I love that Croton, I have NO luck with croton.
That snow was beatiful. Was it gone next day?
We got lots of rain, feels like spring and getting windy, calling
for colder weather on way.
Bromalade.(?)
Tropical Garden #58
I'm interested in how that works too..freezpruf
Well, I sprayed around 2 hours ahead of some heavy rain that came in earlier than expected. The material I sprayed appeared to be dry because it was pretty windy but it is really pouring out there. We shall see........
I do know my face won't freeze this year. It was so windy I think I got more spray on me than the plants. You are not supposed to spray on windy days but the weather has been so freaky here this year I didn't have much choice. I'll let you know if my pores shrink up like the ones on the plants are supposed to. LOL
Nice and warm here, usually about 36C to 37C (around 98F) in the day, overnight minimum 27C (around 81F). The humidity's very high though.
Lin, I've got an Oncidium Gower Ramsey on it's way to me, but previously I bought a NOID in one of our "sell-any/everything" stores which I suspect is the same. It only had one flower left on it. Want to set them up in trees but no sure of best light levels.
I like Coleus but they just won't persist here, don't like constant heat. The nurseries just suggest you keep replacing them every month or so. Their motives are purely altruistic, of course ;O)
i live in new york.............lol
Tropic: Oncidium Gower Ramsey is one of my favorites with those vivid yellow blooms! I love Coleus and it does well for me in shade but likes a lot of water during the heat of summer or it pouts and gets droopy.
pensacolagarden ... cute! I saw your address under your username and just assumed you were in the panhandle of Florida, LOL.
Thanks Rachel!
ridesredmule: The plant in your last photo sure does look like a Bromeliad. Is the foliage stiff? It also resembles a plant I have called Callisia: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/180660/ but Callisia's don't have the stiff leaves/fronds like Brom's do.
plantlady this plant is beautiful! (Oncidium Gower Ramsey ) I shall dream of it tonight I suppose, I dream of plants and flowers everynight now.. it is 2 degrees outside.. or getting there anyway.. brr! we had snow, it melted and then everything was frozen last night with windchill negative zero.. supposed to get up in the 40s this weekend..
I also love that cape honeysuckle... gotta find me some, i collect honeysuckles. is it freeze hardy>?LOL
not enough freezpruf for this place, RJ
Rachel, been fighting aphids.. turned loose the ladybug warriiors. If they don't do it, then I will get forceful.
monarda and plumbago from last summer so glad I can gaze at what I have pictures of..monarda will winter over here, plumbago is back at home in the winter garden.
Yes, Lin it is a Bromalaid Billbergia pyramadalis "Flameing Torch" Cousin gave it to me. It has a red bloom. Hope I see it bloom. It is really a pretty plant now.
I do have a False Bromalaid one of the girls sent me and it is getting prettynow, too. It looked like the one in the picture.
Why does it list you in FL., when You live in NY?? How Strange. Oh, well, here I go being nosey. Don't mean any harm.
RRM
ridesredmule: Oops, sorry ... I saw the question mark in your post and thought you were asking if your plant pictured was a Brom, LOL. You should upload a couple of pic's of that one to the listing in Plant Files: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/80714/
joeswife: I'm sorry I forgot to answer your question yesterday. Cape Honeysuckle isn't actually a Honeysuckle. It's in an entirely different family of plants than the fragrant Honeysuckle's like Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera): http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54044/ that emit such a wonderful fragrance!
"Cape Honeysuckle" is a common/nickname for Tecomaria: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1758/ and although it has a beautiful bloom it has no fragrance whatsoever.
Hello Everyone!!
Rj, I hope never to see your beautiful garden in that condition again. I was looking forward to seeing your Dombeya and blue sage in bloom. My yard is very depressing after a couple of freezes. I did have a leak in one of my GH's and am still finding damaged plants.
Pink firespike showing promise of blooms
RachelLF, I apologize for taking so long to reply. (life glitch)
I have never had a Alocasia Watsoniana (love it). I did have a Batwing planted in the ground, that never grew over 6" when it came back in the spring. If I ever find them again, I will keep them potted insted of planting in the ground. You have a great collecton of EEs. I hope that you will share a few of your tricks with me.
VooDoo FlameGinger (Burbidgea schizocheila) is showing great promise. It was almost a goner last winter.
Joeswife,In the winter I find that the sellers on e-bay will mail their plants with a few heating pack included. I get my best buys in the winter when there are only few plantolohics bidding on a item. lol
Can you please share your source for ladybugs, I too would like to have some fo my GH.
Cardboard fern
plantladylin, Please feel free to share whatever is in bloom in you garden, they are much appreciated during these gloomy, dull days here in Texas. We look forward to those pictures from the Sunshine State.
