An Algarve Garden - 2021

While everything is on the wane here in September your images are a beautiful sight to see,..love that unnamed Hibiscus.

 

I like this time of year following the heat and things wake up.

 

In the Jungle Room yesterday. It was totally overcast so darker than ever in there ...

The East Wall with Munchkin on the stone wall next to the orange orchard ..


The East Wall with Begonia coccinea, Solanum rantonnetii and Rhipsalis baccifera ...






The North Wall with Chlorophytum comosum ...




The West Wall Entrance with Hibiscus and Brugmansia ...

 

That's a lovely room, it looks nice and shady. I like the trellises

 

@Victoria ,..Munchkin certainly blends in with that wall plus the foliage .
you really have the knack of placing plants and pots in well suited locations

 

Lovely area to relax in and escape the heat Vicky...perfection!

 

Thank you Michael. We (and our friends) think it is rather unique.

Thank you Philip. We often don't notice Munchkin when she curls up on the stone wall or rockeries as she looks like a stone.

Actually Upsy it is a furnace in the hot months. We prefer it in the cooler months. We used to have a hot tub in there which I was not fond of. Now we have four of those chairs in there, one in each corner with a few small tables for drinks/snacks. I will try to get better pictures. There is also a pull down TV in the ceiling (visible in picture five) but we have only watched it once or twice (Jim's idea).

 

Oh wow ,yes I've spotted the tv now
It looks so cool and shady in the pics that I thought it was an 'escape the heat zone' for you both.

 

We also have a tower fan mounted sideways on the South wall (the side of the brick rendered shed) for air circulation. You can just see shed far right.

 

@Victoria ,..i did see that object on the ceiling but thought it was some kind of skylight you opened when it got VERY warm,..soooooo a pull down TV,..well i never would have thought of that

 

Finishing up the September pictures ...

A few pics through the grey gloom ...












... a different view of the garden.

The front patio ...






The Bougainvilla over the gate continues to open it's brachts ...


Literally minutes before a thunderstorm arrived ...


First Amaryllis belladonna opening in the grey rainy day ...


This bloom is surprisingly in its second day ...


Looking to the end of the garden with Bougainvilla (pink) on the left, Tecomaria starting to bloom centre (orange), Tecoma stans (yellow) right and peeking at the bottom Jatropha integerrima (pinky orange) ...

 

Finishing off September ...

Bougainvilla and Tecomaria ...




Tecoma stans ...




Mandevilla ...


As we head into Autumn we start to get some colour. The Tecomaria capensis (Cape Honeysuckle) is starting to bloom. It is a bit of a nuisance actually as it roots wherever it touches the ground. We have three now, this is the original one at the bottom of the garden which is about 5 meters tall ...





Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' with Balsam which has been blooming for months now ...

 

Entering October the Tecomaria capensis (Cape Honeysuckle) is really looking good since it's massacre last year ...


View from the Lane, with the old Almond Tree on the right, Callistemon viminalis immediately to the left and far left Cercis siliquastrum to give idea of height ...

 

Wow ,absolutely stunning Vicky!! All those colours must create such a dazzling sight.

I always think of Autumn as being a gloomy time of things fading and dying, that's certainly not the case for you!!

We need you to keep posting your pics to cheer us all up.

 

This is when we come out of our heat and I love this season. I will do my best to keep photos coming to cheer you. Vxx