An Algarve Garden - 2022

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  1. Victoria

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    Roof off Baffa ...
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    Disarray in The Courtyard ...

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      The Pink Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is ahead of the others with plenty of buds.
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      After the unexpected blessing of rain, everything is so fresh and vibrant (mostly green here) but I was delighted to see the Yellow Beloperone guttata (Justicia brandegeeana) Shrimp Plant is really taking off ... next to my beautiful Pink Hibiscus.

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      Passiflora edulis with a fruit below ...

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      Bougainvilla with Oleander starting to bloom ...
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      Iochroma ...
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      Sun through back of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ...
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      The Jacaranda by the lane starting to bloom ...

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      The Oleander at the bottom of the garden opening blooms ...

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        Update on The Baffa/Garden Room.

        Roof off ...
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        Roof on ...
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        Finding Dining Patio ...

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          Lots of green here as we "hot up" heading for Summer.

          Looking out across the Dancefloor ...

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          The Myrtus 'Tarentina', Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' and Hibbertia scandens ...

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          A total surprise, Campsis radicans from seed I planted last year ...

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          Salvia farinacea, Mandevilla on Trellis and Bougainvilla ..
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          The Nursery where I nurture young plants ...

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            June has arrived.

            Little House Martin preening in Jacaranda ...
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            Mandevilla waking up and Salvia farinacea next to it ...

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            Jacaranda mimosifolia against Callistemon viminalis re-blooming again ...
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            Corner Trellis with Mandevilla on right and Passiflora edulis on left ...

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            Thevetia peruviana with first blooms ...

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            Lantana in old china sink ...

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            The biggest surprise of all ... a Brugmansia which was dead and I pulled the stem up last year has come to life again ...
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            Here is it in its glory in 2008 ...

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              Baffa/Garden Room. Builders gone. Roof finished just waiting for window folk to quote for replacements on Orchard side., T'other Half now doing decorative facia, wiring and re-installation of solar panels on roof.
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                It looks lovely @Victoria and nice for you to have it nearly finished :smile:
                 
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                  Thank you Michael. There are still months of work to go and T'other Half has said the interior ceiling will be a Winter project.

                  Guy coming tomorrow afternoon to replace our kitchen door screen (he made it years ago) and install screens in the bathroom windows. In pic below, right horizontal is main bathroom, left vertical is en-suite to guest room/office. In old cottages here bathroom windows are small. It was one humongous bathroom we had made into two in 2007. He now does windows too. Window to right is lounge.


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                  This is where house bends and the blank wall is kitchen/dining with window only onto The Courtyard. Lounge window now to the left. The lane is ours.
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                    Denny, man who did our screens in 2009 is here now repairing kitchen door screen and installing bathroom screens. He will then measure and quote for the new Baffa/Garden Room windows. Builder's man is also coming to quote this afternoon.

                    T'other Half has been working on The Courtyard side and has installed green plastic trellis on window and got the Pandorea jasminoides sort of attached.

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                      The Courtyard being reclaimed with the Pandorea jasminoides back up, the Avocado in the middle surrounded by my three new Brugmansias ...
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                      The Iochroma fuchioides finally filling out so watching for blooms now ...

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                      I have twp Agapanthus blooming, might get a couple more ...

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                      Change of plan ...
                      I had T'other Half move all my Brugmanias (4) from The Courtyard Hothouse to the Dancefloor Patio in front of the house as it gets some shade there. This one I got from Spain as a 10-12cm cutting with root in late February and it has romped away and seems to have developed lots of stems.

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                      It is supposed to be a Double Red & White.
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                        Changes in The Courtyard. We are getting there but still lots to do.

                        Trellis to the orchard up but not permanently as the window folk will need to hop over the stone wall when they install the new windows.

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                          Looking great Vicky.:)
                           
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                            Sunday I saw Cy peeking through the water feature at me ...
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                            He is growing at an alarming rate!
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                            Another week on and we judge by how far up/over the Melaleuca trunk it is ...
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                            Cy is spreading his wings ...
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                            Jacaranda mimosifolio ...
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                            A nice surprise. I got a 10cm rooted cutting of a Brugmansia from Spain on 16 February, and four months later I have a bud .. I wonder what colour it will be. :smile:
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                            Platycodons are opening. They have been in this pot since 2007 and bloom every year ...
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                            Kitty Kat Korner ...
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                            Oleander on Dancefloor ...
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                            Salvia farinacea with rogue Ipomoea ...
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                            Buds and Fruit on Passiflora edulis ...
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                                :smile: Thank you Michael. He was measured yesterday ...
                                Bottom Width 160cm, New Frond Width 120cm, Height of Fronds 140cm (give or take) ...

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