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Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:29 am
by cyprusmax47
Went for a stroll through my garden and thought that this variety of colours is only in June before the great heat and dr
ought arrives in Juli...
red wall
ever so blue
green jungle
Thunder in Troodos?
decorative weeds
coral-red
End of season
seeded from somewhere else
golden
two reds
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:46 am
by LouiseCastricum
Very nice those different plants and colours. Indeed typical colours for this time of the year. Lovely. Thanks for sharing!
Love the artichokes.
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 10:24 am
by aphrodite
Hi Max
Your garden and views are lovely, you should sell tickets!
Thanks once again for sharing and brightening up the forum. X
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:35 am
by ApusApus
Nice photos Max ............. never seen an artichoke in flower before!
Shane
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:05 pm
by PaphosAL
What a beautiful garden (and views) you have, Max! Do those wind turbines ever bother you at all with noise, when you are downwind of them?
Cheers- AL
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:51 pm
by cyprusmax47
PaphosAL wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:05 pm
What a beautiful garden (and views) you have, Max! Do those wind turbines ever bother you at all with noise, when you are downwind of them?
Cheers- AL
You have to ask Lloyd (HIC) as he lives very close to them. I am 17 km
away. Anyhow it is not many times they rev on full speed as we don't have wind in Cyprus which would justify a wind park. (>6m/s, 24/7) but we got it to show off ...
Max
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 4:26 pm
by cyprusmax47
aphrodite wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2017 10:24 am
Hi Max
Your garden and views are lovely, you should sell tickets!
Thanks once again for sharing and brightening up the forum. X
I am surprised to get so many positive comments about my garden. Thank you all.
Six years ago when I moved in, it looked very sterile and how the new generation of Cypriots think a property should look like to attract foreigners. ( a pool of course !!, a bit a lawn and 2 palm trees) One can say it looks very tidy but not to MY liking. As everything watered grows so fast in Cyprus I changed the whole lot and led things grow a bit more than one should. But I love it and all the animals around do so. I can see all kind of creatures around the place. Hedgehogs, Lizards, Agamen, Geckos, Chamaeleon, Snakes, Birds, Spiders and many more.. and this makes Cyprus for me..
There is a panorama pic I did luckily to remember how it was before.
Max
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:30 pm
by Dominic
Lovely pics Max. Artichoke flowers are weird. Beautiful, but weird!
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 7:21 pm
by Maggie B
Lovely garden. Lovely photos.
MB
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:03 pm
by smudger
Max your garden is beautiful and to an extent I envy you, but it does look like a huge amount of work!!
I'm sure it gives you many hours of pleasure though!!
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:04 pm
by brengreen
Beautiful plants and garden. Thanks for sharing.
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:10 am
by cyprusmax47
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:25 am
by cyprusmax47
smudger wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:03 pm
Max your garden is beautiful and to an extent I envy you, but it does look like a huge amount of work!!
I'm sure it gives you many hours of pleasure though!!
It is not that much work for me as I don't care if some weeds or wild plants trying to establish and if they are getting too big or ugly I come with big tools...( these type of plants have also a right to grow and have their place in a healthy environment.) The use of weed killer is one of the worst chemicals to use, the look of the dead plants later is horrible and it is actually more work to remove the dry stuff from the ground.
As I was a organic citrus grower in the past (100 trees on 6000 m2) and had huge gardens at the same time in Cyprus, there comes a kind of routine with things....
Max
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:24 pm
by PaphosAL
Indeed, Max- in OP photo #5, you refer to "Decorative Weeds". But to me, theyr'e NOT weeds at all, but wildflowers. They attract the bees and butterflies as well, just like the so-called weeds on our front lawn: Purple clover, yellow dandelions and buttercups, white daisies...
Very clever they are, too. They sense my lawn mower coming and all duck down, ready to reappear next day, LOL!
Cheers- AL
Re: Play of colours before the hot Summer comes.. pics
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:03 pm
by smudger
Bravo Max! x
