can complain.

We are looking forward to April -

The difference between the beginning of March and it's end has been amazing.

We have Wallflowers and Tulips starting into flower already and the tulips will explode next month

There has been a lot to do this month and poor old Donny has been working so hard that he had to have a Little nap in the middle of the afternoon snuggled amongst some old flowerpots. We will forgive him this time. Bless him.

Roll on April, fasten your seat belts and cross your fingers for fine weather.

till them it's Ttfn from Donny

and

Ttfn from me

Toodle loo and Pip Pip.