LOL, Suzy...I am jealous of all those cool plants you have. Would you email me and advise me about your web site...not seeing anything this year.
Rj
What's Blooming in Your Garden Now?
You have a website?!? Info please!
Debbie
I used to have one Debbie, there's nothing on it right now.
I took inventory of what is blooming this morning:
Asclepias both yellow and red/orange
Alyssum purple and white
Morning glory bush
Bouganvilla
Blue Sky vine
Meyer and Ponderosa lemons
Hibiscus
Crinum Queen Emma
Lobelia
Aristolochia fimbriata
Aristolochia elegans
Aristolochia gigantea
Jasmine Maid of Orleans
Confederate Jasmine
Pinwheel Jasmine
Thunbergia alata
Angelonia
Pink oenothera-native
Purple verbena-native
orange cosmos
salmon 4 o'clocks
Jewel of Opar
Salvia Indigo Spires
Salvia gregii
Gerbera daisy
Stocks-almost finished
Roses
Brugmansia
Swan River daisy-brachycome
Freesia
Vinca-hasn't quit blooming all winter
Ruellia Katie mix
Geraniums
Barleria repens-coral creeper
Barleria-Philipine violet
Bananas(the hummers like these)
Nasturtiums
I know there's more, that's all I can remember!
Susie, you have to post some photos! That list is awesome.
I will try to take some pics tomorrow. I went outside after typing that list and there's a bunch more stuff blooming.
Confederate jasmine, bluebonnets (+ marron ones), blanket flowers, black-eyed Susan, Mexican olive, butterfly weed (2 varieties), ruellia (3 colors), russelia, pink evening primrose, cape honey suckle, native orange honeysuckle, hinckley columbine ,and hibicus are blooming in my garden now. It is great because the blanket flowers are covering up some of the winter weeds I still need to clean up. Almost forgot, the crossvine is covering the top of the pineapple guava tree with blooms. It is an early spring here. Barb
A shorter inventory here--
a geranium
sweet peas
russelia (it never stops here)
poppies
stocks
larkspur
autumn sage (it does much better in cool weather for me)
Louisiana irises
a few feeble zinnias
a rudbeckia (Goldilocks)
tomatoes ( a stretch, I know)
a cinese wisiteria (blooming out of season)
wisley blue bulbs (still hanging on)
Debbie
I have maroon bluebonnets all in bloom now
A photo of a few of the things that are in bloom right now
You have a fun looking garden TXBB, so relaxing too. I have told you before, but I love the little tool boxes you have as planters.
:) thank you Sheila and yes I remember you telling me that. I am always looking
for new/used tool boxes. My hubby teases me about the tool boxes but I told
him that I could be collecting items that were gold and silver and he
decided that he lovesssssss my tool boxes now!!!! (LOL)
Angela
More La iris.
I don't think this russelia ever gives up--thrives on no water or care and blooms year round.
a close up--something for the hummers that will race thru here on their northern migration in April.
Hi, everybody. My roses finally started blooming! They were sorely neglected last year and would have bloomed over the winter if I had fertilized, but it just never happened. I counted 1 flower open and atleast a dozen buds on Mdm Alfred, four open flowers on Cecile Brunner and 3 on Erfurt. My pink oxalis have been blooming for atleast a month, but I take them for granted because they need no care. My irises have buds, even the ones under the pecan tree. The yellow oxalis has buds, the Hechera is blooming. Angelita daisies and hot lip sage started blooming a month ago.
Spring has sprung once more and it is always so positive and hopeful!
Thought I'd add my list to the thread...
Roses
Snapdragons
iceplant
penstemons
amaryllis
Thunbergias that survived the winter (which I didn't know they would do)
dutch iris
white bauhinia trees-2 different species
petunias
aloes
pansies that are still alive
Passionvine (only P. violacea so far)
blackfoot daisty
yellow euryops
bulbines (orange & yellow)
I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but oh well:-)
Here's a pic from a few days ago w/iceplant, aloe, and a few other things.
BTW Bareroots, I love your picture. It reminds me of my great aunt's garden in Austin; very nice!
very nice ! Love the landscaping too.
do you have pictures of the white bauhinia trees? I just received some seeds fo 2 different types of white ones..just want to see what I have to look forward too.
Rj
Rj, I hadn't checked this thread in ages... here's a pic of one of the orchid trees if you're still watching:-) The flowers are small, but nearly constant.
Right now, Crocosmia
and the yellow walking iris...
and centratherum...
Yes, still watching...and what timing! I just planted the bauhinia tree seeds last week, and they are popping up rather eagerly.
cool plants !
