An Algarve Garden - 2021

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  1. Lem

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    Wow @Victoria, I can see the work you’ve put in, a great transformation, hard work I know, but I bet your glad you done it now :thumbsup:
     
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    • Victoria

      Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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      Thank you Lem. I was 24 years younger when I started the project! Now I have time to sit back, relax and enjoy.
       
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      • Victoria

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        I will close off 2021 here ...

        As October ended and November began we got our much needed rain which freshened things up.

        Callistemon re-blooming ...
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        Bougainvillea and Bougainvillea & Oleander with New Buds ...
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        Mandevilla just blooms on and on ...
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        Iochroma re-growth from severe cutback a couple of weeks ago ...
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        Jacaranda re-sprouting already ...
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        Callistemon viminalis going into full bloom again ...
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        Iochroma and Iochroma, Mandevilla & Plumbago ...
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        Tecoma stans and Graced by a Bee ...
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        Just Greenery ...
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        Abyssinian gladiolus (gladiolus murielae) Acidenthera in a pot which has held the Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) for years, since 2007.
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        Dangling Callistemon viminalis ...
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        Acidenthera and Bougainvilla ...
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          Finishing up November ...
          Lantana montevidensis in the rockery ...
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          The Bougainvilla against the front of house ...
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          Bougainvilla over gate and Tecomaria re-blooming (Cercis siliquastrum to right and Almond (Prunus amara) to left going into winter mode) ... [​IMG]

          Going into December ...

          Strelitzia regina (Bird of Paradise) ...
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          A little bit of bright in the gloom, Geraniums and Hibiscus ...
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          My last photos from 2021 ... my beautiful Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' in the drizzle from different angles ...
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          Over to 2022 now.
           
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          • Michael Hewett

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            Such a lot of wonderful blooms to end the year off @Victoria :smile:
             
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            • Victoria

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              The end of the year is always good here Michael ... now we will start to go into our Winter.

              See you in the New Year and I wish you a peaceful and happy one. Vxx
               
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                You too @Victoria :smile: xx
                 
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                  So beautiful Vicky.....and colourful!!!:)

                  It may be lovely and mild here at the mo, but the gardens......well ours...is pretty dull and drab in Winter.:sad: So keep posting pics of your gorgeous garden please. :dbgrtmb:
                   
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                  • Victoria

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                    Thank you Upsy. Will do but we should, I say should be going into rain season. :fingers crossed:
                     
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