The Delargo Gardens - June

 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.

Rosa 'Veilchenblau'

 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.

The Delargo Gardens - May

 Here we are again then me dears at the end of a May that has at times seemed more like November.

Be that as it may, the gardens here at Delargo Towers are starting their transformation from Spring to early Summer.

The star of the month is with out doubt Scilla Peruviana (Portuguese Squill). It gave us 7 enormous flower heads which it held for the entire month. We are over the moon with it.

Just as stunning is our rose “Gertrude Jeckyll”. It has had so many blooms this year and has no intention of stopping as we head into June. 

The scent is divine.

It's difficult to see the colour of our shop bought Foxglove it is the most delightful pale lavender.

The first of the Geraniums are kicking in. This one is Geranium pratense “Purple Haze”.

Veronica gentianoides is a joy, pure and simple.

I love Thalictrum, this is aquilegiifolium and we now have a new addition to the garden; Thalictrum 'Elin'. It is similar but is latter, taller and has a very different type of flower. Some to look forward to next month me lovelies.

We have grown Thunbergia (“Black-Eyed Susan”) from seed for years now but this one is from a nursery in Essex. It was a much stronger and happy plant than we could have produced on our windowsill.

and is it's flowering already. 

Dianthus (Carnation) “Devon Pink Ruffles” -

With the adorable Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican fleabane)

The Auriculas had a bad winter and I thought we might have lost them but they are still with us and have still managed to flower.

We love all Campanulas and have added this cascading one to the collection; Campanula muralis .

some of Tulips were still going on at the start of the month

and these carried on from April right through May. - Doronicum orientale 'Leonardo' (Leopard's Bane)

Geranium phaeum “Samobor”

Aubrieta “Gracea”

Begonia Beauvilia; 'Red'

There we are then me dears, tiz time to climb up into the Land-rover and tour our vast estate

Hope you enjoyed the tour and didn't find it to bumpy going off road in the Land-rover. Before we all head of to the tea rooms there is just enough time for one of the joys of the season; watching the ferns unfold

Also Donny is back from his Hols and He has selected 'Just Pat' for this moths preview of the annual Fuchsia fest.

That's it for this month then me dears. Donny and I hope to see you back in the garden soon.

So It's Ttfn from Donny

 and it's Ttfn from me

Toodle-loo, Pip Pip.