[Charithea]

Hilary all your red flowers are lovely but I think theLilium bulbiferum is magical.

[Hilary]

Yes, I am lucky to have a few friends with gardens.
Usually in the spring and in the autumn  I visit each of them to see their latest additions and changes .
My  friend, whose garden the lily was in, also grows chard ,rokka, parsley, mint of course and has hens. So I usually come home laden with leafy greens and eggs

[Hilary]

ORANGE FLOWERS IN MAY

1 Aloe helenae, Corinth, Greece
2 Coreopsis tinctoria, Ancient Corinth, Greece.
3 Hemerocallis fulva, Kiato, Corinthia, Greece
4 Apricot coloured rose, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
5 Papaver, orange coloured, Corinth Greece
I have no idea where I saw this but from the date and time it was in Corinth, Greece

[Hilary]

YELLOW FLOWERS IN MAY

1 Chrysanthemum coronarium, Ancient Corinth, Greece 
2 Helichrysum stoechas, Corinth, Greece
3 Same as above, closer
4 Onosma echioides, Mount Taygetus, Lakonia, Greece
5 Yellow rose, Kyra Vrisi, Corinthia, Greece

[Charithea]

Good choice of flower/plants Hilary. I would love to have theOnosma echioides growing in our garden.

[Hilary]

GREEN IN MAY

1 Achillea millefolium, Yarrow, Αγριαψιθιά, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
1 Broussonetia, Ancient Corinth, Greece
3 Clematis Alice Fisk seed heads Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
4 Vitis, grapevine, Corinth, Greece
5 Morus, Mulberry tree, Corinth Greece

[John J]

The first flowers of the year are beginning to appear on our Acca sellowiana bushes.

[John J]

Another Epiphyllum this one 'Candy Crush'.

[Hilary]

BLUE FLOWERS IN MAY

Only one flower and it looks more mauve than blue

Limonium sinuatum, Winged Sea Lavender

This plant grows in abundance at the Corinth Gulf end of the canal

The polystyrene ball covered in Sea Lavender was rescued from the decorations of a wedding reception, no that is a lie I was given it. When the roses and lilies died I was left with the ball so the next May Day we went to Poseidonia to make our May wreath and I picked enough Sea lavender to cover the ball. Then I gifted it to the happy couple.

 I was going to say returned but I have read so many blogs recently written by women of the USA that gifted sprung to mind

[John J]

Yet another opened this morning, 'Ambrosia'.

[Hilary]

PURPLE FLOWERS IN MAY

1 allium ampeloprasum, Corinth, Greece
2 Bauhinia, Geroskipou, Cyprus
3 Bougainvillea, Corinth, Greece
4 Campanula, Ancient Corinth, Greece
5 Clematis ’Alice Fisk’ Sparta, Lakonia, Greece.

[Charithea]

Hilary, I love the powder blue of the Limonium sinuatum.  Ours seem to die every summer and need to be replaced.  We were in quarantine this spring so we did not get any.

[Hilary]

MAUVE FLOWERS IN MAY

1 Campanula, Mykines, Argolis, Greece
2 African daisy, Corinth, Greece
3 Gazania, Loutraki, Corinthia, Greece
4 Limonium perezii, Haifa, Israel
5 Mauve rose with ant, Ancient Corinth, Greece

[Hilary]

DEEP PINK FLOWERS IN MAY

1 Pelargonium, dark pink, Sparta, Lakonia

2 Mimulus, pink Ancient Corinth

3 Lapranthus, Corinth

4 Dahlia, Loutraki, Corinthia

5 Rose, Corinth

All photos were taken in Greece

[John J]

Yesterday we took advantage of the slight relaxation of lockdown rules that had come into force to make a dash to our favourite Garden Centre (30 mins drive away). We came back with a boot full of goodies for the princely sum of 50 euros. One of the ones we got ( a freebie) he was unsure of the name of, possibly a Bidens, if so we decided it must be a hybrid. The best I can come up with is one called 'Campfire Fireburst'. If anyone can either confirm this or provide a more accurate ident I'd be grateful.