Sunshine and Flowers.
We wanted to turn tail the damp and dismal days of November . Four of us all desire cheerfulness and quite a little and I wanted flowers . So we go to Madeira .
Madeira
We walked the levadas , which are canals fetch water system to the crop planted on the hasty mountainside .
Madeira
Levada
There were dramatic views .
And scary burrow .
Madeira
And the flowers action all my expectations . There are so many beautiful flowers indigenous to Madeira but there are also many garden escapes that thrive and spread in the sub- tropical clime . TheseAmaryllis belladonnawere spreading all over the rocks .
Amaryllis belladonna
Gorgeous Aloe arborescens , an introduction from South Africa seems very invasive . I wish it would overrun my garden .
Levada
Aloe arborescens
This next plant life is a Ligularia . I have never seen one like this before . It isLigularia tussilaginea . I wonder if it is fearless .
Ligularia tussilaginea
There were some gorgeous succulents , particularly thisAgave attenuatawhich comes from Mexico but grows everywhere here . It has huge arced flower heading .
Agave attenuata
This diminutive native marigold produce waste . It is so pretty , I bid I could get seeds of it .
Calendula maderense
I have never escort this plant life , Gomphocarpus physocarpusbefore with its huge seedheads .
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Amaryllis belladonna
I have no idea what these berry are .
The wild bloom everywhere were amazing but a trip to the Botanical Gardens at Funchal was the high spot . Specially as we come there by cable cable car .
I sleep with this huge Madeiran Scilla , I think it would see lovely in a pot . It isScilla maderensis .
Aloe arborescens
Scilla maderensis
I was intoxicated by the abundance of blossom . Here are some more beauty .
Madeira really is the island of flush . Now I ca n’t expect to go back and see it at other sentence of the year . Meanwhile it is nice to be home . It would be even squeamish if only it would stop rain down ,
Ligularia tussilaginea
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What a wonderful slip ! I ’m surprised at how many of those plants are also develop here . The Gomphocarpus Amelia identify ( often sold has Asclepias physocarpa “ Family Jewels ” here ) grows in my own garden . The plant with the orange berries may be Auranticarpa rhombifolium ( formerly classified as a variety of Pittosporum ) , which also grows in my garden . I consider I ’d feel right at home in Madeira !
OMG , I am so envious … I do n’t cognize where to start ! Are n’t those Gomphocarpus seedpods entrancing ? !
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