An Algarve Garden - 2022

Thank you Michael. I also have lilac Ice Daisies and planted seeds for yellow ones.

 

I will finish off April here.

Callistemon viminalis blooming again ...



Looking across the Front Patio ...



Kitty Kat Korner ...



Iochroma with Plumbago behind and Myrtus 'Taratino' to the right ...


My pots of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ...



Verbena on left, Dipladenas behind (yet to flower but lots of buds) ...


Some Osteopernum taking over the Kitty Kat Korner rockery having nearly all been pulled up last year ... but we love them.





Callistemon viminalis ...









Iochroma cyaneum ...


Lantana montevidensis ...

 

Drosanthemum floribundum (Ice Plant).called Arrozinha here, Little Rice Plant)...




Brugmansia ...



Hibiscus under Brugmansia ...


I was surprised to discover a Honeysuckle done from seed was climbing the trellis and my little Abutilon I standardised is doing well ...



The Bougainvilla by the house is coming into colour ...



Just out just enjoying the garden twice today (morning and late afternoon).
The beautiful Callistemon viminalis is centrepiece ...


The Osteopernums behind the trellis ...


The Boy loving the sunshine ... with my pink Brug cutting in the foreground ...

 

And so May begins ...

My new Photinia 'Red Robin' ...


Brugmansia from Dining Patio side with Honeysuckle to the left and Hibiscus under ...


Brugmansia from other side with Sunseeker Rose behind ...

 

Wow what a finale Vicky!!

 

I am recording here the removal of the Hibbertia scandens and the Honeysuckle for the roof replacement of The Baffa (Outdoor Living Room).

Hibbertia before ...



Hibbertia after ...


Honeysuckle before ...



Honeysuckle after ...

 

Gosh!!....an emotional experience I would think Vicky!

 

It must make a big difference @Victoria, and seems to be lighter

 

Very much so Upsy.

It is about 17 years of growth gone, albeit having occasional trimmings. We want a jungle which creates desperately needed shade. On a positive note, it will grow back.

 

@Victoria ,..what a fantastic amount of out of this world blooms,..loved them all,..not forgetting the boy sunning himself

 

The Melaleuca is starting to bloom with its white brushes, in contrast to the fading ones of the Callistemon (they are 25ft up at least) ...


A few Hibiscus rosa-sinensis blooming ...






Just had a wander looking at the Pelargoniums as they are crammed on the front patio and ballustrades waiting for the roofing works to be done.

In their home on the windowsill before removal of the Hibbertia scandens ...


Now in their temporary home ...



A week following the massacre of the Hibbertia scandens, it is flowering lower down now it is getting more light/sun ...



The Plectranthus "Mona Lavender" has survived but in this position where it only gets a few hours of direct sun ... and it has bloomed twice. We are really pleased with it and hope it fills this pot.

 

As the works are about to start re-roofing The Baffa (Outdoor Living Room) which is also referred to as a Garden Room, thought I'd put up pictures of it emptied out for the works ... which should begin tomorrow as the materials are now here.

Facing The Courtyard (Kitchen Patio) ...


Facing The Front of House Garden ...


Facing the Orange Orchard ...


Facing the Lower Dining Patio ...

 

That's a lovely room @Victoria, it's going to be nice after the work is done and you get it back to normal ...

 

Looks a fab place to escape the heat Vicky.

 

A week following the massacre of the Hibbertia scandens, it is flowering lower down now it is getting more light/sun ...


Plectranthus "Mona Lavender" has survived but in this position where it only gets a few hours of direct sun ... and it has bloomed twice.


Pandorea jasminoides in The Courtyard ...


Looking across the Sand Garden from under the Viburnum to the Bougainvilla at the end of the cottage with Myrtus 'Taratina' to the left. Plumbago centre and Mandevilla in pot. Iochroma overhead left.


Oleander starting to bloom ...



Kitty Kat Korner by cottage ...


Bougainvilla ...


Salvia ...


Pots ...