The delargo Gardens - August.

 Here we are then me darlins. The hosepipe ban has had an impact on our completely container grown garden this month but perhaps not as badly as we feared especially as we have been away on holiday for part of it.

 The majority of our salvias are just getting into their stride and should start to dominate the garden next month and up to the first frosts.

 

 

There a are plenty of other jollies adding colour to the garden. A fresh flush on the self-seeded Nicotiana 

 

The Thunbergia alata, Black-eyed Susan should be 3 times taller by now but it is flowering and is a joy

 Scaevola and its Unique Flowers - five petals arranged in a hand-like or fan shape.

We all need a good doer. Begonia non stop red does it for me.

This should be Anemone × hybrida 'Königin Charlotte') which is pink

Next year we will be doing pelargoniums and Ipomoea purpurea 'Kniola's Black big time.

 

I was hoping to be able launch our hot air balloon for a flight over the vast drought ridden expanse of the Delargo estate and outlying Farms but had forgotten that the BBC have booked it for for a ridiculous amount of monies to film the second series of 'Gardens from the Air, with Christine Walkden.
 

The stars of the month might be a bit short in supply but all hail the reliable doers.

 Nobody raves about common old Busy Lizzy, Impatiens walleriana but in can fill a difficult corner full of flower and colour.

There Tiz then me lovelies Donny is telling me it is time to do the sneak preview of the fuchsia Fest. This one is named after me and is 'Devonshire Dumpling'

Hope you enjoyed your visit to the garden and Donny and I hope to see you in September.

Till the it's Ttfn from Donny

and

It's Ttfn from me.

Toodle Pip. 

Earrings versus food

 No apologies this is a full on Grace Dent fan club post.

Click to see her wickedly funny but terribly accurate restaurant revues in the Guardian news paper.

Now me dears I must admit that these are not the best earrings I have seen  her wear but after a conversation with my sister this is what we got from the new series.

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 Match the earrings to the dish !

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Play along if you fancy it.

She is wearing my fave earrings in this little clip see if you can guess, CLICK

Toddle Loo

and 

Pip Pip. 

The Delargo Gardens - July

 Here we are me dears, with everything back to normal - and by that I mean Late Again! I won't bang on about the weather but it has been ridiculously hot and we have a hosepipe ban enforced. That being said the garden is bearing up rather well.

 Without doubt the star of the month has been the humble garden Phlox, they have been stunning and the scent is wonderful. 

Lobelia × speciosa, Starship Scarlet Bronze.

A gift from nature; we bought this Nicotiana just once years ago but its seedlings still keep popping up.

Sadly bees are in decline - but not in our garden; it is a constant buzz with all types of bees, like the one on Lobelia × speciosa Starship Blue:

Hoorah for begonias, they are looking amazing - Begonia boliviensis 'Santa Cruz'

Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Nonstop Red' 

Begonia boliviensis Bellavista red.

Agapanthus are an absolute delight. This is Agapanthus 'Black Jack', RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2023

Agapanthus 'Stockholm' 

Before we depart for the grand tour of the estate I thought you might like to take in the view of the Agapanthus beds from the window of the tearooms 

There tiz then me darlins. All aboard the Land Rover! Don't worry we have had air-conditioning fitted.

 hope you enjoyed the tour. We have seen the stars of the month now it's time for the 'still doing nicely'

 Hemerocallis 'Crimson Pirate' 

I never expected the Taro to take the full sun and heat but it seems happy.

After the struggle to get our Hydrangea to turn blue I think we will tone it down a next year. This is one of the last blooms and is a nicer colour since we stopped adding the bluing agent.

A jolly window box for the tearooms. 

The last to flower of our Lilies is always Lilium speciosum var. rubrum  and we adore it. 

Agastache rugosa 'Liquorice Blue' 

Well then me lovelies that is just about it for this time. There is just enough time for Donny to give you a sneak preview of the annual Fuchsia fest. This is the lovely Fuchsia 'Billy Green'. 

With more heatwaves predicted and us being away for the annual pilgrimage to Amsterdam it will be interesting to see how the garden fares into next month. Whatever happens Donny and I are looking forward to seeing you back in the garden -

But till then it's

Ttfn from Donny

and Ttfn from me

Pip pip.