Oh my Golly Gosh! I can't believe how late I am with this post. I do apologize for keeping you waiting at the garden gate me dears
June was the hottest ever on record but not the sunniest or driest and the garden seems to have enjoyed it.
In May 'my' rose had centre stage but this month 'Jon's' is definitely the star of the show.
Taken as a cutting it is now massive and full of flower. It's an absolute joy. We are both proud of it.
Also this month we have - Campanula glomerata “Superba”. Superb by name and superb by nature.
The salvias have started to kick in and they will be even better next month - Salvia 'Love & Wishes'
Salvia x jamensis “Nachtvlinder”, which is almost impossible to get a good photo of.
New for us this year - Salvia greggii “Day Glow”
Salvia verticillata “Purple Rain” with it's big round fluffy leaves. I just want to hug it.
and Salvia x guaranitica “Rockin' Fuchsia”
'My' rose kept booming well into June and looked and smelt amazing - Rosa “Gertrude Jeckyll”
We also have some old favourites still in flower from last month - our lovely Foxglove. (I have now soon some seeds so we will have lots next year.)
Thunbergia alata - black-eyed Susan
Brodiaea laxa “Queen Fabiola”. Such a fab name and such a lovely plant.
Another newbie and another flower impossible to photograph - Thalictrum 'Elin'.
We love our Geraniums here at Delargo Towers. This is the wonderful non stop flowering - Geranium 'Rozanne'
Geranium pratense “Purple Haze”
Always a joy - Tradescantia andersoniana
Clematis “General Sikorski” has flowered it's heart out for us and is such a fabulous colour.
Unlike our other Clematis which is very, very unhappy - Clematis “Comtesse de Bouchaud”
Hesperis matronalis was still in flower for us at the beginning of the month. It is a delight no garden should be with out.
as is Ipomoea tricolor, 'Kniola's Black'. Every morning it greets you with a fresh new flower which fades by the evening but is replaced by another new flower the next morning.
The same is true for Hemerocallis 'Crimson Pirate'. Pure joy even if this year we have acquired a new mysterious Hemerocallis disease. At the moment no one knows the cause. the disease might come back next year or it might not. Hey Ho.
There we are then me dears, tiz time to climb up into the Land-rover for a tour our vast estate.
Hope you enjoyed your tour of the grounds. Before we head of to the tea rooms and gift shop there is just enough time for an update on the Taro.
and to look forward to the Begonias coming into flower.
That's it then me dears. I shall leave you with a sneak preview of the annual Fuchsia fest. - Rose of Castile. Such a good doer.
Donny and I hope to see you back in the garden very soon.
So It's Ttfn from Donny
and it's Ttfn from me
Toodle-loo and Pip Pip.
