Autumn in the garden

The weather in Greece is still unusually warm. It is lovely, excellent for nice walks. Unfortunately I don't have much time at this moment for long walks in the mountains, but in my garden I can see autumn. The leaves of the Lagerstroemia are colouring and falling down.

Next to this tree is the Abutilon, which still has some flowers 

 

The dwarf roses, which become a rather big shrub in my garden also still bloom

In the front of the house I have a Bougainvilea, a dark red one. It took 15 years to start blooming, no idea why. I was ready to pull it out, but I am so glad I didn't, because now it has lots of flowers in spring, summer and still in autumn!

 

I forgot the name of this one, although I really love it. It has beautiful dark, nearly black berries, which the birds love, as you can see. They nearly ate all of them. The leaves turn in a lovely red and they look great in a vase.

Luckily the garden doesn't get completely barren during the winter, because we have the citrus trees, a lemon tree, a few orange trees and a tangerine tree. The tangerines are the first ones to ripen. I guess that in a week's time we will be able to start picking a few.

 

I am in Athens at the moment, so when I will be going back to Sparta I can start eating !!!

My naughty friend in Athens. He ruined the all the flowers by digging in the flower pots, so we bought some netting. He is just checking it out!