An Algarve Garden 2024

Yes Michael. it is my favourite time of the year when the intense heat has gone. In saying that, we almost got to 27c today.

 

Here we are November and we have finally had some rain to the delight of the garden.

I will go back to 23 October with Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' going inro full bloom and will continue to do so for months ...


The Tecomaria capensis (with Van getting in on the act on his way up to the "hammock" of Izzy Blue ...





The Pink Bougainvilla over the gate still going strong whereas the wine-coloured one by the house has stopped now ...

 

A few views of Cy with Jatropha intergrrima under and Beaucarnea, the small Tecomaria and Tecoma stans to the right ...


... with the large Tecomaria ibehind ...


... with Callistemon ...


Iochroma ...


... with Plumbago peeking through ...



Hibiscus looking refreshed ...

 

Not much has been going on here this month, but we did get some much needed rain, a total of 79mm.

Azaleas still blooming ...



Strelitzias blooming again ..




Brugmansia varigated first two buds .


One bud "disappeared" during heavy storm and other one may open tomorrow ...

 

A few blooms from the month ...

 

You've had a colourful November @Victoria very enjoyable to look at your photos

 

Thank you Michael. I like this time of year. Good weather (perhaps rain, hopefully) and as you say, colour. I like looking at your garden as we can grow different beauties, but sometimes the same like my incredible Rhipsalis baccifera this week now touching the ground ...



... and I have you to thank for the introduction.

 

That's a wonderful plant @Victoria , mine is rather scrawny.
However my R. campos-portoana has long trailing stems

 

December ...

My one and only Brug on the variegated bloomed ... for one day ...


Bougie through the Callistemon and over the gate ...


Some blooms ...



After days of cold down to 4c ...


Poinsettia ...

 

My Hibiscus in pots this morning after many days of cold weather still surviving with lots of buds ...

 

Gosh, it s January already ...

Bird of Paradise ...


Bougainvilla ...




Callistemon ...


Cycas , Callistemon beyond and Iochroma in front ...


Hibiscus ... (all budding but not flowering) ...

 

A few more different views ...

Callistemon and Tecoma stans (Ginger Thomas) looking to the lane ...


The Strelitzia reginae (Bird of Paradise) ...

 

Do you happen to have myrtus (myrtle) baetica (boetica)? I noticed Tarentina in pictures. I love Tarentina, though I had to restore it from seeds.
I'm trying to find baetica, so far found one source in UK, but the plant doesn't look matching variety.

 

I had the common M Communis in the UK and brought it here (in the tumble dryer ) but it never settled and died. So on a trip back I got the M 'Tarentina' from Ventnor Botanical Gardens and it loves it here.

I have never heard of that variety and it looks interesting ... but expensive from Jurassic. I could not find it from any suppliers I use here.

 

I bought from Jurassic, it doesn't look baetic-ish at all, more of a general communis. They say it's a seedling and may not match yet the shape, ok, let's see, I doubt it ever changes. Want to get this variety from somewhere else.

Tarentina, I think, doesn't love cold, mine didn't overwinter outside, but, luckily, I managed to collect seeds and grow again. Now I keep it as a houseplant.
Thank you for checking