The Delargo Gardens - August

 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

The Delargo Gardens - July

 Here we are again me dears, late as usual. Lets not waste anymore time and move on and see what July had to offer us in the garden

The red Border is looking like a Kylie video; Padam, Padam.

 Last years lily  “On Stage” gave us one flower.

But last years  “Muscadet” has done us proud and smells divine.

as does the new this year; Longiflorum hybrid "Eastern Moon".

We bought two baby Clematis this one is “Rouge Cardinal”

not the best photo - Lilium speciosum var. rubrum

The phlox have not had there best year and might need dividing and re-potting next year. Phlox paniculata, pink

Phlox paniculata “Blue Paradise”

and a fabulous new addition to the collection; Phlox paniculata “Nicky”

It's still early but the Salvias are not at their best yet. This one is new and I love it; Salvia “African Skies” [poss. hybrid of S. chamelaeagnea with S. scabra]

Salvia 'Amistad' is strutting it's stuff but a few more flower spikes would be nice. We will see what it does next month.

Brodiaea laxa “Queen Fabiola” was still looking lovely at the start of the month (sorry about me finger)

I love the delicate and fragile looking Agapanthus “Stockholm”.

We don't get enough sun to grow Dahlias but we try any way; Dahlia “Fascination”

Thumbergia orange beauty is still going and is a joy.

There tiz then me dears grab your parasols and jump up into the Land Rover for a tour of the rest of the estate

The taro is doing ok.

Well there we have me dears just time for a quick sneaky peek at this years Fuchsia fest - Millennium.

I have had no help from Donny this month he is still annoyed with me for constantly being late with my posts. He wrote me a note to say that if I did not pull my socks up he would report me to 'the Grand Council of Gnomes' and then no Gnome would be allowed to step foot in the Gardens of Delargo Towers ever again. A bit harsh if you ask me but you know what Gnomes are like.

I only knew that he was still here when he was caught on the night time security CCTV camera.

I will do my best to be on time for August and hope that Donny calms down and will be with me for the next post

Till then me lovelies

It's Ttfn from me.

Toodle-Loo

The Delargo Gardens - June

 Here we are me dear back in the garden to see what June had to offer us. Now then me dear I am as you know often a bit late with my post but this month is so late that it is almost time to start sorting out the July post. So no more waffle from me let's head off for a whirlwind tour of the Delargo Towers Garden.

Clematis “General Sikorski” was a joy all month.

Jon's pride and joy the RHS. Plant of the Year 2023: Agapanthus Black Jack.

Clematis “Comtesse de Bouchaud” struggled last year but has flourished this year.

The bees just love the Agastache as do we.

New this year and bought as dry roots so we are very pleased that it gave us a few blooms - Hemerocallis 'Fragrant Returns'.

No garden should be without Herbaceous Geraniums. They have a knack of pulling a border together.

The delightful and delightfully named Brodiaea laxa “Queen Fabiola”

Our new Hemerocallis  has a long way to catch up with the stunning Hemerocallis 'Crimson Pirate'

Our Begonias are now in full swing and provide a blast of colour in a shaded garden in place of the normal sun loving Summer bedding.

The roses started to flower in may and this month was their glorious last fling.

There tiz then me lovely. lets climb up into the Land Rover and whizz through the rest of the estate.

The incredibly tall and impossible to photograph Thalictrum 'Elin' in flower and it gives me great joy.

The salvias are about to kick of proper. With last years and this years additions to the collection we now have a fab mix of colours and forms which will be highlighted in detail next month

We are almost at the end of our tour but we have time for a sneak preview of the Fuchsia Fest - Edie Lester.

and there is just enough time for an up time for an update on the Taro. It came through the Winter (unprotected) fine enough but struggled with the cold Spring but is trying to catch up now.

Donny is very annoyed that I am so late with this post and is sulking up in the top field. I have told him that I will backdate it so that we will not lose continuity but he says that is cheating.

I promise to be on time for July, which should be a bumper packed edition but till then it's -

Ttfn. from Donny

and

Ttfn. from me.