LouC, so far we have lost a couple of trees, I would hate to lose anymore. Meteorologists are often wrong with their prognostications.
I will take it one season at a time and pray for a mild winter.
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Debra; what ever is the easiest to get going ...Please send instructions(I'm serious)!
Anyone know how Rachel is fairing?
Rita, in spite of your terrible weather your garden looks fabulous - as usual. You did a great job with those milk jugs. :-)
I just read where they are worried about the Monarch butterflies going over Texas. They are hot wired to follow the same route but there is a thousand miles of dried or burnt land rather than the trees and flowers the butterflies need. I suspect your garden and Christie's willl be unusually special havens for the butterflies and hummers this year.
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Alice, You are so right! Maybe you guys down there could place some extra sugar water out! Please?
Rita, those squirrels are so voracious! I'll always remember a class on growing fruit and nut trees where the fellow teaching us told the story of his macadamia nut tree. He said "It is beautiful, healthy, blooms and makes nuts every year, and we never get to taste one. All we get are the fattest squirrels I've ever seen, waddling around with their little bellies dragging on the ground"
Also the Ag. agent over at our Extension office once told me "you don't want to know" when I asked him how the heck commercial nut and fruit growers keep the squirrels and raccoons away.
This is only tropical in that its like a tropical depression...rain...rain. With the full moon and the noreaster blowing in the tides were a lot higher. You could barely see any of the grass. Normally there is just a 'river' running out there about 50 feet from the bank.
Rita, what is the cute pink flower on the bottom of your first picture? The morning glory you liked is fugi no monet I was told. So far no seeds.. darn.
Super Nova is a white? If she sets a seed pod, save me a couple please? I love the whites on anything, especially brugs.
Christy, I am praying for you guys down there all the time, as Texas is a beautiful state and lots of things good come from Texas. You included.
Drew, I am not very good at instructions, but what ever is easiest for a beginner is to send a root ball, so the best thing to send you is an ugly old root ball, and perhaps a fat cutting to "learn" with. How bout that?
I know KayJones knows how to root things, right?
Paula, tropical rains and a beach sounds good to me, but then I don't live there any way, so have no real clue. When I lived in California, the rains didn't bother me, and when I lived in Miami, the rains were come and go.
Never did I see any hurricanes, tornadoes or snow in Miami back in the early 90's.
Never been to Georgia, but always wanted to go there..is this a picaso's paintbrush in this pot?
Debra,
I think that may be alternanthera ' threads', I think.
Dum-dum me.....forgot to load the picture......
This is the view from the front porch
Sounds good Debra! Le me know if there is anything I can send you!
a lot of water
Is this the old house Paula; or, do you have one on the river also?
Think I could live there! Reminds me of Mobile Bay!
That's at our house on the coast, Brunswick, GA. It's on the marsh and the tide was really high the last few days.
Drew, My husband is going to Goldsboro(?) Wed. for a few days for business meetings. Is that near you? I think he said it was like an 8 hour drive from here.
Debra, I sent you a Picasso's paintbrush plant - did it die?
Paula, It's about 4 hours from us...drive on either state roads; or way out of the way on the Interstates... just east of I-95 ..about halfway up through N.C.!
it must have KayJOnes, I am so sorry.. I am just a croton killer, so don't send another one :P~
Ahhhhhhh, don't worry - we will find you another one!
My variegated broms finally have a couple of flowers! It's been nearly a year since they bloomed last because I failed to divide them.
Welcome to the sea islands Paula. You will love it but just keep the bug spray handy. :-)
The tides have been amazing, this is the back yard at dead low this week. Normally we have hundreds of feet of Spartina grass between here and the river at low tide.
Let me know when you get settled, we can meet for lunch someday in Savannah and I can hand off some gingers, they are way too heavy to ship.
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Bilbergia Poquino Mas has a bud!!!!! Anticipation........
As Rita's garden, mine thinks it is Spring. New growth and flowers everywhere. Just a little rain is unbelievable. While just standing and admiring God's handiwork yesterday, I saw 3 Monarch. Ran to each milkweed plant to see if there were any eggs. Maybe they will show today. Have oodles of passion vine in every direction and usually by now it is only stems as the
Gulf Fritillary are ravenous. Sadly, I haven't seen even one Frit this season. Same with the Giant Swallowtail. I have tons of host plants and they are still all in one piece. (I have just got to figure out how to load pictures from iPhoto.)
PS. Even my brugs are blooming. They are half the size they were last year.
Alice,
beautiful bilbergia!!
We have had the place on the coast for years. My husband spent alot of his summers there growing up. There was only one house and all the family tried to pile in on weekends and it got to the point there wasn't enough room for everyone, so about 4 years ago, my husband and his twin decided to build a house. Its actually a duplex, we have one side and they have the other. It works out so much better, we all have our own space, but we're still together.
That's like having your cake and eating it to!
Philodendron>
Hybrid?
Homer, Not sure. I didn't write down the name. I am not real good at keep track of names.
I do have some of these labeled, but, it is dark and I am too lazy to go out and get the names.....
Dale, the one in the last pic with the long narrow leaves and marbled variegation is really pretty. If there's a tag on that one I'd be interested to know what it is.
Made another little buy at Tropiflora yesterday, they had starts of Philo. Gloriosum for $2.50 so I'm going to try my hand at it! Drew or Rachel, any recommendations on soil to pot my little plug in?
Elaine
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Got this nice pitcher plant, too. I'm trying to use 'natural' methods to reduce the population of insects inside my pool cage since we like to eat out there in the wonderful weather. The no-see-ums and midges fly right in through the screen.
I also bought a Venus Fly Trap the other day, but it is tiny and doesn't have any flowers. Will post a pic when it is more presentable. It was a rescue from HD - completely dried out but still alive, so I have hopes.
Hello Everyone!
homer1958, I keep looking for Rachel as well. She was here on the 24th to wish me a happy birthday, and is probably just busy with other things in life. Hopefully, she will be back soon. I miss her very much!
LouC, wasn't that a nice surprise this morning? We got another 3/4" of rain. Today was a very pleasant day, the butterflies are everywhere!
GAgirl1066, that is an awesome, tranquil view. I would never want to leave!
Dale-the Gardener, I can not keep track of names either, I just know that Philodendrons are my favorite plants!
dyzzy, love the variegated Bromeliad! You did good at Tropicfloria again, that is a excellent price on the Gloriosum.
thanks Rj
ardesia, thank you, I love the foliage on your Bilbergia.
There is a Off "clip on" mosquito repellent that I have been using this year that is excellent.
Joeswife, that is a pretty, petite pot you posted. I find the combination that turn out best, are the pots that you put all the leftover plants.
The pink plant in the picture is a purple chinese hat (Holmskioldia tettensis). It has been blooming since spring.
I promise to start you a Brug. Super Nova, and mail it in the spring.
Elaine,
I believe you should place starter plants in a mixture of, 70% Professional Grade Peat Moss and 30% Horticultural Grade Perlite.
After the Gloriosums' leaves obtain a length of 6-8'', I would switch over to a mix of; 30% Good potting soil, 30% Medium Orchid Mix, 30% Pine Bark fines and with a remaining balance of Coarse Agricultural Grade Perlite!
These mixes have worked well for me in the Charlotte area with shifting shade conditions for Anthuriums and Philodendron.
wow great pictures as always. i always see new must have plants here.
dale i love the crotons.
rita your garden looks incredible to me, especially that super nova and do i spy sanchesia behind the ti's.
pyxxy,
P. gloriosum likes it warm all the time. When the weather cools next month it is going to need to be brought in on cold nights (below 50). It grows like a weed in the heat of summer.
I lost a nice one I had a few years ago...
I was over at the State Arboretum last week, just before I went to the VA Clinic in Bay Pines - Clerodendron>
joeswife i didn t know you lived here, where in miami did you live? my neighbor has a nice house for sale if you are ever thinking of moving back.
Starting to bring plants inside. Lowes tomorrow for Drip Saucers for plants on the floor. Plants on the shelving unit I made that's in the Dining Room, will have restaurant type institutional size baking sheets for drip pans courtesy of a good friend with a restaurant.
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