Tropicbreeze, those are very interesting plants, I did not realize that mango blossoms were that pretty.
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Rj, I read your blog, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I will have my dh read it, he is the pond keeper.
I enjoyed every one of your pictures, the blue ginger stole the show. It must be over 6 ft. tall.
This is my Philo.Warszewiczii
Texasbigleaves, I am happy to report that we got a little over one inch of rain. I hope that you and LouC got some too.
LouC , I love your patio furniture.
Planter56, I am so sorry to hear about your Mother,. I hope that she gets well soon, please take care of yourself too.
Joeswife, I am sorry about your plants getting torn up fron the tornado. I know that they will bounce back rather quickly, with all the love and care that you will give them.
RJ, love that frilly hibiscus. Saw some tree hibiscus on clearance at Lowe's tonight but I didn't buy it. I killed them all last winter and I just don't think they are the right plant for me....
They grow wild here...I have to keep cutting them. I noticed the tequila sunrise at the roofline today
Can I come play with you?
This bromiliad's flower just keeps getting better and better!
One of the Hedechiums...carinitas? The leaves are a cool grey green.
This is the Ti 'Purple Prince'....I think the leaves look like something from a CanCan dance!!!
Warsewiczia - it was doing poorly, so I threw a couple handfuls of Dolomite on it per the acvice of a friend...it can't get over itself now!!!
Placenciarita, mango flowers look really good, here's a close up.
They're biennial, in that they have a poor flowering year followed by a heavy flowering year. This year is our heavy flowering year and many of the trees are flowering to the point of not being able to see many of the leaves.
Gorgeous mango blossoms...I don't remember ours looking like that. Wow...I want yours!!!
Carol, I'll send you photos of them. That should get them past the quarantine sniffer dogs. ;O)
Did I mention I have buds on my Plumeria. I am so excited! I didn't get any flowers last year. And year before that the inflo came late and had frost on them. Ugh, so sad. I was ready to ditch the plant!
Oh, here is a picture of my Spider Lilies. They are grown in a container. Very nice surprise.
Hi guys, I got everything put back together.. lost my yellow king canna and my wonderful tall pink dahlias, but other than a few broken limbs on things I am pretty lucky.. lost my patio umbrella tho... it was a "straight wind gust" not a tornado I found out and it came very quickly.. this am I went out and cleaned stuff up and all the limbs from the neighbors were everywhere..still went and met Bonnie
( another DGr' in eskridge) and we went to a home owned nursery and pokey joed around, picked up a few things, went to a small town discount store and bargained a 23.99 rose something weigalia for 5 bucks, then went to another small town and picked up a nice size Oleander, ( Pink blooms) and then got alot of wild flower dead heads.. we had a blast..
these grow in the wild here, we saw them in walmart in Burlingame for 16 bucks I think.. look at this pod!
had to show this picture of a park in a small Kansas town,, after last nights gulley washer, it is up to the banks real close to sounding that horn.. LOL
mg pole was laying down, it is back up, but that corner is bare now, so will start over again.. ( YAY!)
debra, I am sorry to hear about your garden. Let me know if I can help you replace any seeds.
I want some of that rain that you guys are getting. We are still having a drought and everything is burning up. I feel like I am watering all the time. . . .
Sorry to hear about your storm Deb. That is the pits to lose stuff. DH mentioned the need for a hurricane to bring rain and I told him to watch what he wished for or he'd be dealing with a crying wife when this "small hurricane" takes out my flower beds. I told him it would be our luck that it wouldn't be a "small one."
Patty
Carol, is Dolomite ...lime?
this is that varigated philo u sent.
Papaya is loaded, I picked one yesterday. Had to use a ladder.
Only person I know who regularly uses a ladder to tend their plants. At five feet nothing I am lucky if they get to my height.
speaking..here's the root beer plant
root beer plant? hmmm. I'll have ice cream float with that.
Randy...watch the leaf forms as it might be a variegated Monstera....
Nice gardens everyone...
lilimerci, warning! don't eat this beauty w/ your ice cream
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/530/
I love this plant b/c of its enormous leaves and fragrance when you crush it. but it spreads. I usually wait until after a rainy day and pull the seedlings. Since we've had such a dry summer volunteers have not been a problem. Mine dies back ea winter so it has to start from nothing and hence, I don't have a rootbeer plant jungle.
RJ: I LOVE papaya! lucky you!
Patty and Nicole and all... I have seeds, seedlings, and new plants .. got a Tapicoa plant, some Plumerias ready to move amd some Brugs ready to move.. Thanks for thinking of me, the red canna from Rita held strong thru the storm.. the Pink claladiums I am saving for Patty are okay.. I will prolly see new growth every where...
Finally I have an ID On my plant stick someone sent me.. RootBeer Plant! Thanks!
joeswife I would think it'd be a well behaved plant for you in KS. I was looking at my comments in the PF which I posted in 2006 when the plant was 2 yrs old. That would make my plant 5 yrs old, wow time is flying by.
vossner LOL! I'll remember that.
Carol..yes it is the Monstera you sent. It has some white streaks in it.
It will get whiter as it climbs....I had to top mine because the leaves were solid white and I had to get rid of them!!!
It's climbing the fence now. My Philodendrum climbing tree (the pear tree) is occupied with 4 other philos. They really like the area and sun exposure there.
What a great thread - so much information.....
RJ, Thanks for the H202 info. I bet a bit of peroxide in the bird baths would help to keep them from turning green so fast.
Gail, I bought some nice fresh clivia seeds from someone on the DG Marketplace. I do not remember who it was but I'll try and find the info.
Rita, your Philo Warscewiczii is cool as is your ginger (?) warscewiczii Carol. I wonder who that guy was. I have a species canna by that name.
This is a new one for me this year and I don't really know much about it.
Schaueria flavicana or Yellow Jacobinia
Variegated mahoe. Thanks Carol.
Orange Prince philo (I think)
Okra Litte Lucy mixed in a pot of agastache. There is nothing little about that 8" okra pod. LOL
Pretty Ti, thanks again Carol.
