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I take pictures with my iPhone with one click, sometimes it turns out well and sometimes it's less like these pictures.
The bougainvillea that takes over the olive tree at the entrance to the house. The cats who love the garden. The irises that started to bloom and this strange plant that I don't know the name of.
That bougainvillea looks beautiful, and I love the irises too. So glad to see the cats enjoying the garden as well!
ReplyDeleteThe bougainvillea covers the olive tree which is very old. I forgot to write the cats' names - Philip and Sylvie.
DeleteYour unknown plant looks a lot like " Goat beard - Wild Salsify"
ReplyDeleteI see them on a dog walk along a path that used to be a railway. They come in yellow or purple.
I hope that you had a quiet night....wishing you well.
I think you are right about the unknown plant Frances, it may be called grandfather's beard here. The night was indeed quiet.
ReplyDeleteYour bougainvillea is gorgeous. I'm glad you've got the courage to get out and photo the garden.
ReplyDeleteThat thistle in the last picture looks like the ones here. Those furry seed heads are huge this year
Even here this year every plant looks bigger than ever for some reason.
DeleteGood to see the bougainvillea and the cats Yael. That black one is just like one of mine.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see your cats Rachel I think the same thing, they are really similar.
DeleteSaturday morning is the only time my beloved brings me a coffee into bed. If the sun is shining, I put on a wrap, grab the weekend newspaper and sip the coffee on the veranda, facing the garden
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have wonderful Saturday mornings.
DeleteAnd a decent husband!
DeleteOf course, this is the secret to wonderful Saturdays.
DeleteTwo cats in your garden! Philip and Sylvie. Does your garden have a fence around it? I don't have a garden but my condominium on the second floor of our three-story building has a porch where my recently adopted 4-year-old cat can sleep in the sun next to my porch plants. Bougainvillas remind me of my father. His gardens in coastal Northern California were like yours. The climate there is cooler but not all that different from Israel. A good place for growing olives.
ReplyDeleteThe yard is open without a fence, Philip walks outside most of the day, in the evening he goes back to sleep at home and sometimes I find myself waiting for him to come back late like I would wait for my children to come back from the parties they went to. Sylvie is sleeping on an armchair at the entrance to the house.
ReplyDeleteDelightful blooms in your garden, Yael. x
ReplyDeleteIt is even more beautiful in reality.
DeleteI'm so glad to see these pretty blooms, Yael. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThere are also beautiful and good things here. And I'm glad it is.
DeleteThe very first Bougainvillea I ever saw was on the tiny Spanish island of Formentera. It was simply amazing, and I stayed admiring it for ages.
ReplyDeleteThe red ones are the most beautiful, there are also white and orange ones.
ReplyDeleteMy plant app says your mystery flower is common salsify, aka "Jerusalem star." (Also known as goat's beard, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Jack-go-to-bed and other names.)
ReplyDeleteOne plant with so many names. I wonder why it is called Jerusalem star, there are many like it in the garden now, they appeared out of nowhere.
ReplyDeleteThere are several various legends about why it's called Jerusalem star . ..
Deletean especially nice one says it's a symbol of peace,-Mary
Now it will be difficult for me to uproot them from the garden because of this legend :)
ReplyDeleteYou can even eat the roots of the Jerusalem Star. It's like salsify and really good. Happy peaceful Pessah
ReplyDeleteMarga
Thank you Marga.
ReplyDeleteI like your garden Yael, your plants are very attractive, very different to here of course, with so much rain ,it is very green here. I have a large camellia bush with pink flowers ,that has bloomed contibuously since mid January. I cant remember it ever clooming for so long before. We alos have a big show of cherry trees in bloom. They have pale pinkflowers , They are pretty. They come up like weeds here as the sucker. We cut some down each year and still have lots.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you appear to be having a bit quieter time.
Keep safe/
Kathy
Camellia is one of my favorite flowers, I tried to grow it several times here but failed.
DeleteYour garden is beautiful, especially the bougainvillea! Such a brilliant colour. After a very mild start of April, we now have had frost and a bit of snow again, so our garden looks rather sad.
ReplyDeleteHilde in Germany
Here now a few days of heat wave, all the green is starting to turn yellow around.
ReplyDeleteYour post titled Flowers that was published online
ReplyDeleteafter this one is gone now, is everything okay?Mary
Everything is fine here Mary. I will write the post again later. Thank you for your concern.
ReplyDeleteI've been concerned, too. Good to know you'll be posting again later. Sending love.
ReplyDeleteI gather some strength and will write again. Thanks for the concern am.
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