I see that you like Crotons as much as I do. I was told that this one is a Mrs. Iceton. Do you know the correct name? The leaves are a much brighter yellow in the summer.
placenciarita: That Croton in your photo is a beauty! It looks like a small one I had awhile back called Yellow Iceton: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/260446/ I think mine must have kicked the bucket because I don't remember seeing it in awhile. It could be one of the plants that got hit by freezes last winter. There's also a photo of it here at this site: http://www.croton-mania.com/American_Crotons.html
Just a common Hibiscus but it blooms almost continuously
Just a common Hibiscus, but it blooms almost continuously
hic-cup!
Sorry about the double post there folks!
This is Medinilla magnifica
Pretty colors on this Bromeliad. This is Nereogelia 'Zoe'
It's been raining off and on here all day, the reason for everything being all wet.
This is an unknown Bromeliad but the color is pretty.
And, yet another Noid Brom:
Another ... this one I call my Christmas Brom because of the bright red against the green.
How about the colors of Crotons ...
That Croton blooms in October, the only one I've ever had bloom. Very pretty flowers.
This was one of my favorite Croton's but it's almost totally dead now. I've had it for three years and all of a sudden this year it began looking ratty, dropping leaves like crazy. It's sitting in a pot out behind the shed right now but I don't think there's much hope for it. I've always called it my "Rasta" Croton, and I've seen it labeled "Dreadlocks" but the cultivar name is 'Crondstat': http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/177564/
One last photo for me tonight. This is my Hoya australis in full bloom right now. The flowers are very fragrant in the evening.
Have a good evening everyone!
Dutchlady, the one in my photo above I purchased last spring from the Exotic Angel website. It was already a pretty good sized plant but really took off this summer. I was surprised it bloomed so soon. I have another one that I received in trade and it hasn't bloomed in two years. I had another australis that I received in a trade and I gave it to my sister this past May. She lives in the Fort Lauderdale area and she says it hasn't stopped blooming! I feed mine with orchid fertilizer.
The Dreadlocks Croton is my favorite by far. I bought it at Home Depot three years ago and haven't seen them for sale anywhere around here since then.
Debra, I hope your Ladybugs take care of your Aphid problem. I have not had to deal with those but I sure have had scales and spidermites to contend with in the past.
Lin, nice collection of Bromeliad's you have. I really like the coloration on your first Brom. noid. Has it bloomed?
Blooming "houseplants" are getting a little sparse around here but I was happy to see these cutie's.
Rita, that is a nice Cardboard fern and no need to apoligize. The only thing I can really say from my own experiance about "some" of the E.E. plant's is to watch the watering and temperature's. I found that watering from the bottom up may be a key factor for some of the more delicate potted one's. I am yet to kill a "Polly" so I thought I would step up a bit and try a Watsoniana. If I fail, it will be live and learn process for me and a good challenge;-)
I would be more than happy to send you a division of my batwing this Spring and I already started you a piece of the White blooming C.Cactus.
Schismatoglottis.
Rita, your "Cardboard Fern" looks like Zamia furfuracea, a cycad rather than a fern.
Do you know which of the Hoya australis yours is?
They have male and female plants, so you need both to get seeds. But lots of people call cycads palms, not realising there's a difference. I've got a couple of large clumps of them but suspect they'll all males. They do look really attractive, mine just recently had a big flush of new fronds.
I didn't know about the male/female thing. My cardboard palm lives outdoors and it dies to the ground. I have never seen seedlings anywhere and not surprised since I'm the only one in the 50 or so houses in my subdivision that has this one. Lots of sagos but no cardboard. I do get suckers growing up the base of my plant. I have not removed them ever, hoping that one day I willl have a big "rosette" kinda cardboard palm.
Rachel, love your pic posted at 10:06 yesterday, especially the purple flower thingy. I can't remember the name of it to save my life.
Rachel: What a beautiful flower! Is that the plant called Aristolochea or something that sounds like that?
Well, I went looking through PF and it is Aristolochia (Dutchman's Pipe): http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=aristolochea&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&searcher%5Bgrex%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search&searcher[genus]=Aristolochia Gorgeous blooms!
What is the name of this Aroid in your above post?: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7357785
Rita: Nice Zamia too. We have some that grow down here too. I have this Zamia growing in a couple of spots in my backyard: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/260629/
Lin, I love the coontie (last link). They are hard to get in my area. Peckerwood Gardens has an outstanding collection of zamias and their coontie is monstrously beautiful.
Plantlady lin, How do I upload the picture on that forum.
Send me a d-mail Please.
Thanks
RRM