An Algarve Garden -2023/24

Lovely and colourful Vicky .

 

Thank you Upsy.xx

 

Melaleuca is looking its best ever and contrasts nicely with the Callistemon now dying off ...


The Honeysuckle has come back on the Dining Patio after last year's massacre ...


Also, the birds seeded one in the Rockery and we transplanted it to a trough by the house and it has its first blooms nesting in the Bougainvilla ...




Down the garden path ...


Impatiens Balsamina blooming and I have never had Purple in the mix before ...


Jasmine Polyanthum is filling out and blooming nicely on the shed wall ...



The Mandevillas starting to bloom ..



Callistemon blowing in the breeze ...

 

May is the month when the Hibiscus really wake up ...

Red Pagoda ... from different angles and light ...




Candy Floss Pink ...






The Jareopha multifidas are getting stronger every day, both with new growth ...

 

Tecoma stans (Ginger Thomas) over and under shade sail ...





Brugmansiia starting a flush on the South side ...


Sunseeker Rose climbing into Brugmansia from the North side ...



Bougainvilla coming into bloom over entrance gate with giant Geranium to the right ...

 

A wander around The Courtyard this morning ...

 

Just a few odd photos ...

First Plumbago blooms ...

Geraniums ...


Adenium Nursery ...

Boy Masquerading as a stone ...

... and as a ballustrade ...

 

A few more odd photos from this morning ...
Balsamina around Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' ...


Hibiscus & Plumbago backed by Myrtus 'Tarentina' ...


Coleus in fourth year ...


Coleus & Hibiscus ...


Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ...


Thevetia peruviana coming into bloom ...

 

A couple I forgot earlier ...
Pots of Mandevilla filling out and budding ... they have been there since 2007 ...


Self-seeded Lantana from a hedge we cur down in 2006 ...

 

All the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis are waking up now.
Two from under the Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' ...



Clerodendrum ugandense ...

I always have a problem with this and for the third time had to wash off the fluffy white foamy problem.

.Justicia brandegeeana (Beloperone/Shrimp Plant) down by The Jungle Room ...


Hamelia patens (Firebush) in The Courtyard ...

 

The red and orange hibiscus is a special one.

 

@Victoria I finally lost my Clerodendrum ugandense as I put in the greenhouse during the winter and it couldn't take the very low temperatures. I couldn't keep it in the conservatory any longer as it dropped sticky flowers everywhere.

 

Just came in from sitting out front for a couple of hours and took a shot looking toward the Dining Patio Hibiscus Candy Floss opening, Plumbago and Myrtus 'Tarantina' ...



I am so annoyed as we had gusty winds in the night and the Yellow with Red Throat Hibiscus had a stem with three fat blooms last evening ... and this morning they were knocked off by the Alpendre support post as it hit it (top right).

 

June is here ...

Plumeria appears to have rooted and the Portulacaria afra below ...

Cycas revoluta on 18 May ...


... and on 3 June ...








Jatropha podrica (left) and Jatropha multifida (right) ...


Ripsalis baccifera (Mistletoe Cactus) ...

 

A few from this morning ...
... out front with the Plumbago and Iochroma ...






Van keeping in the shade ...


Out in The Courtyard ...
Podranea ricasoliana through the Olive Tree over the Kitchen Chimney ...

Westrinngia ...

Morning Glory ...