Phughes, thanks, congratulations for being the winner of the fishing expedition.
How are your Hibiscus plants doing? Mine are losing a lot of buds
the bougainvilleas are starting to bloom
Tropical Plants: Tropical Garden # 46
LiliMerci, I am so happy that you got some rain. Last night we got about 3/4 ins. I am a happy camper today, the weeds are so easy to pull after a good rain.
stephanotis is still blooming
Joeswife, those are all very interesting plants, I like them all. I have a variegated rose of sharon as well, the buds are purple and they have never fully opened like the regular plant does.
vossner, those are some good looking banana plants. I like to eat the ice cream bananas, they are good.
Do you have a Sea Grape plant? I saw quite a few growing in Rockport, but did not have fruits. I would like to buy one if they will fruit for me in this area.
Cardboard plant
Sunshinesw, splendid pictures. You mentioned that your BOP like the plantains. Do you give them the ripening fruit for the ethylene gas to get them to bloom again for you?. I do have a couple of plants that I need to encourage blooming. (great idea)
Turk's cap
Rita, thanks! Yes ripening bananas.
Rita, I also have the variegated RofS with the purple flower. That's the way it blooms! isn't that weird?, not very attractive. That plant has been one of the slowest plants in my garden, I mean slooooowwwwwww.
Yes, I have a sea grape which isn't much to look act b/c in my area it needs winter protection and, except for last winter, had never protected. Poor plant always had to start from ground zero. Last winter I did cover it and it thanked me for it. I didn't know they produced edible fruit. They are supposed to get huge, but mine is a mere 2' tall by 1' wide.
rita, lookie here. If you are lucky to grow a big shrub, then shrively flower is not so bad. But I only have a two branch shrub, so it's pretty weird and puny looking.
http://www.robsplants.com/plants/HibisPV.php
looking at all these plants here can be dangerous my plant want list is getting longer and longer.
this little clerodendrum is maybe 6 inches tall and flowering already
angel wing begonia growing up into a philo. it kind of smells of cinnamon
i put a few wart ferns in a hanging basket, they kind of remind me of a staghorn fern
MG vine climbing on my velvet ear kalancho, some of the kalancho leaves are 11" long.
Oh yes, I have several plumerias. Some are huge trees.
White, Yellow, 4 seedlings, Kauka wilder cutting. I do believe I have pot pink one too but I am not sure which one. hehe ; )
candela, wondering is wart fern is the same as kangaroo paws fern. Yours is lovely. I love ferns but can only grow the thugs who choke out everything in their path or the wimpy ones that struggle for dear life. No middle ground for me, sigh.
I like that fern too.. is it cold hardy?
wart fern is pretty hard to get rid of, not sure about cold hardy since it doesn't get too cold here.
can you see the ylangylang flower. i could barely see it but no escaping its frangrance
chocolate swirl allamanda
sunchine i love those kalanchoes so fuzzy
i think this is called leopard's plant. it is flowering for the first time this year.
close but no, that is ligularia gigantea. leopard, in the same family has yellow spots.
Here is Kahili Ginger, blooming now....
Yellow wild ginger...it is a very fragrant weed!
A variegated impatiens...
One of the epiphyllums....
someone asked for the leaves on this little "hopping Grass" as I call it.. it wanders, creeps.. jumps, climbs.. no choking tho.. nice fill in for bare spots around species.. here it is filling up a bare spot in the MUMs.. the leaves look like wide big grass leaves, or almost like a wandering jew leaf..
The Garden of Eden is not extinct. Witness the pictures of it in many locations above this post. Ahhhhhh what exquisite beauty.
PK
Rita - Gorgeous stephanotis; is it hardy for you? I have some baby seedlings and will protect them this year but hope I can leave them out the next. Also, it is not ususual for hibiscus to lose their buds. They don't like being moved or too much or too little water or too much heat. I can't believe they ever grow for us. LOL
Mine loose buds all of the time..I put an umbrella over it and that seems to help when it's really dropping.
Dwarf Banana 'Super Dwarf Cavendish' (Musa acuminata)
Dividing a pup to be send to my sister in Chicago!
Wish her look ,is her first Banana….!!!oh boy..
One more for the count!! She’s going to get hook! I know.
Emily
Ps :Some suggestions on care ?
Banana Location about 1 ½ hours from Chicago.
Sunshinesw, the variegated plant that vossner asked about could be a Chinese violet (Asystasia Gangetica). Maybe? I like it too.
Colocasia coffee cup
ardesia, I have to overwinter the stephanotis in the GH. It has been very hot and I am always watering and re- arranging the pots, no wonder I have so much bud loss. thanks
Hi Rj.
Obedient plant
Water, food, good sun, water, food, good sun, water, food, good sun that's about all I can suggest Sobe :) They love water and they are heavy feeders. I would find a nice eastern exposure for the plant so it gets some midday and afternoon dappled shade :)
I lost my Post thanking everyone for sharing .
Costus Erythrophylus
Hi Rita,
My obediant plants are blooming too..I took pictures today..but didn't down load them yet.
Did you know they are on the endangered species list?
Rj, I did find my lost post, I feel so silly, no more wine for me.
I did not know that the Obedient plants are on the endangered list, I will take better care of them.
Looking forward to seeing your pictures.
Obedient plants are endangered???????? They are thugs and terribly dis-obedient around here.
LOL....you know I couldn't pass that one up....all kidding though!
I know..I nearly spit out my potato chips when I read that about Obediant plants..I can't kill them.