An Algarve Garden - 2022

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  1. Flumpy

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    :wow: What a lovely display of flowers! I love the yellow ones, I bet they smell gorgeous Victoria :spinning:
     
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      @Victoria, your Hibiscus are beautiful! I've only ever had one plant which my mum bought for me when she came over, with my youngest brother & his family, to visit us one year in May. It was a lovely red & I was very happy with it! As this was at least 30 years ago I don't remember what happened to it. As we lived in a 5th floor flat it was never planted in soil. It probably died but I don't remember.

      Which reminds me, I had always told my family that the best time to visit us was probably in May as the worst of the winter cold has gone & the heat of the summer is still a month or so away. Would you believe it? The day after they arrived we had snow!!! I told my brother to look out the window the next morning as it had snowed - he thought I was joking!!! He got a shock when he saw it had snowed! :snow:
       
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        It's all very pretty, it must be a colourful time of year for you.
        The Jatropha podracia looks an interesting plant.
         
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          Thank you Lori and Karen. Hibiscus are stunning and have unique colourings. Sadly Karen, they are too beautiful to have a scent as well! :smile:

          Balc, we have never had snow here in the 38 years I have been coming here nor 21 living here. In saying that, Foia in the Monchique mountains (the highest point in Algarve) has seen a smattering on the rare occasion.

          Yes, Michael, it would be your sort of plant.
           
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            Gosh, I better get December in here before the year ends.

            The Brugmansia is filling out nicely and the Poinsettia can be seen starting to colour up in the background ...

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            The Portuguese Lavender is starting to bloom ...
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            A surprise here, I got some Oxalis triangularis corms from Bulgaria in August which started off slowly as I have them planted out in front of the house where we sit. But today ...
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            A view from where I sit out front (you can see the Brugmansia in the distance) ...

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            The Iochroma ...
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            The Oxalis triangularis ...
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            The Poincettia which this year doesn't have blooms low down and it is very tall, guesstimate four meters ...

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              Jatropha podracia really looking good this year in The Courtyard. I can't believe it is one of my seed successes with that stunning caudex living happily in full sun next to a bamboo ...
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              That is a rogue Freesia that keeps appearing as I had them in that pot a couple of years ago.

              My other caudex plants I am collecting on the South facing ledge in The Baffa, Adenium obessum, with two baby Plumeria seedllings mingling ...
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              And I believe that is An Algarve Garden for 2022. See you next year. :spinning:
               
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                What a way to end the year, as always..beautifully Vicky.:dbgrtmb:
                 
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                  You have done very well, @Victoria! Looking forward to seeing your Desert Roses in bloom!
                   
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                    Thank you Upsy and Balc. I am looking forward to spending more time in my garden in 2023.
                     
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                      Aren't we all! :)
                       
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                        Hoooo I love them Oxelis, they look like butterflies, you have a lovely garden and so you should, you and J have worked hard :spinning:
                         
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                          Thank you Karen. You should try the Oxalis, they are easy peasy.

                           
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                          I shall look for the bulbs now, will they grow outside in the uk ?thanks Vicky :spinning:
                           
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                          They are corms. Only inside in the UK but can go out in the Summer. They are called Oxalis triangularis.
                           
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                            Thanks Vicky, they will look nice on my windowsill, I notice they get little white flowers too :wub2:
                             
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