Because we have something in flower on our land all year round, even if it's considered a weed or a pricker bush, we thought it would be good to keep a chronicle of these, the homely and the outrageously gorgeous. So here goes for January:
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| Mystery vine |
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| Mystery vine closeup |
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| Flor de Cuchillo |
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| Gazania |
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| Possibly argilara |
The first two photos show a plant that we don't know the name of. It's a succulent vine which bears lovely yellow flowers all winter just when everything else is going by. It must be terribly invasive in some areas, but I just pull it out when it becomes annoying. If anyone knows what it's called. let us know.
Third photo is the wonderful Flor de Cuchillo. Another succulent, flowers all year round, great ground cover, needs no attention. Fantastic plant for this climate.
Fourth is the gazania daisy which decides to pop open here and there around the property - yellow, orange, red, very welcome.
Fifth is another mysterious and very annoying campo weed. This hyper prickly shrub spreads wherever it pleases and annoys the dogs as they try to cut across the property. You have to cut it at the base because if you try to cut it anywhere else it gets you right through your gloves! It looks like a relative to the Argilara bush or tree that our friend Enriq uses to make beautiful mallots or walking sticks, scraping off the pincers to reveal its lovely veiny and gnarly shape.
And lastly, a sweet little blue cornflower that is not invasive, prickly or annoying. The shrubby globularia.
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| Globularia | |
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