This is a large tree at work.I took many pics today because as of the first of July we will never work there again. Its being totally taken over by the water utility....go figure!
Pride of Barbados
So, where will your headquarters be now? You will really miss those big greenhouses, won't you?
Those are beautiful trees Eclipse.
It's so sad that you are not going to have the gardens and greenhouses to work in. You've been there a long time haven't you?
I have seeds...will they grow and bloom in one season?
Grrrrrrr, that's horrible. My favorite local greenhouse has the same problem with the highway people. The new onramp will go right through the middle of the greenhouse. They have until November to clear out, then will have to start paying rent to the city, for land they owned for years! We've been going to this nursery forever, I clearly remember helping pick out the ponderosa lemon tree that we gave my grandmother when I was a child.
Where are you going to go? Will you be able to move all of the plants?
Heres whats up...I have been there 8 years,I will miss my greenhouses..but we are moving some plants to new growing houses nearby(about 1/4 mile away).I will still plant and care for the tropical beds and planters in Downtown area but won't have access to the giant trees anymore.
Brugie usually they take two years to bloom from seed here.This tree is about 12 feet tall.
I will be based out of a park on the East side of town...lots of skeeters there!!! EEEK! LOL
Well shoot. I guess I'll give my seeds to someone who can use them. I hate skeeters, but they can't be as bad as the chiggers are right now. I'm totally chewed up.
Hey- if you really wanna give those seeds away- I'd love to have a couple. SASE? Trade? Let me know.
I'd take a couple for SASE too if your being generous. :-)
I really love this one. I checked out the database and it seems it does OK in my zone and even lower.
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2247/index.html
Brugie, can I have a few seeds?
I see it comes in several colors! This is so cool.
http://www.barbados.org/plants/pride.htm
Crim, you need to come see me! hint hint
kell..the yellow form of it grows wild in the inland valleys of N. San Diego county..on the way to the deserts.Grows along the edges of the highway. :-)
I'm sorry you guys. I was talking to my friend Toni from Huntington Beach, CA last night and I told her she could have them. I will tell her, that if she gets blooms, to save seeds for you all. Sorry.......
Thanks Brugie....................
Beats Brugie! BAD WOMAN!!! LOL
No problem. :-D Thanks for the thought though.
I really am sorry. I had no idea that anyone would even want the seeds and I knew that Toni could grow them out there. Someone sent them to me and I was going to grow them myself until I read two years to bloom. I have way to much in my house in the winter the way it is. LOL!
I really need to get out of NO. Ca. more! I love San Diego! So Kyle, do you think they would grow OK in zone 9?
Dont be sorry! LOL They were yours to give silly!
Kell they should...
Kell,don't buy a 10 footer!!!!!
I love it ,at first I thought it was an hibiscus,but I love it even if its not
Kyle ,did you do the boxes downtown?
Are you going to post pictures?
LOL CC. Or at least do not get caught with it!
Yes Kyle, lets see some of your great displays!
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Pictures next week..I'm taking some time off after the big move at work..I'm beat! :-)
I have a couple of these also: Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Caesalpinia gillesii, and Caesalpinia mexicana. One of my pulcherrima is around ten feet tall. I've never seen seeds on mine, but I grew some of my C. mexicana plants from seeds I collected.
So very pretty!!! Wow.