An Algarve Garden -2023/24

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        Blwyddyn Newydd Dda @Victoria ... I am looking forward to seeing some interesting photos from your Algarve garden as the months go by :smile:
        And Bella wishes Van and Munchkin Feliz Ano Novo too :cat-kittyandsmiley:
         
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          From ours to yours ...
           
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            A sign of life to begin the year from the massacre of the Myrtus 'tarentina' and the Jacarada the end of October ...
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              Maybe they will look better after they've regrown, than they did before :smile:
               
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                True Michael, but it will be a challenge for them.
                 
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                  Schlumbergera truncata (that is what I have it listed as) Christmas cactus on the North facing ledge of The Baffa ..
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                  jatropha podagrica hanging on to its leaves and bloom in The Courtyard ...
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                  Salvia coccinea (Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage) giving a few blooms, also in The Courtyard ...
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                  From the front of house ...
                  Hibiscus Petit Sunrise, a dwarf variety ...

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                  Thunbergia alata ( Black Eyed Susan) with Creeping Verbena coming through from the rockery ..
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                  [​IMG] Sitting in The Courtyard this morning, view down path with pretty Geranium blooming at Gate ...[​IMG]

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                    Very pretty and uplifting Vicky.:)
                     
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                      Thank you Upsy.
                       
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                        A month on and new growth at the top of the Jacaranda ... we are so excited.
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                        The Birds of Paradise are dying off but still look good after our cold spell ....
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                          I have a Bird of Paradise seedling, (4 years old), growing in our kitchen. It will need repotting in the spring as its roots are pushing the compost out of the pot! :heehee:
                           
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                            February brings ...

                            Nandina coloured up nicely (behind Munchkin)... I wasn't sure it would here ...

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                            Iochroma still with blooms ...
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                            Oxalis triangularis ...
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                            Thunbergia alata (oirange) still climbing trellis ... and self seeded and climbing Bougainvillea nearby)
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                            Van is peeking through the trellis Find the cat :heehee: ...
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                            Nandina 'Fire Power' in full colour mode now ...

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                            Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Double Peach under the Brugmansia ...
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                            Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' ...
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                            Pelargonium in lower rockery (about 5 ft tall) ...

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                              :wow: you have so many plants in flower! :yay:
                               
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                                March is here already and we haven't had any rain to speak of which is why I prefer evergreen ...
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                                Freesias, Photinia and Iochroma ...
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                                Munchkin lazing on the air/heat condenser under the Bougainvilla ...
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