Oh I doubt your wrong !! Can't mistake that plant...I just want to see a 15ft. tall one, mine's a little thing, and I can just imagine how pretty it is !
Tropical Garden #110
I had no idea what it was. It was planted in with another shrub that I was sure was dead, but this green sprout appeared, and like Jack's beanstalk, it just kept growing. When I left for Virginia a week ago, it was budding and when I got up this morning, there are all these white blooms, which look like fireworks, radiating from the top of it. I don't care WHAT it is - it's really cool!
From:
http://www.mynicegarden.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
It states that this plant can grow up to 10' tall. I will have my son help me measure it tomorrow, IF I can reach the top with a ladder - this plant is tttttaaaaaallllllllll!
Kay that looks very much like mine...but mine is Rotheca incisa ( was Clerodendrum incisum) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/67699/
Obvious differences are height, and I think the foliage is different. Does it grow in more sun or shade ?
I'd love to have cuttings of it ! ( shameless hint )
Rita, did I understand correctly that you don't over winter the plumeria in a pot? I now have 10 and they are so big and cumbersome. Would be so much easier to pull them up and store as sticks. Only two of them bloomed this year. Don't know if it was the extreme heat or what.
Martha, it is in full sun. I will obviously have to cut it back to get it in the greenhouse, so REMIND ME to send you a cutting!
Another pic. of the Clero.:
Last pic. of the Clero.:
Oh Jo, he is a beautiful baby! Nothing better than a new grand child to love.
Your clero is amazing, is it hardy for you?
Thank you, Alice. No, the Clero isn't hardy as far as I know - I take it in the greenhouse.
Nice photos you'all.
Prita, here are some caladiums I saw in a yard here in Tampa - there are hundreds of bulbs in these plantings,
They almost look like Hosta.
A little closer shot>
I've been wondering how to make those white caladiums look good! They are gorgeous there. I tried them interspersed - y'know, here and there - in my shady border, and they look like somebody threw grocery bags in my garden.
Can't imagine how much water it must take to keep them looking that fantastic. Are they getting some sun there, Dale?
That Baby is the most sweetest thing, a lovely bloom to look at. Thank You!
Looks like an overhead canopy of Oaks... couple hours of direct maybe?
There are some newer white ones that handle sun well but I forget the names. Also if they had the perfect irrigation to keep them happy it would work. The massing of the bulbs reminded me of something I saw in Hawaii, they were using the tall white calla lilies massed at this house. I took the photo from a moving car so it is not as showy as seeing it in person.
Alice they are simply gorgeous! I got a steal on Calla bulbs last week from HD, (less than $1 each) so I have 15 bulbs ready to go. They bloom through winter and spring here for me, and go dormant in the summer. But Hawaii stays cooler than FL year 'round so they'd probably just keep going there. Fabulous.
Got some pics at our local Master Gardener Plant Sale today, was very impressed with this variegated white bougie but somebody bought it before I could. (there was only one) Oh well, I can still look at it . . .
They also had a great selection of bromeliad divisions, so I'm going back later to take another look. Someone was bringing in Epidendrums - the real ground orchids - with orange or red flowers (not in bloom though, she had marked them with colored ribbons). I really want a start of those!
Sadly I lost my epidendrums to last winter. Bah Humbug!
You are right, Hawaii is much cooler than the southeast, they get quite cold at night on the Big Island where that picture was taken, we had to have the heater on in May. It is hard to see but there were camellias blooming behind that calla hedge. Camellias bloom year round there but they are not as showy as ours are because the bloom period is so stretched out the flowers are sparce.
Just got to talk to the lady who grew the epidendrums - she says she protects them on cold nights even down here! Darn, I was hoping to plant them in the ground . . . oh well, may as well experiment, the plants were only $10 apiece - an absolute steal! I'll get two, put one in the ground and keep the other potted as insurance.
She says they start blooming in January - can't wait! I will have starts for you, Alice. They are easy to propagate from what I've learned.
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The above caladiums are growing under large oaks.
I once had an epidendrum hedge on my roof garden when I lived in San Francisco. They were in pots of bark with a sprinkler system>
dzzy, well shoot, I wish I'd known......here's mine from last year. I have red and purple too, but they are still fairly small compared to this one, which is even bigger this year. We grow them in pots, stash the pots in the barn if we get a frost or freeze.
Hello All!!
homer1958, thanks, that is a easy Philo to grow, if you would like a cutting lmk.
LouC, I have plumerias planted in the ground in my hoop houses and in pots as well. I dig up the plants out in the yard around late November. I then remove some of the dirt and store them upright in a designated area in the GH where I also keep my bare root bananas. I've been doing this over 20 years.
Some Plumerias take several years before blooming.
mjsponies, It seems as if everyone else has Brugs. blooming, I am jealous. That is a very good color on your noid. I transplanted daydreams today where it can get a little more sunshine.
I am using my Brug. plant for hanging baskets.
Kay Jones, That is priceless! I can tell where he got his good looks from. It is good to be a grandmother!!
Your plant could be a Clerodendrum Indicum, Rj has them growing crazy in his front yard. Even the seeds on this plant will keep your interest.
Dale-the-Gardener, Glad to have you back, we all look forward to more of your Florida garden pictures.
dyzzy, the variegated white bougie, is one I have been looking for. They make a good hanging basket, mine died two years ago and I have not been able to replace it. The plant that died did not have thorns, which makes it even better.
Well, I did get a huge plant of the orange epidendrums, and also got another 'Lady of the Night' for only $12 apiece, so I feel like I got great bargains. Will send pictures when they bloom!
Rita, yes I do regret not getting the white bougie, as then I could have sent you a piece.
Let me post my baby's picture again and see if it comes out oriented correctly this time!
Here's one of my FAVORITE pictures of the BEST flower in my collection - he's in full bloom at one month old:
Please pay NO ATTENTION to the antique flower pot holding this little flower! Yes, we are lopsided - as you might imagine, everyone in this household is a bit lopsided - he sleeps all day and stays awake most of the night! LOL
LOL...it was fine the first time, even better now...congrats on your beautiful "bloom"
Florida>
Here's more Florida:
This used to be Cypress Gardens, it failed.
It is now Lego Land.
Your landscape is gorgeous!
We used to go over to Cypress Gardens, one of my favorite places. Such a shame, all those beautiful gardens gone.
What happened to them Martha!
It's now "Lego Land " ....
Don't despair, though. I have heard that they went to pains to preserve at least part of the gardens. You just have to enlist some kids to take with you so you can go visit it.
My son loves Lego, and still has a huge box of his collection. He's nearly 32 . . . eternal child? I have no grandkids yet, maybe I'll have to borrow some.
Here's my other new 'baby' from the plant sale yesterday - orange epidendrums. (no flowers yet) Looks like they'd root really easily along the stems with all those adventitious roots.
My 7yo grandson loves Lego Land, I had no idea it is the old Cypress Gardens. Must be a good but sneaky grammy and offer to take him sometime on the pretense of seeing legos. :-) He loves playing with his dad's and uncle's legos in the attic. We have a lego land of our own up there.
Don't you love Master Gardener Plant sales, that is where I have gotten the most interesting plants over the years.
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I love that border of caladiums. I thought they had to be in shade???
Jan
This link lists some of the sun tolerant caladiums but I have learned that they really need to have plenty of water when grown in the sun.
http://www.caladiumbulbs4less.com/servlet/the-Sun-Tolerant/Categories