Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I've become an instant epi collector., 1 by 77sunset

77sunset wrote:
Hello boojum and chrissy, I see you are in here too. I have been out looking at my epis this morning and even though there are buds , it will be a little while before they flower as it is still cool here. I think the warm sun encourages flowers to open more quickly don't you. ?
What a beautiful garden boojum.. I'm afraid mine is not so tidy. I have what I like to call organised chaos. For me , lawn is a garden waiting to happen. I have no lawn at all. There was a small piece when I first came here when I married hubby 7 yrs ago, but it seems to have disappeared.
Must have been eaten by plants Ha Ha.
I like that pink epi. It looks a bit like German Empress. I will keep you up to date on the growth of my flowers. The first to flower will be the large one in my original posting above. I have a cream one I got from an old lady whose garden I used to do until she died. I had never seen a large epi in flower live before but it had a bud last year that just grew and grew until it was about 6" long on a long stem . It opened to a flower that would be at least 8/9" across. I have a pic from last year. also one of a bit of the garden . The willow tree in the middle was a stick about 12" long 7 yrs ago.The purple is a native hibiscus.
The sun is out and it looks like being a good day to be outside so I am off to talk to my plants. Have a happy day all.