Dahlia ‘Matt Armour’ Dahlia ‘Matt Armour’ commemorates the gardener at Glenveagh Castle in Co. Donegal who grew it from seed in the 1930s when the estate was owned by Henry McIlhenny. Now run by the OPW, it was registered by the present Head Gardener, Seán O’Gaoithín in 1996. A single-flowered red, it makes a […]
Dahlia ‘Matt Armour’
Dahlia ‘Matt Armour’
This photograph is from Victor and Roz Henry’s garden. This is the plant of Dahlia‘Matt Armour’ which they (and all who attended) the Annual General Meeting at Glenveagh Castle Gardens received from Sean O Gaoithin, Head Gardener at Glenveagh. Victor and Roz are the first to report having it in flower. A fabulous plant and a […]
A Treasure Shared – Dahlia ‘Matt Armour’
For a gardener a plant is the perfect memento. We visited Glenveagh Castle Gardens in May of this year where we held our Annual General Meeting and enjoyed guided walks of the garden afterwards. There are two plants which are particularly associated with the gardens at Glenveagh. One is “Rhododendron ‘Mulroy Vanguard’ which was raised […]