blooming December

We went out looking for a couple of Euphorbias (Poinsettias) to plant in the ground as we so admire a distant neighbour's tree, which is in full bloom at the moment.    But, not a one to be seen - all sold before Christmas.    But, lo, how about these jewels!   Hundreds of cyclamen, kalanchoes, glossinias, all rushed down from Holland, no doubt.   And in another, covered, area, hundreds of bromeliads of all shapes and sizes.   

 Camelias seem to be the in thing.   I tried them one year as I had wonderful camelia bushes in Cornwall.  Sad to say, they died on me one winter.

So sad to see this long line of palms near the Bahia Sur shopping mall.   All victims of the palm weevil.   I don't understand why they haven't been removed and destroyed instead of being allowed to nourish the weevils, who then fly on to healthy palms to set about them.