RJ, do you have a pic of them? I don't know if I
have ever seen one. If I did I didn't know what it was.
Sure glad the snow didn't do too much damage your way.
It usually comes one day and is gone the next here.
RRM
Tropical Garden #58
Plumerias? I think so.
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Oh, Thank you, that is Beautiful. I love it.
Does it smell good?
RRM
My Penang Peach will bloom shortly but we are expecting a cold front tonight, down to 40F, I heard. Should I cover it? I was also thinking of bringing my plumeria cuttings in pots inside. What do you think?
Sylvain.
I think I am going to have to have one of those hardy tree ferns, now. Heres' hoping you all didn't lose a whole lot.
Sincerely... Debra
Lord, yes. Those are beautiul. I knew I shouldn't have asked.
Thank you for shareing and teaching us.
Slyvain, be sure we see a pic.
RRM
tropicbreeze:
You could grow some common yarrow, keep the stalks cut off and invite you friends over to see your summer ferns. They really are lovely anyway.
Thomas
oh yes, I love my yarrows.. red, yellow and white.. the tall orange cosmos look like a ferny tree too.. but not the real thing LOL
Poetinwood, I've read about yarrow, apparently it's used in organic and biodynamic composting, supposed to be an "activator". We do have a lot of native ferns here although most of those are deciduous during the dry season. Funnily enough, I was thinking of doing a thread here of our natives now that we're into the wet season and all these things are starting to grow again. But most of them I probably wouldn't be able to identify.
G'Day mate
Howdy to everyone, what a great busy day on the thread today. I hope everyone is not getting Spring Fever already.
Joeswife, that Croton is only about 1 ft tall, but is the prettiest Croton ever.
I usually say that about all my new new plants. I said last year that this one was the prettiest.
My Cook Town Sunset Plumeria is blooming, but the flowers are a pale yellow, I will not show her until the summer when she is strutting her vibrant bright fabulous colors.
This Pseuderanthemum Laxiflorum (shooting stars) is always blooming.
lunch
The Gold Aztec plumeria smells just like peaches, it's divine. I have plenty to share. FYI, though for those I share with, the aztec plumeria are "seeds of" aztec gold. In Plumeria etiquette, this means that the seeds don't always come "true" to the named plant. I'm not that in to them, so a pretty flower and a nice smell is enough to please me, and if it's not enough for the recipient, then another plant would be recommended.
The Jungle did take a hit, Papayas, Plumerias, and Bananas all look like wilted lettuce. The good news is that it is all cosmetic damage and they will all restore themselves.
The small Tree ferns didn't blink in the cold, although they did benefit from the nearby Heliconia being covered up. When I figure out how to successfully grow the, spores, it will be like a rich person saying a round of drinks for everyone, except this will be a round of Tree ferns for everyone! But I'll have to experiment first. Anyone with tips and sights on how to do this please forward them to me!
Amaranthus
I knew your plants would be a little burned but bounce back they will.. Rita I love your lunch!
tropic I am in to native plants here in Kansas..I have a website that i go to for the native plant society when I find one i can't identify..
tonight before joe and i went to the movies I released about 50 lady bugs to eat the durn aphids that have been sucking the life out of stuff.. I had been using soap spray, but they seemed to grow fatter from that. sheesh!
Had to move the hib tree and maya downstairs to get ready for christmas tree and get them out of the funace vents.
yellow bidens growing wild in a field under a willow tree in buffalo, ny in september
Add me to your list RC I'll send postage or whatever. Would love your Aztec or what ever to give growing a try.
New at sprouting seed, so will do my best.
RRM
found A PP croton on ebay for 5.99 in a 4 inch pot.. is that a good deal? still no snow yet here.. looks like it tho is only 38 outside..
i think that is a good deal. In my area I could find a 6" for $7-$8 so.... Shipping is what will make it pricey but my guess is you will be one of a very limited few with that beauty growing in Derby KS. If I see some in the spring, I will let you know, in case you want to expand your PP planting.
Oh Lordie, much of my stuff is looking mighty sad. Not snowing but it is cloudy and cold so kinda hard to visualize a lush green jungle. It will pass
Joeswife, living in Kansas, aren't you afrait your croton will encounter some cold conditions on its way to your house?
Sylvain.
