After The Rain

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lots of yellow flowered weeds opened up today to take advantage of the warm Weather   

  

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The marguerites are in full bloom all over the place:

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and thanks to some more showers we are getting a repeat performance this year;
put a smile on my face on the morning walk.

The prickly pear are blooming again and showing lots of new growth:


but a second plant only 1m away looks very sad by comparison:
it appears to be a different variety but even so the difference is quite pronounced.

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Loads of this tiny little plant has appeared and burst into bloom:

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This plant has burst into bloom along the sides of the road today:

 


previously identified for us by GF in:

https://fuerteventura.click/Thread-Garde...82#pid7182

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Loads of this tiny little plant has appeared and burst into bloom:




Is that by any chance sea rocket (Cakile maritima)? If it is, it should be edible.

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Thanks GMT, I'll look up your suggestion and see if I can confirm. I feel another sacrifice for the forum coming on if it's meant to be edible …………….  

Today I noticed the prickly pear were rejuvenating:


and this one seems to be going straight to flowering/fruiting:


Not something I'd have in my garden by the way, lethal, just a place I go past on my dog walks.

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The Tabaiba plants (Euphorbia family) are standing out like beacons in the countryside as their lime green blooms fill out:



The best view of these, in my opinion, is the south face of the volcano on Lobos which is nearly entirely covered, stunning. Pic next year hopefully!

and other plants are looking good if you can get near enough to spot them:

  

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Spotted in La Oliva today growing in the edge of the pavement:

  

flower is like a convolvulus, very pretty.

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It's that time again when stuff miraculously springs to life after some rain. I'm not expecting too much this year as none of the showers have been heavy enough to really soak into the ground.

This Ugly bush has put out leaves virtually overnight: