[Hilary]

Mirabilis jalapa, Four o’ clock flower, Δειλινό

 Most of the flower photos from Septembers past in my archives are from visits to the UK and maybe not suitable for this thread of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY Forum

However, Mirabilis jalapa  is very much in evidence round the trees in the pavements here in Corinth at the moment
In fact, we even have a volunteer in the entrance to the block of flats
 
These three flowers  were seen in Sparta a few years ago

[Hilary]

Catharanthus roseus and Cycas revoluta

Some more plants in the neighbourhood

The bed where the Cycas has been growing for at least ten years was recently covered with white gravel and planted with Madagascar periwinkles

[John J]

Personally I don't like white gravel. It looks very pretty at first when it's pristine white but over time it gets dirty and grubby. Also it reflects the heat of the sun so the poor plants get it both ways, direct as it comes down and up under their leaves as it bounces back off the gravel.

[David Dickinson]

I had never really thought about the adverse effects of white gravel before. I just instinctively preferred beige/light brown gravel. Or, a throw back to my UK Lake District days?, slate chippings. Specially if they have a greenish tinge to them.

[Charithea]

Hilary, I would like to respond to yours last two posts. First the flowers of Mirabilis Jalapa. My late brother had them growing every year in his town house. They were amazing. The colour mix was unbelievable. I put down seeds from his flowers but I never had exciting colours. They seemed  dull and mundane. The other is the Madagascar periwinkles. Every crack in the road  here in the village has these things growing. They call them Daphnoutia but I don't have any. I planted some and they died.

[Hilary]

I would love to see a photo of the Madagascar periwinkles growing in the cracks in the roads.
They must like hot dry places

[Hilary]

YELLOW FLOWERS IN THE PERIVOLAKIA

 Yellow flowers in the new Town Square, always known as the Perivolakia although its official name is Panayis Tsaldaris Square.

In June I went to see what planting had been done in the newly revamped square and found most of it to be yellow flowers

Jacobaea maritima, Dusty Millar
Lantana, yellow
And another yellow flower the name of which escapes me

[Hilary]

And the photos

[David Dickinson]

Hi Hilary,

The last photo above looks like what is sold as Gazania marittima here in Rome. What the difference is between that and G. nivea, I don't know. Some of the photos of G. nivea show a black base to the petals but others don't. The plant could be something different, of course. I am no expert.

[Hilary]

Thanks, someone else suggested Gazania
The flowers looked smaller tan what I thought was Gazania

[Hilary]

I found this photo from 2015 on my computer and there it is the Gazania which is growing in the Square

ΓΚΑΖΑΝΙΑ ΕΡΠΟΥΣΑ, Gazania rigens

Somewhere I read that is a ground coverer and according to my husband and the dictionary έρπουσα means creeping

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[Hilary]

Oxalis corniculate var. atropurpurea, Creeping wood sorrel

I nearly tripped over this tiny plant growing in a crack in the pavement in midJune. Then, most annoyingly, I couldn’t remember where I had seen it.
 Later, In  July, I came across another plant and picked some of the leaves.

Hopefully I have identified the plant correctly as the purple version of Creeping wood sorrel

[Charithea]

Hilary here is a photo of the periwinkle that its growing out of the wall.  I did not have to go far with my Ipad to photograph it.

[Hilary]

The Periwinkle looks strong and healthy

[Hilary]

One of the new coffee shops which opened at the Kalamia, our local beach in Corinth, was still setting up shop mid-July.

Since the day was too windy and the sea too rough, for me at least, I went along to check out what all the greenery was

Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Schefflera
And what I imagine are Cypress bushes

I don’t know if they are going to leave all these plants to look after themselves during the  winter