I love this season, and can’t resist posting about it each year. The swallows have arrived, geckos are running up the walls. As everything is drying up, colors burst all around .
My agapanthus is out.
Oleander bushes are the best things to plant in Greece, since they don’t need water once they’ve had a good start in life. They can grow to be huge, and flower all summer long.
Bougainvillea – bright as flames.
Even roadside weeds are pretty.
And the figs are coming along nicely.
#ilovesummer
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Beautiful colours, Marina. Bougainvillea is sublime. You are so lucky to have that.
Best wishes, Pete.
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What lovely pictures of beautiful flowers yes, even the wild ones. I love a gap an thus abd they are hardy enough to survive here in Scotland.
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My comment should say ‘agapanthus and’. A weird mix of predictive text nonsense and my inability to type. Sorry about that 🙂
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I did get it! Mine keeps doing it too…😅
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Beautiful
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Spring is an effusive season in most places. Thank you for sharing your bounty with us. Do you plan to paint any of these beauties?
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Yes, especially the weeds! I keep the photos for inspiration 😊
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Beautiful
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Beautiful photos 💜🌹
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I don’t know what an agapanthus is MLK, but it is stunning!
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I THINK the wild blue flower is a wild endive… but I’m willing to be corrected!
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Interesting. I have no idea what they’re called
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A post to make one happy, especially in early-winter Australia 🙂 ! Oddly, in my local climate of cool winters and warm-to-hot summers, my garden of over 10,000 agapanthus (sadly paler than yours) comes into blossom well before Christmas . . . . adore the bougainvillea for which my temps are slightly too cold . . . . thanks 🙂 !
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Glad you enjoyed it, Eha. Nothing like flowers to lighten the mood 🌹🌺
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Love your blues and hot pinks: I dare not plant bougainvillea in this climate as it would rapidly take over the entire garden, but I adore the colour – it could only be improved by planting a bright orange one right next to it!
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I didn’t know they could be so invasive, that’s interesting. But they do give a bit of color in an arid landscape
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I think they love our tropical climate, and sprawl enthusiastically over everything. You see huge splashes of pink, purple and orange all over the place, often clashing wildly with its neighbour.
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Yes, they do clash, don’t they? But they cheer me up!
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Me too… 🙂
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Ah we have one of those fig trees at the bottom of the garden we tried to get rid of it and failed!
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But does it produce figs? Then it’s worth having them. They’re very tough, that’s why they survive in Greece in places where there’s no water to be had for months. But those are the best figs…
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It used before we chopped it down. It’s growing again. Yes, its a VERY tough tree.
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It’s a great relief to the eyes to have colour again after winter.
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Yes!
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Beautiful photos
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Beautiful! I would show you some of my flowers here in France but it hasn’t stopped raining long enough for me to risk the camera yet 😦
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😬 Soon…
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I miss Bougainvillea sooooo much!
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They are lovely, aren’t they?
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Ahh! The figs! Now you have my attention. Heading into winter here. But our subtropical climate allows us to have many of your featured species all year round.
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Wow, all those colors are great! Thanks for sharing! We’re in Canada lately and it’s hard getting used to real seasons – Summer is just coming in and finally were getting temps up in the 20’s! lol, it’s something like 44 in Egypt right now – I don’t miss that at all! ;^)
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I really would like to visit Egypt someday. I traveled there once, at 13, with a friend whose father was the Greek ambassador. I’ve never forgotten the impression it made on me—loved every minute. Must go back…
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It’s really a crazy place… unless you’re with the Greek Ambassador – that would really be special!!
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At the time I was awestruck. First time traveling without my parents, to a strange and wonderful place. I still remember the water-buffaloes along the Nile—and lots of other details.
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ahhh, the water buffalos along the Nile! btw water buffalo ghee is excellent for cooking with ;^) – here’s a story and pic from my front window in Egypt:
https://www.kissfromtheworld.com/magazine/blog-posts/travel/egypt/no-city/a-young-water-buffalo-on-her-first-trip-to-the-field/
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Such beautiful colors!
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Thanks, Lynn!
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Gorgeous photos!
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