Tropical Zone Gardening: Flowering today, 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Hi Annete, love the Turneras! Do they self seed? I have a red Pentas. It just never stops!
I've never seen the abelmochus. Is it prone to the same bugs that afflict the hibiscus? (hence I am pulling them all out) I've only seen the bird wing at the Butterfly house, here in Coffs Harbour. I did get a gerat picture of it though, and will hunt for it later.
Thanks for the lovely pics again Chrissy. I like the lily pillies too.
Islandshari, I have that same Hippy. You wouldn't happen to know the name of the variety?
I'm glad our council has worked out a way to screen the compost, as its quite cheap ($15 aus, for a generous trailer load) and is good for building up our poor soil here in Aus.
Every climate/country has its own set of weeds. Theres alot here that I hadn't seen down south, or in NZ when I lived there.
We have a weed that sounds similar to your Hitchhiker, its called Farmers friend, as its very friendly and sticks to your clothes! It has a little barb on the seed.
There is also a native Lobelia, nicknamed "White root" It's root travels just under the mulch and up pop little leaves. When you pull them, they break off, leaving the roots behind. Sometimes, you dig under and pull up metres of white roots, going every which way. They only like a moist spot though, so I usually starve the area of water until its under control. this sometimes means moving plants elsewhere. Ugghhhhh! Weeds!
Lets talk flowers!

Tillandsia cyanea. The first flower of it's season.