Rj
Do any of you kind people know where a Clerodendrum can be purchased in the Houston area and what time of year they are most likely to be available? I don't think I've ever seen one at any of the nurseries I frequent. I haven't had much luck with mail order of plants other than daylilies, but I may have to go that route to find one. All your posts about it have convinced me I really need one!
What kind of clerodendrum do you want?
Joshuas in the Heights has or had, incisum, ugandense, Clerodendrum paniculatum, Bleeding Heart Vine, Glory Bower 'Delectum' and Clerodendrum trichotomum -
Buchanons in the Heights usually has ugandense- that's the Butterfly one.
I am propagating a few of the ugandense right now.
also at Buchanons on occasion I have bought Clerodendrum quadriloculare and Clerodendrum quadriloculare var. brandonii
Rj
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Thanks RJ, I guess I don't know enough about them to know which one I want. I like the butterfly one, but in your opinon, which one does best in our Houston climate? I have a morning sun, dappled shade location for one. I'd like one that is somewhere between 5 and 10 feet tall at maturity. Do any of them fit this description and will bloom in partial shade? Thanks so much for all the info.
Clerodendrum ugandense--full sun--freezes to ground every year. That's a 3' fence next to it 6' behind. Never fertilized--no messenger.
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Closer--flowers.
I'm just east of Barker Cypress--north of I10.
You can also find several at Caldwell's in Rosenberg and Antique Rose Emporium Brenham and Cornelius on Dairy Ashford.
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Wow Debbie, can't wait to visit with you and exchange garden theory and ideas!
In Houston, I haven't met a clerodendrum that hasn't liked it yet. For me, in the Heights, we have lots of canopy from huge trees, this makes the difference in a few degrees combined with the concrete heat up another couple of degrees, my ugandense hasn't frozen yet.
Like Jerrys jungle off of gulfbank and I-45 his tropicals thrive year around mainly due to the canopy of trees around. I usually buy a bale of straw, combined with leaves..I heap on all of the tropicals.
Rj
RJ--I'd get an "F" in garden design--I'm just a plant collector and grower and most of them are not tropical. But I do have one seriously huge rangoon creeper and 37 varieties of Louisiana Iris' which are real nice late March. And a few others... ;)
One new plant I like alot this year is this one:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/59740/index.html
Got it down at Joshuas for all of one dollar. There are better pics of it at top tropicals and a red version I'd love to have. These like full shade, lots of moisture, and blooms nonstop. Sorta look like a poinsetta with the color leaf bract. Small subshrub. This one's a worker in the garden--but maybe my clero incisum will look nice soon--for a short while--its covered in blooms. I'm thinking of putting it out front in the ground--it likes it dry and I need the pot. I'm sure it will look great right next to a beautyberry....
Do need some americrinums? I'm going to be dividing and moving these after they finish blooming. They have a much longer blooming period than regular crinums; have been blooming nonstop since May 25th and show no signs of stopping anytime soon either on about 3 hours a day dappled sun. They are huge bulbs too--much larger than tennis balls but smaller than volleyballs--lol
LOL....that sounds like me... Jungle is a nice word for "plants close together". My other term for it is garden labratory, where I have learned much by trial and error. I grow alot of stuff from seed, just for the knowledge, how long it takes to sprout- success in survival after being planted in ground, performance in pots vs in ground...etc.
That's a cool plant from Joshuas. I told Patty we'll hit Joshuas with you next week. -
so the incisum likes to be dry? I will have to plant my other one in a dryer and sunnier location.
Right now my other one is in a humus rich, damp area next to the pond, and it seems happy. It may not be too picky.
Sure on the americrinum. I have purple crinums if you want. You'll have your pick when you come over.
You have a pic on those purple crinums?
If its a clerodendrum--it's probably not too picky--growing them is about as easy as falling off a log--lol
Yes- Here ya go.
True on the cleros...Right now . and especially last week, was a good week for propagating.
Oh that's a really pretty crinum RJ.
I have roses! I transplanted them at a horrible time, but as I'd just moved didn't have a choice. Three beautiful blossoms on the Golden Showers climber, La Reine Victoria is fighting hard to bloom (just a very fat bud so far) and buds on several others. I treated them to some compost tea last night and they apparently enjoyed it.
Good going Brigid--sometimes you have no choice but move stuff at a bad time. They will perk up come fall and put on a great show!
Golden showers climber...? what ...a vine I don't know about!?
dmj, that's a huge clero! I've never tried one in the ground, but you convinced me. I got one and stuck it in the front yard... hopefully it'll live through the winter. Personally I'm hoping for another winter like the last one, which was pretty much not really a winter:-D
Here's a pic of Kniphofia 'Coonip' that I got from Seneca Hill.
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And here's Passiflora reflexiflora.
One more, Passiflora platyloba. I grew this one from seed.
