Oh how I don't want it to end...but I have seen all my Lilys come and go..and now the Roses are loving the heat...things are just a poppin'....Jeanne
Love this "Sophys Rose"..reminiscent of a Peony
The Wonderful Days of Summer
It truly is a heavy repeater and so fragrant..a must have in any garden
The daturas I started from Seed have taken over
My Plumerias are growing by leaps and bounds
The blooms on the Plumeria are just intoxicating!!
My Clematis have out performed what I could only imagined in my wildest dreams
The Zinnas are humongous!!
The Clematis and Roses have almost totally filled up the Umbrella Trellis I put in last February
Hello Jeannie, Tx.
I am newbie to Texas Gardening., but your pictures are georgeous !! I am especially interested in the Plumeria.......
Tell me about it and would it grow in Rockwall, Tx., zone 7
I just moved here here from Georgia which was also in zone 7,
but the native Texas flowers and shrubs are what I would like
to know more about.
Your help appreciated, thk.'s
Heireloomhanna
Heireloomhanna..
You can grow Plumerias BUT, they must be dug back up and stored in your garage during the winter and planted back out when the temps stay above 45-50*..This is the first year I directly planted it in my garden..I have had it in a pot for 4 years and just keep repotting it in a larger pot each spring...dig a hole the size of the pot and dropped it in for the season..welcome to Texas and you will be able to grow alot of what you did in Georgia and then some!!...Let me know if you ever need help with anything...glad you enjoyed a bit of my garden...Jeanne
Jeanne, is that zebrina banana in pic#4? Sure is tall, how old is that plant? Yours look almost as tall as hardy basjoo. Pretty amazing/
your garden is so beautiful!
Vossner..that is Musa Rojo Banana..I planted ONE Spring of '2004 and 4 pups died that I sent to friends..It had 5 babies this spring and has put about 4 more out..LOL..it's a grower...here is was this past February...I just cut the dead leaves off and let it rip!! I didn't whack it to the ground..this is a sad pic..LOL..I totally redone the pond/fountain and put in so much since that pic..
Now, I can't leave that ugly pic..LOL..here it is all done with my ducks taking a swim after I finished the Pond/Fountain
Here is a close up of the Musa Rojo..this is not recent..It's much larger ..but you can see the burgandy in the leaves that drew it to me..
gorgeous, just gorgeus. I did whack mine in Dec/Jan. Was sweating bullets for a while (after reading I shouldn't have done that) but they cam back happy and bigger, just not as big as yours.
If you can stand it..leave the ugly brown leaves on it this winter..it kinda protects(insulates) the trunk..then when the freeze/frost period is over just cut all the dead leaves off..