Wednesday 24 November 2010

All Things Bright and Beautiful!

Living in the hot sun with little rain, means plants have to be pretty robust. Here are a few that live in the little wall gardens down our drive. By the way the bananas belong to our neighbour, I have my eye on them turning yellow!












13 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOVE the beautiful pics! With the exception of the bananas, I have all of these plants in my yard! Gorgeous.

Suzy, The Grey Brunette said...

Lovely pics, Pauline! Did you take them recently? Is it really still hot and sunny in the Canaries? It's been pretty wet and horrible over in the Algarve the past few days.
I've got a banana plant in my garden... I reckon it's a freak of nature though. It grew so shockingly fast that it gives me the creeps!
Hope all is well with you.
x

Pauline Barclay said...

Hello Liz, like you I don't have bananas in my garden they belong to our neighbour, can't wait to see them yellow!

Hi Suzy, yes it is still hot here, yestrday the beach was full and lots of people in the sea! The pics, I took this week! Still in shorts and t/shirts! Thanks for calling by :)

Rosalind Adam said...

Your garden must be looking fabulous with all those massive plants in it. I love the top one. Is it a form of Escallonia?

Pauline Barclay said...

Hello Rosalind, the top one is Bourganvillea, it growns here like a weed and is so vibrant all the years round. x

Caroline Clemmons said...

Nice photos!

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

Such beautiful photos. They make me long for the summer, and looking out of the window at all the hail sitting on my lawn makes me long for it even more.

Pauline Barclay said...

Hello Caroline, thanks for stopping by. Hoping you have a great weekend and not too cold!

Hi Debs, Nice to see you here, thanks. We complain about the wind and the heavy showers this morning, but it is back to blue sky and hot sunshine....sending some to you. Hugs x

Kittie Howard said...

Great pics, Pauline. Love those apple banannas. We had a similar type garden when we lived in Kenya. Miss it lots!

Pauline Barclay said...

Hello Kittie, as always thanks for stopping by, I love it when I see you on my comments. By the way the banannas have been picked!x

The Happy Whisk said...

Hi Pauline. I'm a new reader to your blog and just joined today. My name is Ivy and it's nice to meet you.

Love the photos. Fantastic.

Pauline Barclay said...

Hello Ivy, just seen you on my latest Blog too, thanks for stopping by and I'm looking forward to talking more. Thanks again for your lovely comments on the pics....see you soon!

The Happy Whisk said...

Hi Pauline. My bad. I thought I had signed up to your blog yesterday, but instead, I only added you to my jelly roll. Anyhow, now I'm all signed up, proper like.

Looking forward to chatting with you. Have a most excellent rest of your day :-)