Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical garden #125, 4 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
you know, some day I will be able to try some of those cool things like heliconia and brazilian cloak.. beautiful! What I really want to happen is the chalice vine and the firespike to finally bloom for me, and queen emma as well! Once I grow a tropical to a bloom, I am satisfied at my ability as a gardener. all the gingers I planted from seeds have produced plants, but none of them have bloomed for me, including the butterfly ginger, is it me or the climate or what>?
It is birthday week here , always a challenge.. 7th mom in law (joesmom) he is there now with her up in buffalo.. , 8th, son, 9th, youngest daughter, 10th, neice.
all of these plants you see except the banana were started from seeds here..