An Algarve Garden 2024

Iochroma really flourishing after severe cutback in November ...


Iochroma Australe (Eriolarynx australis) ... has its first buds ...


Geranium ...


Thunbergia alata (Black Eyed Susan) clambering everywhere over trellis and into Bougainvillea ...






Cobaea on Courtyard Trellis ...



The above was from the first week in January.

 

From this morning ...

Front of House Patio ...


Raised Patio ...


Cy ...



Hibisscus Red full of buds ...


Hibiscus and Iochroma ...


First buds on Iochroma after cutback ...


Oxalis pes-caprae and Creeping Verbena ...

Jacaaranda sorouting after cutback ...

 

Just some sunny pictures from this morning ...

Iochroma ...


Iochroma australe first flower ...


Hibiscus rosa-sinensis...


Front Pots ...


Front of House Patio...


Creeping Verbena ...


Lavender ...

 

Cut back the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis by one third this morning. It is the first time I have done this so was cringing as I cut. Also cut back the lower branches of the Iochroma above them to let the sun in, but J will have to do the top.

 

I will close out January with just a couple of pics.

Spent just over an hour on the Front of House Patio cutting the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis by one third. Some had buds just ready to open so left those stems till the weekend. Also cut the lower branches on the Iochroma to let the sun through, but J will have to do the top.



I cleared the weeds from the pots on the raised Patios out front and cut the plants/shrubs back in them.




The Callistemon viminalis filling out ...


Hibiscus rosa-sinensis buds ...


Prunus amygdalus, Almond in bloom. This is a self seeded baby near our entrance gate (from the mother tree the other side of the wall and gate) ...

 

February arrives dry and sunny with the Almond looking grand ...


The Callistemon is constantly fluttering with Chiff Chaffs ...


The Iochroma looks good with it cut back at the top ...


The Azalea is opening its buds ...




The Cyclamen enjoying the sun ...

 

It's been a hazy overcast day today, but I have a nice view from the kitchen sink and The Courtyard of the oranges ripening in the orchard ...

 

And we were blessed with rain ...








Viburnum starting to bloom ...

 

Just a couple of views ...




Azalea Helmut Vogel in full bloom now ...


A closeup of the blooms ...


First Freesias of 2024 ...



... and Osteopermums ...


Freesies opening in the rockery now.


These are the dark ones in the pot ...


Delospermum cooperii (hardy Ice Plant) ...



Cercis siliquastrum starting to bloom, looking untidy with last year's pods still hanging on ...


Hibiscus ...

 

I bought my Citrus paradisi, Ruby Red Grapefruit in 2005 . We had it in a pot and it had flowers in 2007 but no fruit. We then put it in the ground but it has not done much ... until now and we discovered flower buds, hundreds of them ...

 

Looking very promising VIcky..

 

Ending February, something cheery on a dreary day, through the Brugmansia Tunnel ...



... and some Hibiscus rosa-sinensis starting to bloom beneath ...

 

Beginning March with Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' looking fine in the sunshine ...

 

I seem to have missed a lot of your posts @Victoria, I'm sorry about that but I haven't been as active as usual on here for a while. I've caught up now, and it was nice to see lots of photos at the same time. You had a colourful February, and March is starting off with a sunny yellow Brugmansia, very nice

 

The brug is exceptional, looking at that confirms I was wasting my time all those years, you just cant really get that over here without a massive greenhouse.