One of my favourites plants cotinus coggyria

Will probably plant more of these

More of my photos here

Другие мои фото здесь Лидия С от Горловка, если вы можете найти
меня. Это может быть ваш сад, как хорошо. Вы знаете, что я посадил
дерево вишни для вас, а также кипарис дерево на входе :-)

Rear Patio

The rear patio grass is gradually covering despite the attacks by both ants and birds:-(

Andy and Ian laid the brick paving around the border for me a couple of years ago.

Adlefa

This Adelfa was purchased from the nursery garden for about 2 euros but the row behind I grew from seeds taken from some plants at Frontil Loja. It comes in several colours and is a hardy plant and it often found in the desert. Yes it is a bit prone to frost. The English know the plant as Oleander. I took this photo with the plant set against the Peñon Prieto which all my guests admire.

I initially purchased 2 Albizia Julibrissen (aka falsa acer de constantinoble) with exposed roots for 16 euros but they died on me. I then decided to purchase for the rear patio 2 larger specimens in pots for 40 euros each + delivery but every June the give me great pleasure when they come into flower. First became aware of them when I went to my sister´s funeral at Fuengirola. Thank you sister.

The lawn to the left entering the Cortijo needs a little more work on it. The sprinkler now has been set into the ground. Another bag of white stones will be required for below the olive tree. The crop of the olive trees have improved since they were grassed under. Could be due to the grass cuttings in part.

I had hoped to lay the 2 metre wide grass path leading up to the main lawn in April but as it was only a 20m2 order I had to wait until another order was place so Andy and I did not get around to laying until the end of May. It tooks us four and a half hours to collect and lay. The main lawn was "gramma fina" which survives drought and had been delivered by mistake. Some had been laid in the path area but I do not mind mixing the new (compact with the old). The gramma fina spreads so am letting this happen where the two types meet at the bendI need one more bag of white stones to finish this area (circle in the middle of the drive) off which unfortunatley seems to have been raided by ants and will need some attention over the winter

There will be a vast bed of Lavender to the left of the grass path and Juniperus to the right

Yellow Margaritas

The yellow margaritas on the left hand side of the drive were purchased for 1 euro each and have stood up to the extremes of weather - 10 to + 40 degrees centigrade. The white margarita will not survive the winter frosts. I have planted white in the shelter of the yellow, but really not very successful. There is a small white one to the right of main plant. The yellow flowers twice a year. The price of these seems to have risen so do not expect to pay this amount now.