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Flowers in Aprils past
Silybum marianum
Marian thistle
Xylokeriza Corinthia April 2102

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Flowers in Aprils past
Tordylium apulum
Mediterranean hartwort
Xylokeriza, Corinthia April 2012

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Flowers in Aprils past
Syringa
Lilac
Sparta April 2013

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Flowers in Aprils past
Allium rosea
Rosy garlic, April 2016
This used to turn up year after year in our balcony trough then it disappeared.

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Flowers in Aprils past
Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust
Corinth 2016

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Flowers in Aprils past
A red rose at the exit of the site of Ancient Corinth,
 April 2017

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Flowers in Aprils past
A pink rose in a garden in Ancient Corinth, April 2018.

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Municipal planting, Corinth, April 2023
Red Geraniums marching towards the sea

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Santolina in April in the square in Corinth.

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April in a friend's garden
I was invited to see a garden in full flower and was surprised, but pleased, to see that her lawn had become a wildflower meadow.
In the flower beds there were Geraniums, Irises, Roses, Lilac and many more.

Here are various coloured African daisies, Osteospermum.

Then the Common Marigold, which reminded me of my mother's neglected garden. Every year these Marigolds would force their way through the rock-hard soil and make a splendid show much to the surprise of the passing neighbours.

And Rose bushes, of course, with busy bees working away.

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Grevillea juniperina, Juniper-leaf grevillea 

A small bush planted in a Garden in Loutraki, Corinthia
I was thrilled to see this plant as  I had never come across it before.

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Jacobaea maritima, Dusty Miller

Another plant in the Town Square, Corinth
The Square has been transformed at least three times since my arrival here in 1966. There was a large flower bed filled with Dusty Miller plants then so seeing these plants in the new beds was like seeing old friends again.

This plant is mentioned many times in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN

I chose to read
SUSTAINABLE PLANTS FOR MEDITERRANEAN HORTICULTURE IN ISRAEL’
By Ori Fragman-Sapir
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 76 April 2014

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Ruta graveolens, Rue, Απήγανος

I saw this plant in a friend’s garden in 2022 but had no idea of its name.
Then this year at a different friend’s garden I came across the mystery plant again, my friend knew its Greek name Απήγανος.

Rue is mentioned in many issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
I chose to read
DRY-STONE WALLS IN A GARDEN IN PROVENCE
By
Kate Marcelin- Rice

THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 80 April 2015

For photographs, see  THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY website
http://www.mediterraneangardensocietyarchive.org/80-walls.html

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Cynoglossum creticum, Blue Hound’s Tongue

Searching for an entirely different wild flower I came across this plant hiding in tall grass. Since I had gone armed with a glass container, scissors and damp paper I took a small cutting of the plant, isn’t the flower pretty?

Cynoglossum creticum is mentioned in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN 92 April 2018
In
THE RENAISSANCE OF A SICILIAN GARDEN
BY
Lesley Dellagana

For photographs, see THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY website

http://www.mediterraneangardensocietyarchive.org/92-sicily.html

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A tortoise lover's garden

I am still visiting  the gardens of friends.

The nasturtiums are allowed to run wild, as this is the spring food for the tortoises which my friend keeps until they are deemed old enough to survive in the wild. By the time summer has arrived the nasturtium leaves will have all been eaten and the tortoise menu will be lettuce and any  green leaves which are available, they also like cucumber.

Apart from the nasturtiums there are other plants in the garden, more or less hidden at the moment ,  and a few in pots such as yellow African Daisies, Fuchsia coloured African Daisies and Pelargonium