This is Cuphea Susan's Little Gem, got it when Debbie and I went to ARE
photos from today
another shot
Sunrise starting to open
She seems as happy as can be. :)
This is the other, but I can't recall the name
E Twilight maybe
Check that Sunrise for fragrance--mine was the first echie I've noticed it with.
EG Wisteria just starting to open
Debbie will do
My pink banana- I heard that the fruit is edible but full of seeds, doesn't sound worth it me.
My garden variety Echi
dwarf
and variegated fire bush- not dwarf
Like anybody who calls themselves a texas gardener doesn't have several of these! LOL, want one anybody?
My RC
my dang snail vine that will soon keep traffic from entering the subdivision.
not at that size but thanks anyway...it looks real nice where it is. :)
and you call yourself a Texas Gardener?!
I won't speculate but you know what I'm thinking. :)
LOL
What is the tree to the right of the large yellow blooming plant....
Ahhh well funny you should ask- it's a 2 1/2 yr old Royal Poinciana- will it ever do anything besides grow straight up by leaps and bounds? Will it ever bloom? Well I don't know, but it's fun to watch it grow- about 3 feet since March and 2 of them in the last month. Flowers in spring but wants no additional water until after it blooms...think that will ever happen?
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/2755/index.html
Is it in the ground?
Yeah it's a really big tree at maturity.
How long have you been in that house?
1 year in Mar- I had planted it in the previous house and dug it up when I moved here- it was during the cool part of the year, early march and it wasn't happy but survived the tranplanting.
started from seed?
Not this one, but I do have several started from seed. This one is either red or yellow and the others from seed are whatever this isn't- I have to ask my daughter she bought the seed, I just planted.
april - Is that this year's picture of that Cassia alata?
Photos from today April--they are terrific! ;)
April that Poinciana is gorgeous! its prettier than the poinciana that grows in Miami! Are those seed pods hanging off your tree?
Here's a few from this morning....not an early riser here....lol
These are zinnia swizzle from seeds started 4/25. I love it when folks tell me its too late to do something. They should look nice when they get a bit bigger because they are planted at the foot of the clerendendrum u.
Speaking of the clerandendrum u--its now gracing me with blue....this will continue right up until frost.
Interesting use of color dontcha think? blue then red-orange then pink.....hey, it is the back yard. Since that yellow russelia is a pale yellow and not a bright yellow; I'm thinking it will look good at the foot of the clerandendrum too. Is it well rooted yet? What do you think?
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The coral vine with clear aspirations of taking over the planet...
These Texas Stars won't stop....must have a zillion seeds. And so easy to grow from seed too.
And last but not least April--an RC pic from today.
april--cool looking variegated fire bush...I have never seen one and of course like everything else variegated, I love it! Debbie-- you also have fire bush too, right? It looks very pretty under your coral vine.
Both of your RC are awesome. Those are so pretty, I am gonna have to get me one and see if I can get it to establish roots before winter.
Thanks for the compliments!
Ok, CeeJay, yes that is this yeas Cassia alata- we had such a mild winter it didn't freeze back all the way; w/ the few freezing nights we did have I lost some small branches and there were some nasty looking leaves- I also fertilize most everything around it so it is getting that benefit. I have had to cut it back 2 times already.
Sylvia, well I don't think this Poinciana is at all different from what they grow in FLA- but I don't really know. This was bought on Ebay as a seedling maybe 3 years ago. As far as I know it is nothing special. On the Cassia alata/Candlestick tree, there are millions and millions of seeds each year. If I were careful I would pick up the pods and trash them, but I am a reckless, risk taking, adventerous type so I just run them over w/ the lawn mower- I pull them out by the handfuls or just mow them down. If you want seed let me know and I will collect some, other wise, they are lawnmower fodder.
Ms. Merae, this var. fire bush has an interesting story w/ local roots; Bob Beyers (gosh I hope that I spelled his name right) who lived in Houston until earlier this year, I believe he moved to Austin; anyway, I digress- Bob was visiting a friend in in one of the towns a little closer to Galveston, forget which one, and the friends firebush had a branch or 2 with this variegation- Bob suspected it was a virus and took a cutting and was able to produce this consistent variegation. He has refused to "patent" it so anybody is free to make and sell cuttings. I did buy mine from a nursery and they call it Beyer's Variegatied Hamelia ... I think Bob put a nice photo of it in Plantfiles. I don't believe this is a dwarf so fully expect it to take over my yard.
Deb I think that would be a great site for the Yellow RE- it might be rooted enough, I am always game and you know where to get another cutting if this doesn't work- just give it a little TLC and it should be ok.
April
Thanks, April. I had a Cassia alata last year and the large amount of seeds scared me!! I was able to cut them all off, but I realized that if it got 6 inches higher, I was in deep trouble. So I took it out. And put a Cleronendron ugandense there. I was amazed at how big your Cassia was this early in the season. That explains it. Love your variegated fire bush!
I might have put a Clerodendron U there if I'd known how big they get...my daughter neglected to tell me that! LOL. I'd always wanted one of these Cassia alatas but they are a bit messy and they are constantly covered w/ bees, hornets/wasps (no I really don't know the difference) flys and of course Cloudless Sulpher butterflies and their caterpillars- if I decide that I really hate it I know that I can kill it because I've killed MANY plants in my time! LOL. Oh and I am not afraid to use a saw!
LOL! After I pulled it up, I had a few seedlings that came up in the flower bed. Potted them up and passed them on to unsuspecting friends. After all, that's how I got mine! Yeah, they do get covered in insects, don't they?!
I am always trying to pawn mine off...I guess you don't want one then? LOL...