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Moraira Thymus Vulgaris

Gardening in Moraira

Thymus This plant is a very useful herb to grow in the garden. The plant is quite compact with small grey/green leaves and in midsummer has clumps of purple flowers. It is readily available in most garden centres.

Rosemary Officinalis

Gardening in Moraira

Moraira Rosemary This is a very useful plant for cooks and makes a decorative and aromatic plant in the garden. It is particularly good grown in pots as this keeps the plant compact and it does not get too straggly. The plant is evergreen with attra...

Plumbago

Gardening in Moraira

Plumbago Plant This is a most beautiful shrub with pale, deep blue or white flowers. It can be trained to be a climber, a spreading shrub and can even be used as a hedge. It flowers late summer and likes full sun. It needs light watering. These plan...

Mushrooms on Calpe Market

Food and Drink Shopping

Calpe Mushrooms There is a stall in Calpe Market (on Saturday mornings) which sell a great profusion of mushrooms in late autumn. Amongst the mushrooms you may find the following, portobello, chanterelle, button, chestnut, mousseron, oyster, trompet...

Javea Aldi Supermarket

Life in Spain Shopping

Aldi Supermarket There are now two Aldi supermarkets in Calpe, as well as one in Javea and one in Denia. This supermarket is one of the discount supermarkets and sell many provisions at very reasonable prices. They also sell fresh vegetables, meat a...

Sharky's Fish & Chips, Albir

Food and Drink

Sharky’s Fish & Chips A very pleasant day can be spent visiting the town of Albir. There is a splendid beach, plenty of shops and restaurants. For fish and chips Sharky´s is a very good choice. It is situated in Avenida Albir, in the town ...

Trade Fair Moraira

Things to do Life in Spain Shopping

There is a very interesting programme at the Trade Fair in Moraira which commences on Saturday, 6th December. 10.00 hours. Inauguration of the Fair. 13.30 . 14.30 hours – wine tasting by Constantino Kratapoulos, General Manager of the Los Ángeles Hot...

Agarve Atenuata

Gardening in Moraira

Agarve Atenuata This is an outstanding structural plant with wide grey leaves. Many agarves have quite dangerous spikes at the ends of the leaves but this partu¡icular variety has quite soft fleshy type leaves and is most attractive. A bonus with th...

Cyclamen

Gardening in Moraira

Cyclamen This is a very beautiful plant with quite exotic flowers, either in pale pink, cerise or white. These plants like a fairly shady place in the garden and should be watered regularly from the base. They flower late summer and will go on flowe...

Yucca Yewel Plant

Gardening in Moraira

Yucca Yewel There are several types of Yuccas. These are desert or semi-desert evergreen sword leaved plants and are a very good structural plant which grows well in any garden or large pot. They are slow growing and require virtually no watering an...