After The Rain

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

A gorgeous Passiflora in a friend's garden:



And not all seedlings are weeds! This little patch that has appeared in my garden are mainly lavender or caespina:

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Loads of snails appeared today:

 

The desert rose has started flowering again while the previous seed pods are still ripening and my poinsettia shrub is promising beautiful flowers very early this year.:

 

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In the middle of nowhere there are some lovely patches of vibrant green:



shame it's mainly weed!

[Spitfire58]

Great for the wildlife though 

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Saw my first wild echinacea this year today:


Same family as Viper's Bugloss.

[Spitfire58]

Hi Tamara,
Is that also related to the Comfrey family group ? Leaves look somewhat similar although a lot smaller. Just wondered If connected as well with having medicinal value. . Cheers . . Ron

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According to Wikipedia they both belong to the Boraginaceae family. (As does Borage)

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A few of the wild flowers/weeds that are flowering:



The next 2 are vicious. The first one I call the barbed wire plant and the second, the shin shredder:


My favourite, wild lavender from La Gomera which has seeded all over my garden:

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This pretty little purple flower forms great mats across the roughest of ground - you will spot it on the slopes of the mountains where from a distance it colours the slopes like heather.

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Meadows of this wild mustard have appeared all over the place: