Spring in the Algarve

Geri Cooper via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:29:57 PDT
Very special.  Thank you! Geri

> On Jun 10, 2021, at 5:25 AM, Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
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> Dear All,
> 
> Yesterday I went to the coast to gather some wild flower seed. I did not expect so many flowers as the weather has become hot and the vegetation is now getting into summer dormancy. But in a moister lagoon there were some flowers.
> 
> The first picture shows Delphinium gracile, not a geophyte but an annual.
> 
> The second picture is of a magnificent field of Ammi visnaga. It was not touched by the cows which had to content with the dried up vegetation. I had to crawl under the electric fence to take the picture. It has a carrot like root.
> 
> The third picture is from our garden, Centaurium. It is the last spring flower before everything goes brown and there are places where it gives the land a lovely pink haze. I allow it to self seed into the borders, with some extra water it becomes even more beautiful.
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> This is the last spring greeting from Portugal for this year as summer is starting...
> 
> Bye for now 
> 
> Uli 
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