The weather continued much the same as the week before and the months before that. Cold, rain and windy interspersed with sunny intervals.
The geraniums and pelargoniums continue to thrive although the pink and purple one above has now got a virus attacking the leaves. I´ve treated it. Fingers crossed it survives.
The crown of thorns succulent continues to flower as it has done all winter.
The bottle brush is always a joy.
as are the dipladenias
and the gazanias (African daisy) which self-seed producing an interesting range of colours
Finally, we have the nasturtiums and the cyclamen.
There should have been various hibiscuses but rain ruined the open flowers and the rest were just buds.
That´s it for this week, folks. Do check out more six on saturday garden bloggers over at
Piglet in Portugal 
For a lot of rain and not a lot of sun you’ve got a stunning array of flowers!
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Hi Bernie, I think it’s because the rain is interspersed with brillant sunshine. I don’t think the high humidity will work for my tomatoes and courgettes though. We will see.
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It was a drought last year, though, wasn’t it? Man, Mother nature makes it tough!
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IT sure does. If it’s not the weather it’s the critters and if it’s not the criters it is viruses. IF we had to rely on my harvests to survive we would starve.
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You have some gorgeous plants in your garden! I have noted the names of the ones with which I am unfamiliar. I love container gardening, so you have inspired me – thanks!
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Thanks, June. When you find the right plants container gardening is great. I much prefer growing plants in pots as you can move them around. Good luck with your CG projects
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I love the Bottle brush.
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Thanks, Trowel. IT is also one of my favorites and the birds love it.
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What an interesting collection of floral lovelies you have on your post this week. The bottle brush is fabulous, but for me the standouts are the lovely dipladenias. I adore the way the red trails along the ground.
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Thanks, Catherine. Yep, the dipladenias and the crown of thron give almost year round colour which is a bonus. I buy a couple of new ones every year as I have found they do go woody in time
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All of my pelargoniums are pretty much past it now and I’m at a stage where I want to reduce the maintenance of keeping plants overwinter that are too tender to remain outdoors, so I shall simply enjoy them as annuals if at all. My hardy geraniums on the other hand are no bother at all, unless they self-seed in places where I don’t want them.
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Hi HJ, I remember trying to overwinterwinter them in the UK and it was a pain. The hardy pelargoniums sound a better option.
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I love visiting your beautiful garden, and lovely flower pots. Absolutely stunning!
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Thanks, Donna. We’ve been away so it’s only when I return after a break I can truly appreciate the garden as I look at with new eyes
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The Bottle Brush…yes, it’s always a joy! I wish I could grow them here, but I certainly enjoy seeing them during travels and on fellow bloggers’ posts. I’m a huge fan of Gazanias and Opuntias, and everything else you’ve shared here, too. Happy “Six”!
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Happy belated Six, Beth 🙂
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Bottlebrush was a common street tree in the San Diego neighborhood where I grew up. Love it, as did the bees! Crown of thorns was also popular there. Here it is grown as a houseplant. Nasturtiums are a fave of mine. I won’t see any for a while yet, but they will come!
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Hi, when I first started gardening here, I was fascinated by the bottlebrush and as you say the bees love it. Crown of thorns I’d never seen until we went to Lanazorote and now they are one of my go to plants for almost year round drought tolerant plants.
I love nasturtiums. I frow as a food. EAt the flowers, leaves and seed pods 🙂 Do you?
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Southern Europe is really unlucky weather-wise this year… nevertheless, you manage to find beautiful photos of flowering plants and shrubs in your garden. For me this week, the best are the gazanias and the bottle brush plant.
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Yep, we have had our fair share of bad weather, Fred. I see the UK have a heatwave.
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All of your flowers are lovely, Carole. In south Texas, I was sad to see my newly planted crown of thorns damaged by frost. I decided not to dig it up in hopes that it would recover from the root. The parent plant, which belongs to our neighbor is huge, and survived the frost with very few issues so it’ll be interesting to see how ours is faring when we return in the fall.
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Fingers crossed, Terry. You might get some new shoots.
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