Hello me dears we is back with our August visit to the Garden. The weather has been up and down and the shade from the evil weed trees are impacting on some of the plants but things are still looking lovely.
This is the second of the two baby bare root Clematis we bought this year; Clematis 'Nelly Moser' The top growth hasn't been up to much but it has done marvellously well with developing a good strong root ball which bodes well for next year.
August and September should be the glory time for our Phlox and Salvias. They are flowering but not as well as we hoped or expected. I was surprised to find that I had not taken one decent photo of any of the Salvias this month, fingers crossed for the next.
Begonias take the shade big time and are providing the majority of colour, Big time!
An Oddity - last year I sowed Foxgloves and Campanula far to late in the year. The plants are looking fab and should do wonders next Spring however, one brave little Foxglove decided to flower in August.
Overlooked and taken for granted, our lovely Bizzy Lizzy. It brightens a dark spot opposite the garden door and has flowered from Spring non-stop.
Well there tiz then, now it's time to hop on to the Delargo Towers miniature steam railway to tour the rest of our vast estate
Summer is not over yet but it's still time to start looking at next year. We are overjoyed that Nicotiana affinis has reappeared unexpectedly after a couple of years absence.
The late sown Campanula waiting for next Spring with this years bare root Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'. I am very excited about both of these.
Back to the now and back to Donny. Yes he is back thank heavens but still more than a little touchy. He has demanded 2 photos for the sneak preview of the upcoming Fuchsia Fest. - Fuchsia Royal Velvet
and Fuchsia R.A.F.
Lovely to have Donny back even if he is still on his 'Soap Box'
There tiz then me lovelies. We hope to see you next month but till then;
It's Ttfn From Donny
and Ttfn from me
Toodle-Loo
and Pip Pip