So far, most things that have arrived have been shipped with the sender watching the weather. It isn't freezing here in the day yet. My ladybugs arrived, they were asleep, but they are awake now! LOL I prolly will wait until spring anyway for a croton or any other tropical to be shipped, as I have never had good luck with crotons in the past.. the leaves fall of, and then they die in the house in the winter time here.. I have almost everything moved to the downstairs garden now.. I took off the plastic shield over the ven, and bubble wrapped the vent and put a plywood board over it down there, so it looks alot better. The heat from the lights keep it nice and toasty down there..
Here is what the wilted salad is looking like! This is the front garden papayas, bananas and what not. There is going to be some clean up on aisle 5 soon! It appears most of it will come back. To be honest, the ice does what I'm too wimpy to do!, chop, trim cut, move and remove!
Matter of fact I just finished my blog on the subject, going to post it tomorrow, but DG friends get to see it first ...(hahah..oh boy....)
Deglamorized, the Good, Bad and the Ugly
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Loved the link. Thanks for shareing.
Loved the pic.
RRM
Gret blog, Randy. We are all at Mother Nature's mercy, and Jack Frost, too. I like your atitude towards it all. Morning would have found me in my Senegalese caftan shaking my fist at the heavens. Yeah, a great deal of good that would have done. Serenity is not my strong suit, sometimes.
Keep well.
Sylvain.
an awsome article, and I am in total agreement with you about mother nature doing the things we hate to do..( or are too slow at getting to it)
Flapjack Kolachoe
R.J. I enjoyed your newest blog and so glad to read you stay so positive after viewing the picture's but your tree fern still look's gorgeous! The C. australis, is tougher than what I figured them to be.
Debra, do your plant's stay that healthy through out the Winter month's in your basement and that sure is a beautiful picture from your friend. Sorry to read that he has been diagnosed with cancer.
ridesredmule, that is one pretty camellia bloom. I like that color.
Rita, beautiful plant's and bloom's as usual;-) I know you grow alot of the plant's I love but have you ever tried a watsoniana? I am giving one a try and hoping for the best with it. It's a beautiful plant and I just adore the huge leave's.
Rachel, everything thrives in the basement as it is set up like a garden..
this is one part on the west wall looking south.. I have cut down the brugs and cut back the hibs and jasmines..
Thanki you for thinking about my DHs' friend, he is a wonderful artist and musican and is legally blind with diabetes, so he thinks this is just another spreedbump in his hiway of life, and is just looking forward to his future what ever it holds. He is an inspiration to us all.
I love both those plants you posted.
here is the East wall looking south, and behind the fern and stuff, is the shelf under the big light with vines blooming for me..
This is my bright spot in the house right now.. in the kitchen window...
Well I got the surprise of my life with all of this snow!!!!
Snow in Pensacola? What gives?
Sylvain.
I've been lurking and enjoying the beautiful photo's of everyone's plants!
I enjoy seeing pictures of snow too and Wow, pensacolagarden, I had no idea y'all got snow there! I did see on the news where a lot of area's were getting a bunch of the white stuff and blizzard conditions in some parts but gee, I didn't think it was snowing that far south ... a bit early isn't it? That sure is a pretty scene ... love that Spruce? tree in the background that's covered in snow! How much did y'all get? From the looks of the top of that feeder it was quite a bit! I haven't experienced snow in many years and wouldn't want to live where I had to drive on icy roads but it sure is gorgeous!
It's currently 81º here and we are expected to have a high of 84 today! The weather just can't make up it's mind whether it's summer or fall. Leaves are just changing color and falling here, but we had two nights that dipped into the upper 30's week before last! That's rare for us, we don't usually have real cold temp's until January/February!
We still have a few things blooming around these parts. This is a bunch of Red Pentas in my backyard:
Hope y'all don't mind me sharing a couple of pic's. This is Oncidium Gower Ramsey hanging in the Schefflera tree in the backyard and full of pretty yellow blooms.
Cape Honeysuckle ... a lovely bloom but an invasive here and we just can't seem to get rid of it totally!
Not a bloom but colorful just the same ... Coleus
The colors of Codieum 'Picasso's Paintbrush'
Another Croton ... I think this is Mrs Iceton
It is warm here today too, in the low 70's, but we are expecting to be in the mid thirties as soon as the front comes through. I just sprayed a sacrificial croton with FreezePruf to see how it works. They hate the cold snaps and promptly lose all their leaves so this will be interesting to see what happens. All my tropical hibiscus have buds on them right now so they got spritzed also. The house is being painted this week and I can't bring anything indoors so we shall see how this stuff works.