Tropicals & Tender Perennials: My First Gardenia Bloom (ever), 0 by Karrie20x

Karrie20x wrote:
Thank you! This is my first year to try them, so we will see. I have to add vinegar to their water, because we have alkaline water here and have been fertilizing them with Miracle Grow for Azaleas and Rhododendrums. I will have to also bring them indoors in the winter and turn them into temporary houseplants since our winters would kill them.

I also have them on my front porch (covers the whole front of the house - roomy, covered and faces the south sun). They are amongst brugmansias, petunias, elephant ears, hibiscus, too many to remember actually - some in bloom now, some not. People walking by that have made comments about my front garden and have ventured up to talk to me and then see my porch just drop their tongues when they see it all - I even have a little lamp next to my lounger - it's alot of fun, and I like to read there and wanted the fragrance and the privacy. I've been known to fall asleep out there on summer nights - noone can see me. So I'm a whacky garden lady too! Let me see if I can find a pic of it.

Okay - here's a pic I took a month ago. It has changed since then - the lamp for one, more plants and things are blooming. I'll have to get another pic taken here soon.