Winter in the Algarve

[Uli]

Dear All,

Some pictures from my midwinter garden.

Nerine undulata (Hybrid?) is the very last one of the Nerines. The flowers are weather resistant and last very long but have never set seed.

Narcissus bulbocodium another picture in full bloom. The flowers had to stand heavy rain.

Oxalis luteola

Oxalis glabra 

Oxalis namaquana has open flowers even in the rain.

Iris unguicularis 

[Uli]

Another picture of a native algarvian plant: Erophaca baetica. A lush herbaceous perennial with a large fleshy rootstock. It springs to life very quickly after the first rain and has started to flower now. It looks like a herbaceous Robinia and will grow to 150cm. It produces a lot of large inflated seed pods but a high percentage of the seed is parasitized. It completely dies down at the end of May.
The picture was taken on my land. I encourage young seedlings but have not succeeded to actively sow it in places I would like it to grow.