I’m Still Standing. (Plants along the road in the summer heat)

It was hot today and so there was no option: Hubby had to give in and go swimming with me.
But while the saddle under my butt melted from the heat I noticed a couple of couragous plants still alive and kicking amidst the arid vegetation. Thus I decided to take an impression. Let’s begin with my brightly flowering bougainvillea in front of our house:

Bougainvillea spectabilis

But this one doesn’t count, as it’s watered regularly, of course. I used it as an excuse to show off my house …well, house – it’s the former stable we’re sleeping in:

Anyway, off to the road. Diagonally opposite of our house are the ruins of my neighbour’s barn:

Campsis radicans – Trumpet Vine
NOT watered. Hence a must-plant-soon for my garden.


Allium (giganteum?) – a kind of wild onion

Echinops spinosissimus – Spiny Globe Thistle

These always grow in hordes alongside the road…

Verbascum speciosum – Showy Mullein

…as does the hollyhock.

Alcea pallida subsp. cretica – Hollyhock

And the last one is for lord_whimsy to prove that we do have them here:

Dracunculus vulgaris – Voodoo Lily, a small one, though the spathe still measures about 40cm.
This specimen is amazingly late in bloom, all the others have withered a month ago already.

And then we finally arrived at our destination:

Yes, this is my swimming spot. And no, it’s not photoshopped.

Splash.

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