The Delargo Gardens - November

Here we are me lovelies, at the end of the rather depressing month of November.

Summer is just a memory and we have the whole of Winter to get through.

A few little jollies still gave us the odd bloom.

We have grown Cobaea Scandens every year for ages but this was the worst year ever.

It tried to make amends with some late flowers. We will give them a bit more T.L.C. next year.

Earlier in the month we were still awash with leaves despite our efforts to clear them last month.

Now, howerer as we head into December they are clear and the trees are barren.

Where would any late season garden be without Salvias.

They have been giving us a wonderful show for a couple of months and now are still giving us colour in the garden when it truly is most needed.

November is change over time. 

We enjoy what is left and plant to give us colour in the harder months to come.

We have had the most amazing season for our Fuchsias.

They have showed off brazenly all Summer.

With 33 different named varieties it has been a non stop cabaret with some reaching their peak while others had a little time to rest before it was their time to take center stage.

We have had a couple of nights with temperatures below -1'c.

But some of them have no intention of stopping flowering.

They are are such a joy at a time when there is so little about

Now we have to try and get them and our other ( non hardy ) plants through the winter.

Dahlias and Begonias will be lifted and stored here too, along with all our tender plants.

Then we will just cross our fingers and hope for the best.

There tiz then.

Batten down the hatches

and

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