Dahlia

One of several garden tours of Douentza in Wexford, Ireland, filmed on a windy 14th July 2014. This particular trip takes us around one side of the Long Border. source

A video tour of the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, showing the dahlia collection, grass garden, SA and palm greenhouses. The orchid houses are covered in a separate video. From Gardening at Douentza in Wexford, Ireland. source

Yay, Dimitri is back and visits the Botanic Gardens & Liga’s pelargonium castle with me. ❀✿❀✿ More information below ❀✿❀✿ I invite you to join in our collaborative growing. Grow a plant to remember my son, Josh! #GrowitforJosh #CollaborativeGrowing ✿My Book : http://www.lulu.com/shop/rachel-darlington/journal-of-an-irish-garden/paperback/product-22467812.html ✿Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/DouentzaGarden/ ✿Twitter : https://twitter.com/DouentzaGarden ✿Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/douentzagarden/ source

In this video I visit Dublin Botanic Gardens with Roger and film ❀✿❀✿ More information below ❀✿❀✿ the streptocarpus, orchid and dahlia displays. Check out Roger’s channel… https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIhTaY1-ynuBCTCulYr-TaQ I invite you to join in our collaborative growing. Grow a plant to remember my son, Josh! #GrowitforJosh #CollaborativeGrowing ✿My Book : http://www.lulu.com/shop/rachel-darlington/journal-of-an-irish-garden/paperback/product-22467812.html ✿Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/DouentzaGarden/ ✿Twitter […]

This video is about some tubers, corms and bulbs I bought. ❀✿❀✿ More information below ❀✿❀✿ In this video I talk about the following newly bought plants including my favourite type of dahlia, the waterlily type. I also discuss the use of light colours to highlight dark in a border… Begonia ‘Picotee Lace Apricot’ Begonia […]

This is a video about an end of August visit to Mount Congreve. ❀✿❀✿ More information below ❀✿❀✿ The magnificent herbaceous borders in Mount Congreve’s walled garden display eucomis, hedychium, cautleya, crocosmia, hydrangea and oodles and oodles of dahlias. Link to the garden’s website… Home This video also features two updates on the #GrowitforJosh project. […]

In this video I lift my tender dahlias for overwinter storage ❀✿❀✿ More information below ❀✿❀✿ I invite you to join in our collaborative growing. Grow a plant to remember my son, Josh! #GrowitforJosh #CollaborativeGrowing ✿My Book : http://www.lulu.com/shop/rachel-darlington/journal-of-an-irish-garden/paperback/product-22467812.html ✿Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/DouentzaGarden/ ✿Twitter : https://twitter.com/DouentzaGarden ✿Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/douentzagarden/ source

In this video I deal with dahlias from after potting up to planting out. I also divide some large mature dahlia clumps in the ground and discuss options for eating them. I invite you to join in our collaborative growing. Grow a plant to remember my son, Josh! #GrowitforJosh #CollaborativeGrowing ✿Donate to my channel : […]

In this video we discuss the question of whether or not to lift dahlias for winter storage and the pros and cons depending on hardiness zone of overwinter dahlias frost free? I invite you to join in our collaborative growing. Grow a plant to remember my son, Josh! #GrowitforJosh #CollaborativeGrowing ✿My Book : http://www.lulu.com/shop/rachel-darlington/journal-of-an-irish-garden/paperback/product-22467812.html ✿Merch […]

Time for a Sunday stroll in my garden, Douentza, to check out what is looking good and the work I’ve done there recently. I have lots of dahlias in bloom! All plants are labelled on the screen. Plants in order of video appearance… Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Stipa gigantea Pennisetum villosum ‘Cream Falls’ Nicotiana mutabilis Kniphofia […]