Good Bye to 'Delargo Towers' Garden - January

 I have at last started to repair the damage inflicted on me blog by Photobucket and indeed my own neglect. I am doing so not in 2017 - but as 2018 is about to turn into 2019.

This may be the first post of 2018, but it is in fact the last one ever from this garden, and the last one in this "Random Jottings of Madam Arcati" blog for the moment.

We have moved and now have a new garden which I am posting on my  my new blog.

 I will keep this blog "live" and may add some interesting random jottings and adventures in 2019.

It was with more than a little sadness that we said goodbye to the gardens of  'Delargo Towers 3'  especially as we had so many new plans for the coming season.

Not surprisingly we didn't take many photos of the garden

just these

 So it is time to say good bye to or fabulous garden

This what it looked like in the summer of 2014 when we moved in:

 This what it looked like in the summer of 2017:

 We were forced under our contract to return all beds and borders back to grass when we vacated.

This what it looked like in January 2018 with the grass seed down

 Donny was very upset but has agreed to come with us to help create a new Delargo Towers garden

So me dears, I do hope you have a look at the new blog to see how the gardens of 'Delargo Towers 4' develop through 2018

Madam Arcati's Back Yard

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The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - December

The garden Blog is back me dears !

December has been an interesting month with lots of things still in flower.

It was a month of two halves ( before the snow and ice and after. ) as is this post.

Before.

Snow and Ice.

 After

Donny and I are glad to be back

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The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - November

Here I am again me dears. I have at last started to repair the damage inflicted on me blog by Photobuckt. Firstly I need to fill in the missing months' garden posts ( May to January ) then replace the missing years' of photos on the previous posts

Wish me luck and here we go with
November 2017

 Summer slips away but the garden has colour

Salvia coccinea

Salvia 'Amistad' with Pyracantha

 

Salvia coccinea 

Pelargonium “Calliope” Dark Red

Penstemon

Salvia 'Hot Lips'

 How could you have a garden in November without salvias?

 They shine when all else fails

except 

Fuchsias

and  Coboea scandens

  Well there tiz me dears

till next time,

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The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - October

Here I am again me dears. I have at last started to repair the damage inflicted on me blog by Photobucket. Firstly I need to fill in the missing months' garden posts (May to January) then replace the missing four years' worth of photos on the previous posts

Wish me luck and here we go with

October 2017

 Not too many photos this month

But it is definitely the season for salvias.

Salvia coccinea has proved to be a true star:

 Salvia guaranitica “Blue Enigma”:

Salvia uliginosa (Bog Sage):

...with Salvia 'Amistad'.

 Cobaea scandens

A rather odd time for  auricula to flower but there it is.

 This species fuchsia 'Splendens' was fab and rather fun to grow

The dreaded gall mite had spread to many of the fuchsias but they still tried to do their best for us

That's it me dears, very short and sweet.

so till next time,

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