Sreophanthus petersianus, a woody climber
Some fall flowers
I love the Clerodendrums and this year I had a yellow Clerodendrun paniculatum, the Pagoda flower, bloom. The inflorescences with at least one more on the way.
LOVE the first one. Where did you get it?
Also the yellow clero, where did you get it? I didn't know they came in yellow.
I bought the first one at a local nursery here in Florida, the yellow clero is rare, imported that from Thailand.
David
they are gorgeous!
I really like the yellow one. I have an orange that is similar.
CLERODENDRUM SPECIOSISSIMUM
Here is one I saw at the Botanical Garden near St Petersburg
C speciossum can get big here in Florida, I have one that attracts many butterflies and the occasional hummingbird. C paniculatum is a little more organized in its appearance but both are great. Paniculatum is ussually red like speciossum,
Popper, that vine is simply great! I cut and pasted the name into Plant Files and it came back with Strophanthus petersianus, but no picture and very little info. Is it the same plant?
Could you possibly give us a size reference i.e. how big is that leaf that is beside the flowers? Also how high has your vine climbed? Is it fragrant? Sun or part shade? I have festooned most of my fence space already, so need to know if I could squeeze it in before going ahead to look for one.
Lovely clero, too. I have the 'Shooting Star' clero but it has made one flower - well one cluster of about 5 - in the 4 years I've been growing it. Loses all its leaves in winter unless I cover it, and sends suckers all over the garden, too. Despite being cut back to under 3ft. this spring, as you see, it is over 10ft. tall now. My husband loves the foliage, but I am looking for something to replace it.
Yes, that is the same plant. The leaves are glossy, about 4" long. The flowers are only about 1" across, but the tassles on the petals can be 6 or 7 " long. No smell but it is very showy. It is a woody climber, doesn't get bushy unless you really trim it, it is more of a scrambler. Likes full sun, does not like the cold. It will freeze back if it is not covered but does come back from the roots, but slowly. Blooms all year once it gets some size. If i were you I'd give it a shot, would look great on your fence.
"Shooting star" is great (yours is a beauty) but only flowers if it totally kept from getting frost/burned. C paniculatum is pretty easy to find in this area, the red flowered one, not the yellow I have pictrued (I have both) Its flowers in the summer and the inflourence can get huge, over 12" tall and wide and lasts a long time. I highly reccomend it. It also does sucker, Does not like frost but can be a quick grower in the spring.
Carambola,, or star fruit, flowers
Grevillea 'Fire Sprite'
Developing inflourence on Leea macrophylla. Leaves are about 4' long
Juanulloa aurantiaca
Colocasia Thailand Giant. Wonderful smell!
Solanum macranthum, Giant Potato Tree. Open purple, fade to white over 3 days
Jamaican Poinsettia, Euphorbia punicea
Such pretty pictures, popper! You have some great stuff in your garden.
Didn't know that colocasia flowers were fragrant, either!
They have a very sweet, pleasent fragrance. Not all have but this one definitely does. Prettyfree flowering although each only lasts about a day or two
too.
Popper, looking good over there in Mulberry.
I like foilage mostly, Coleus are one of my favorties>
Philodendron are becoming a favorite. They are easy>
Foliage plants are wonderful, I agree. Especially in the shady areas of the garden where things don't bloom so well.
This year I 'discovered' the whole east side of my garden that has a shaded walkway under a massive live oak tree. It has nice established plantings of some tree Philos, and a lovely tree fern, but was otherwise overrun with weedy fern and air potato. I hadn't wanted to plant much there since it was easy care, and low water usage, but we got our well working so now I have no excuse not to explore some plants with more color for there.
Somebody gave me two 'Prince of Orange' philos for starters. I think they look like they belong in Disneyland . . but they're doing well.
Also found that begonias love the shifting shade and acid soil under that old oak tree.
This is 'Looking Glass'
I 'invested' in a hybrid Coleus called Florida Sun Rose. It was pretty, with mottled purple and green leaves with yellow and pink markings early in the season, but as the summer went on, it seemed to revert to plain green and purple. However . . now it is going back to more color! Are they temperature sensitive?
Caladiums and this little polly (which I rescued from Publix, where it had been dropped and the pot broken) are interesting foliage subjects, too. Not sure how well they will compete with the oak roots, so I've kept them in the pots, but will re-pot and sink the pots in the ground for winter now.
One of my favorites for both foliage and the fragrant flowers is this 'Dr. Moy' hedychium.
It's really vigorous, and a great bloomer, too.
One more foliage collage, caladium and coleus.
A few of my Coleus lose their bright colors in the endless summer heat too. Most don't however.
