gordonhawk - just got around to letting you know how much i enjoy seeing the pics of your containers. i was born in brooklyn, in the bushwick section on himrod street which was between central and evergreen ave. are you familiar with htat area?
my containers in October .. NYC in the fall..
Hi Gordon. Love the inside shot as well. I tried to start a cutting of Plumeria this summer but it didn't make it. I think it just got too much water. Will your roof be bare for the winter or do you have some things that will make it out there?
Terrie
Herbie.. 43.. Well Thanks.. welcome home to Brooklyn.. can you recognise it as the one you know from my photos.. I'm lightly familar with that area.. off the Interborough now the Jackie Robinson Parkway.. I would sometimes play golf outthat way at Forest Park..
Trunnels.. Yes.. they are very sencitive to too much water at ttheir start.. I use no saucers at first so rain doesn't contribute more than I wish them to have then.. give it another try.. they have a real active plumie society in Tx with lots of gareden tours and sales.. Lots of things are wintering over up on the roof.. a dozen or so roses.. some blooming awaiting tonights first light freeze.. a few pines and a cyperss a couple af Japaneese maples.. a few diffrent bamboos a bunch of blue rug junipers.. and the inground bulbs.. and the lawn .. the butterfly bush and lilacks.. well what's blooming inside now.. christmas cactus.. plumerias .. a few diffrent brugmansias.. and the bouganvilla.. posted is the double white Brug
this Brug is Milk & Honey I believe.. the aroma of these blooming inside is a real blast of summer.. sweet and thick.. I've alot of buds and flowers getting ready.. it's a toos up between letting them go and bloom and sending out cuttings and wacking them back for dormancy and keeping them alive.. growing.. flowering and developing their seedpods that have already set.. Keeping them flowering most allways wins out... Gordon
Love that Milk & Honey. I vote for keeping them flowering!!
Trunnels.. Yes I have .. and now it has three more .. love the way they start white for a few days then get dark..
Gordon
But all of the flowers aren't inside now.. there's the Thanksgiveing rose.. outside and in the freezing rain.. foilage still looks like it's spring .. could it be the spraying with messenger a little too late in the year.. some great stuff it is indeed..
Gordon
Well, Gordon! Once again you've knocked my socks off with your great photos! What lovely flowers! Congrats!
Well Sequee.. didn't I hear of your socks getting knocked off before.. oh once again..I see now.. Well I guess I can settle for socks. the picture of the day.. and thanks to all that continue to make it possible for me to learn to pull it off..
a new plumeria.. I can't imagined I asked for a yellow.. but it must have been a mystery or free cutting along with an order.. a new plumeria flowering.. now that it's ready.. still as lovely as ever.. and the fragerance inside isn't lost in the wind.. my dinning companion.. Plumeria a la white.. Gordon
GordonHawk, I rarely get to this forum. Certainly loved your 'upstairs garden'. You have done a great job planning and executing a lovely spot. Wish i could come in person and visit. Your brugs are just lovely, everything is. Great growing. Donna
Well Donna... I f you are ever near by please do come by.. although the lasting summer of November has now given way to the December of the winter to be.. the positive side is downstairs i t is the December of the spring to be.. Two plumerias are blooming htis evening,, Jasmine buds to come.. and as things start up again from thier brief Fall more will bloom with me throughout the winter.. Gordon
Gordon, I love your roof top garden! It is amazing how many different things you can grow there. I am going to try dahlias in pots next summer for the first time. Some of the ones I've ordered are the tall 4-5 foot ones. Have you grown them in pots? I'm wondering about the size of pots to put them in.
Susan
Gordon,Great job with your garden work! I am close by in NNJ. I am just starting out with container gardens. I hope to see more of your work and suggestions.
Well GreenHornet..
come spring you are welcome to stop by.. I'll help any way I can... and I'll surely be posting more..
One of the nicest things about growing tropicals here is in the winter they live down in my house.. I've a hibiscua nad two plumerias blooming inside now.. Gordon
Gordon, I just saw your thread. I'm simply astounded by all your beautiful, lush plants. I've heard about rooftop garden but have never seen one. Yours it's awesome!!! I really luv the variety of plants you have. Thanks for showing them.
:) Donna
Gordon your rooftop is lovely, its a tribut.
Donna I lived in Tonasket for about ten years in the 70,s grew up in Omak. I really miss the winters. No snow here to speak of, but great for gardening.
If you want snow....you can have it. It's finally starting to melt here. Lovely day.
:) Donna