My six gardening pictures for this Saturday feature some of the plants flowering in my garden at the end of October, taken while dodging the showers. YaY! Rain, glorious rain.
- It seems one or more of my hibiscus plants are always in flower, and today was no exception.
2. The outdoor Bromelia have just started to flower.
3. I think this is a variety of Plumbago. DURANTA ERECTA (GOLDEN DEWDROPS) – my thanks to Chloris and capentalc who correctly identified the plant. I took a cutting of an established plant I admired. After several years, it has established itself between the Maleulca hedge and the palm tree. After a summer of drought and only being watered as an afterthought, I never expected it to survive.
4. The Bird of Paradise has just started to flower.
5. Plectranthus or Swedish Ivy (thanks to Fred) fredgardener who kindly identified the plant. I have no idea what this plant is called why the leaves have turned almost white. Maybe it does not like full sun or is nutrient-deficient.
This is the same plant growing in the shade.
6. Several succulents are also in flower.
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That’s my Six on Saturday for this week. To catch up with more Six on Saturday gardening bloggers, please check out Jim’s blog.
Piglet in Portugal 
I love your collection of plants!
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Thank you, Noah 🙂
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I’m so envious of the Strelizia, beautiful. The succulents look great.
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Thank you. The strelizia is such a givving plant once it is established.
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Can you still get birds of paradise sent over to UK from your holiday? Years ago it was a popular tourist thing.
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I’m not sure. There are numerous restirctions since Brexit. Even to send a basic parcel from the UK to Portugal or vice versa you now need to jump through The Customs loops.
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So very pretty! I love touring your garden. I once was gifted a beautiful hibiscus from a student but that summer was so cold that it died. That is the only time I’ve had a hibiscus plant.
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What a shame it died. My hibiscus are okay to night temps of about 1C… but then they are in a sheltered location.
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Here’s a better look at the duranta erecta from my blog https://verdantgarden.blog/2024/09/20/alstroemerias-carnations-dahlias-gerbera-daisies-hibiscuses-gardens-trumpet-photography-landscape-nature-golden-dewdrops/#respond
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I love all your flowers and garden. The # 3 plant is actually a duranta erecta. Be careful where you put it, it gets wildly big. It can grow as tall as 15+ feet (4.5 meters). I have it near the fence like you do and it gets really tall and wide.
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Thank you capentalc. I was lucky I planted it where I did, and that was more luck than judgement. It will make a good backdrop to the palm.
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What gorgeous October plants you have to enjoy in Portugal. Plumbago is blue, I think your plant is Duranta erecta.
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Yes, you are right. 🙂 When I was given the cuttings I was told it was a plumbago and never thought to query.
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Oh, that bird of paradise! I would swoon with delight if I saw it in my garden.
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Hi Laurie, and now it established it needs very little attention.
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Ah, Portugal, your blooms are music to my eyes! So beautiful.
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Thank you, Rebecca. And your poetry is like music to my ears 🙂
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Thanks, Piglet.
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Well done that possibly a plumbago! Very pretty indeed.
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Hi trowel the plumbago has since been identified as a duranta erecta by capentalc. Yes, it is pretty 🙂
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What a lovely yard you have, Carole!
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Thank you, Terry. Gardening is my passion.
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#5 isn’t it a variety of plectranthus? The one I have is in full sun but it’s losing its leaves right now with the arrival of autumn
Pretty hibiscus flowers, my favourites are the orange ones !
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Hi Fred, thnaks for identifying the plant. It is a Plectranthusverticillatus
Swedish ivy. https://www.gardenia.net/plant/plectranthus-verticillatus-swedish-ivy-grow-care-guide
and it prefers partial shade/indirect sunlight. That probably explains the white leaves. Yep, the hibiscus flowers never fail to please.
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