An Algarve Garden -2023/24

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  1. Victoria

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    Pink Brugmansia suavolens having made a miraculous recovery from c2008, has started blooming for the third time this year ...
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    And because we have been housebound with Covid since the first of the month, we missed the full bloom of Charles Grimaldi, which looks like it desperately needs water ..
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    Beloperone 'Lutea' ...

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    Hibiscus rosa-sinensus 'Petit Sunrise' ...
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    Plectranthus 'Mona lavender' and Balsamina ...

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    Nandina 'FirePower' ...
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    Just a few more of the Pink Brygmansia this morning ...
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      Lovely photos @Victoria, the Brugmansias are beautiful.
      I used to have a Nandina but it has died, I must get another one, they are nice plants.
       
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          Beautiful flowers, @Victoria :yay: Congratulations on keeping it alive - it's repaid you handsomely! :dbgrtmb:
           
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            Beloperone 'Lutea' ...
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            Hibiscus rosa-sinensus 'Petit Sunrise' ...

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            Nandina 'FirePower' ...
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            Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Red Pagoda' ...
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            HibisQs® - 'Petit Sunrise' ...

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            Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Red ...

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              Hib 14 Oct 23.jpg
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              Cyclamen 21 Oct 23.jpg

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              Troby Nilolas 21 Oct 23.jpg

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                What stunning colours.!! Beautiful.:imphrt:
                 
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                  Thanks Upsy. But now it is to all the cutbacks made on Saturday.

                  The Cycas before ...
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                  ...and after ...

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                  The Melaleuca was leaning too much, on Friday ...
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                  ... so Saturday it cut was back drastically ...

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                  The Jacaranda ...
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                  Iochroma in June with Plumbago ...
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                  ... on Friday ...
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                  ... and today following Saturday's cutback with |Plumbago cutback behind ...
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                  The Brugmansia was leaning on The Jungle Room roof .. Brugmansia 4 Nov 23.jpg Brugmansia2 4 Nov 23.jpg
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                  That was the hard work done.
                   
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                    Just a tidy up of Tecoma stans...
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                    Hibiscus now getting Autumn sun ...
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                    Coleus, Red Hibiscus, Cyclamen and Achimenes ...

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                    The big Tecomaria is now visible from Front of House Patio where we sit ...
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                    A view now from the front doors ...

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                      Got better shots of the Jacaranda cutback ...
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                      Down the path ...

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                      To the Courtyard and Kitchen Door and Front of House Patio to the right ...
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                        Yes, it has made an amazing difference. :biggrin:
                         
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                          I tidied the pots in The Courtyard lunchtime ...
                          Thevetia peruviana, Westringia and Salvia ...

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                          Jatropha podagrica and Jatropha multifida ...
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                          Avocado tree and I underplanted Dianthus and Protea and Hibiscus syriacus I did from seed ...

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                          Plumeria underplanted with Portulacaria afra and Hameila patens ...

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                          Munchin keeping me company under the Pandorea jasminoides ...

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                            Lovely @Victoria, and nice to see Munchkin with you there - she's in two photos :cat-kittyandsmiley:
                             
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                              Thank you Michael. Munchkin is usually with me when I am out ... she's by the fire (wood) now as J lit one because it is cool for us being a few degrees under normal. This sort of finishes the garden for us till Spring. :smile:
                               
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