Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical garden #121, 0 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
you are all such great Gardeners. I love all the flowers andplants posted here. Jeri, that hibiscus is beautiful. a 2 inch plug? your green thumb must go up to your arm.. good job!
Alice, I love the plants you show, I guess In My Mind you are in Flrida, and for some reason, I see all of you in Florida. LOL oh well, it is all a zone thing in my head. one state, one zone. duh. sorry.
Rita as always , your plants give me joy, and that Tibouchina grandifolia is beautiufl all grown and bloomed, because I saw one last month in real life!
I even have a small one and hope I can get it to be big. Fighting the triple digits with no rain, watering every night and keeping food in the water is a chore. I am still after that mister, but today I saw a FAN with a mister for 80.00. If I make bonus, I am getting that one.

Elaine, I finally have some buds on a couple brugs, but it has been hard getting them to a spot they don't fry in. I am making the last moves tommorrow evening when my Son comes over, no date night this Saturday. Just moving the things that stress themost in the short amount of time that they do in the sun sends me into moving action. I am sure you all do that.
Paula, I am glad to see you posting., We all miss you. I hope all your plants are doing well. Hope to see your new place someday.

Ben, your future is looking bright I can just see it. I bet you are ready for a lot of changes, right?
I miss my south shrub line they chopped down. it was over 11 ft tall and was great for shade and wind break and privacy.

plumeria is finaly outside south front garden. under the mimosa tree and the purple red self heading philo ( rubber tree?) cuttings from Esthers plant is thriving along with the gingers. I cut down all the wild honey suckle and sweet autumn clematis, and still need to trim the bamboo and start training it to run west.
mimosa came back from their chopping, and I keep it trimmed to the two yards at the fence line. the 4 trees they cut down at back keeps it sunny enough for the sunlovers, but too much sun for the tropicals. cleared out some space under the pear tree, we are looking at triple digits ofr the rest of summer. cannas on north fence are starting to bloom., kopper king hibiscus is three times bigger this year and loaded.
my A"s and C's and E's do not look anything like any of ya'alls this year. everything went dormant when they went out and are just now starting to come out of it. Can't wait to see if I still have half of what I started with . Caladiums are popping up in the oddest places, again.
new arbor on south fence..