The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - July

Here we are again me dears with another catch-up post. (One more to go, and then as long as I get September's in on time, we will be sorted.)

Our red and yellow bed is doing well.

Coreopsis grandiflora "Early Sunrise" in the foreground.

Most of the Penstemon last year seemed to be red, so where moved. This Spring we had more pinks ones than I thought. Hey Ho !

Crocosmia 'Lucifer'  looking fab:

As is our fave Dahlia 'Bishop's Children' seedlings

 The main border burst into growth this month:

Nicotiana mutabilis and Cleome hassleriana:

Perovskia atriplicifolia “Blue Spire” (Russian Sage):

Phlox paniculata:

Orlaya grandiflora:

Scabiosa - 'Blue Jeans':

Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob's Ladder)

Verbena bonariensis "Purple Top" seeded itself all over:

We added 30 varieties !, of Fuchsia to our garden this year - and now have more pots than you could imagine;

but we found a place for them all somehow.

Agastache rugosa f. albiflora 'Liquorice blue':

Our not 'Midnight Blue' Lupin:

Salvia patens “Patio Deep Blue”

Dahlia 'Early Bird'

Brodiaea laxa “Queen Fabiola”:

Asarina scandens

Regal Pelargonium 'Lord Bute':

Regal Pelargonium 'Aristo Orchid':

Pelargonium “Bullseye Cherry”

As I said - we have a lot of plants in pots !

Nicotiana 'Roulette'

Lilium (Tower) "Honeymoon"

Nicotiana sylvestris - smelling gorgeous!

To close this month, we have another fascinating creature that neither of us have noticed before -

Synanthedon myopaeformis (the Red-belted Clearwing moth):

There we are, me dears.

Its been a bit of a marathon but fun looking back;

next up - August.

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The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - June

Well me dears here we are again, as you may know from the last post, me blog has been a bit "dormant" from April to September! Please bear with me while I catch up.

June was the month for the foxgloves. We grew them from seed last year and had a few flowers then. 

We definitely will sow them again this year.

To our great joy Geranium pratense ' Purple Haze ' (from seed!) has flowered at last, and was well worth the wait.

Allium cristophii

One of the new Aquilegias ("Swan" mixed ).

We have decided to create a "hot border" using mainly reds, yellows and orange;

I think we have made a good start so I'll keep us posted on how we go.

I have always wanted a red hot poker (Kniphofia). They remind me of Devon and Cornwall when I was little. These came from the £ shop last year and have flowered for us this.

Geum - "Blazing Sunset"

Oxalis valdivensis

We treated ourselves to a couple of new pelargoniums this year: "Lord Bute" and "Aristo Orchid" - both Regals; a few red 'Ivy Leaf' pelargoniums,  along with the lovely "Global Stars and Stripes". Also new to us was "Calliope Dark Red", a cross between zonal  geraniums and ivy leaf geraniums.

Our collection of dahlias came through the winter and they are growing away.

"Lord Bute"

Osteospermum - my nephew's first ever cutting taken in Brighton a couple of years ago and now a rather large plant:

And to close, a rather fab mushroom growing on a recycled cardboard plant pot.

There we are then, me dears.

Now to catch up with July...

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