The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - April

Spring is finally here me dears. Every thing is bursting into growth 
The daffs have all gone over but there are plenty of flowers to fill the gap till Summer arrives.

Fritillaria meleagris the 'snake's head fritillary'

We have taken Monty Don's advice this year and rather than struggling to get the old tulips to flower again have replaced them. We shall treat them as annuals and buy new again next year.

Matthiola incana, 'Goldcut Mix. If this was my school report it would say ' could do better '. sown last summer they were a bit neglected and bolted. They ended up looking a bit scruffy but have produce flowers through the winter till now and they smell wonderful. Note to self - must try harder this year.

Our Auricula has done very well. We now have four plants from the one original -

and a new one to keep them company.

The first of the aquilegias .

Always a great joy and the back bone of our border this time of year.

They should be at their peek next month so keep posted !

Camassia, we have had these bulbs in the garden for a couple of years now and it is the first time they have flowered so we are rather pleased.

Nicotiana mutabilis Marshmallow is flowering early this year. I love this plant. No garden should be with out it.

Now then we do hate our overgrown diseased apple trees but love the blossom.

We treated ourselves to a tray of garden pinks from Homebase and are so glad we did. they look lovely and smell fabulous.

A replacement regal pelargonium and last years red intermediate pelargonium which has flowered outside all through the Winter.

 Our clump of native bluebells from Kew Gardens via Alistair.

now we will have a quick tour of the grounds to see what's going on.

The front garden is looking the best it ever has which bodes well for Summer.

Our wall flowers grown from seed last year have done us proud this.

Last years project was the Red Bed. It is proving to be a little more tricky than I thought with flowers turning out not to be the expected colour. It looked good last year but lets see if we can get the theme right this Summer.

A new feature this year will be the Fuchsia gallery. We will update you on that next month.

and as always we have more pots than we know what to do with.

Still very much 'work in progress'

To end with, our fuchsias awaiting their new home.

Along side of a couple of new ones.

Till next Month then my lovelies

It's t.t.f.n. from me

and Cheerio, Pip Pip, from Doncaster Donny.

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The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - March

Spring is all about colour and our little garden certainly had that this month.

Both 'Tete a tete' and 'Morpho' are looking fabulous in the window boxes.

The front garden is full of promise for latter in the season. Especially the Nicotiana mutabilis under the window.

The daffs and wall flowers coming on nicely.

There is more colour in the main garden.

Narcissus "February Gold".

The cyclamen are still putting on a good show and the Anemone blanda is just about to.

Crocus are popping up all over the place.

Evan the indoor Hyacinths we stuck in the ground after they flowered in the house a year or so ago are looking lovely.

New this year are three varieties of Iris reticulata which are a great joy on a dull day.

Our old faves are making a showing too. The 'snake's head fritillary' and Anemone "De Caen"

Most of the plants over wintering in pots have survived, battered but alive.

29 out of the 30 Fuchsias have signs of life.

Pelargonium, “Calliope” Dark Red

Matthiola incana, 'Goldcut Mix

Chionodoxa forbesei.

All the post Winter clearing up and sorting out we did last Month has paid off and the garden has at last come into life.

All that and we have the seedlings to look forward to too.This is one of the three surviving Canna indica seedlings. It was sown back in October and we are very proud of it.

Till next time then me lovelies

ttfn

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