Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #99, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Wow, y'all sure do have some beautiful blooms right now!

GaGirl: I love, love, love that orange flowered Begonia! I have a couple with leaves that look similar but they bloom pink. Very nice variegation on that Hoya carnosa compacta! I have a large solid green one but can't seem to keep the variegated one alive for some odd reason. Which Medinilla is that beauty? I have M. magnifica ... currently being neglected behind the shed in the weeds. I really need to get it out and trim it up and tend to it to try and get it back to it's former magnificent self, LOL.

HollyAnn: Wow, that's a lot of Coleus! I joined a Coleus co-op last year and got some pretty ones but they didn't do very well. I've bought many from the big box stores in the past that thrived for a long time until our horrid winter of 2009/10.

Rita: Wow, beautiful blooms ... your photo's always make me wish I had a big greenhouse! You can really grow girl! That Hedychium is really amazing, I bet it's a show stopper when in full bloom! Love your Clerodendrum thomsoniae too ... I never thought they could be grown in hanging baskets! Do you keep it pruned to shape it and keep the size in check?

Well, I don't have any blooms to share but thought I'd post this picture of a lazy squirrel eating the loquats in my neighbors tree.