[Hilary]

Echium plantagineum, Purple viper’s bugloss

Growing by the side of the road together with Crown daisies, mid-April, here in Corinth.

I was stumped by the white flowers growing among the blue / purple viper’s bugloss.

[Hilary]

Antirrhinum, Snapdragons both white and red

Gaura lindheimeri, now Oenothera lindheimeri,
and white gravel

Seen mid-June when we went out for a ride looking for flowers to snap under the midday sun. These two were seen in a seaside area of holiday homes, not far from Corinth.

[Charithea]

Hilary, I don't remember seeing a white floweringEchium platagineum  before.  I like it.  I love the airiness of the Oenothera lindheimeri .  After many years of trying to grow them I have had success.  I love the reddish ones but I am happy also with the white ones.

[Hilary]

I think the white Echium must have had had some illness

[John J]

Personally I have a 'thing' against white gravel. Yes, it looks pristine when first laid, but over time it gets dirty. In the summer sun it glares and reflects the light and heat, the poor plants get it coming both ways as the heat is reflected back up onto the underside of their leaves. Here in Cyprus I know of people who have replaced their white gravel for a darker colour after a few years due to it becoming grubby looking. We have used a type of brown 'gravel' that looks more natural and actually will gradually break down over very many years.

[Hilary]

A FLOWER IN AUGUST
Lantana camara

There used to be several bushes of Lantana with its pretty pink and white flowers in the central square of Corinth.

All gone now

[Hilary]

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Snapped at Maronia beach in August 2006
The region of East Macedonia and Thrace in northern Greece

[Hilary]

Lantana, mostly orange
Growing over the summer cinema wall, in Corinth

[Hilary]

Justicia brandegeeana

Seen one August in Sparta

And as a bonus seen in a greenhouse in Madrid one March

[Hilary]

Lantana , dark pink and orange
Another flower in August

[Hilary]

 VEGETABLES
August vegetables, a gift from Epirus

[Charithea]

I have always loved aubergines with garlic and tomatoes. I cook them often. I learnt to like peppers and courgettes. By the way our Justicia brandegeeana is thriving. I have cut it down to the base like I was advised to do and it is flowering now.

[Hilary]

We have eaten aubergines in tomato and garlic for two days, now to learn how to deep freeze the rest

[Hilary]

I went for a walk with my nine-year-old granddaughter a couple of days ago ostensibly to cross the bridge over the dry river bed but in fact to look for a Rosemary bush I wanted to immortalize.
We were both very happy with our walk as she met a friendly cat and I found all these plants to snap. The Rosemary bush was not at all presentable, so no photo

The only one I have named for you is the one with dark red leaves, Oxalis triangularis

[Hilary]

Agapanthus and Plumeria rubra

I went for a walk one windy day in July looking for more interesting plants and came a narrow garden with a friendly owner who was thrilled when I took a photo of her plants. All too often I am looked upon as a suspicious character while taking innocent photos of garden plants, albeit from the other side  of the wall

The white Agapanthus must have been awesome when in flower

The red flowering plant looks to me, from photos I have seen, to be Plumeria rubra, Frangipani.

Red Frangipani stars in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 19, Winter 2000 in
PLUMERIA RUBRA ACUTIFOLIA:
PALERMO’S MUCH LOVED PLANT
By Marcello Cascino

There is also a drawing of the plant by Flavio Zanon which I have scanned for you