Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Plants and Gardens #120, 2 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Ooh, Alice what a shame. But it looks like they will recover. You're right the little flower in the upper left is the only one that shows the color on the peacock gingers. Sweet little flowers, lilac with white centers.

I really sympathize on the deer issue. I am in the heat of battle with a greedy raccoon who raids the mango tree at night. All the CD's hanging from the tree, and spray deterrent have not slowed him down at all. Right now the score is 4 to 2 - he has eaten 4 mangoes and I've only had 2. I went out right before bed last night, and sure enough there was suspicious rustling in the tree. He ran, but obviously came back later because there was another mango seed on the walkway mocking me this morning. Good news is the squirrels haven't been in the tree yet, that I've seen.

Those hibiscus pics you both showed are fabulous. I only have one - they've been very bug-prone in my garden. The huge old double red outside the gate gets a handful of fert in the spring, and a little bit of water, and that's all. It keeps on blooming through the worst cold, and doesn't seem to get spider mites or aphids the way all my others have. Right now the poor thing is totally engulfed in Virginia creeper and wild grape vines, so when I went out to take a pic, couldn't get a shot of a bloom but they're in there! On the other side of the gate opening is this cute little white crepe myrtle that literally was run over by a truck during garage construction, and my C. Pulch blooming it's heart out already.