hi everyone, i don't post on this forum very often but thought you might like to see my garden. i started the garden from scratch in january so this is my first summer to mix tropicals with other types of plants. it's really been fun and interesting so far. this is a shot of the whole front garden. debi
a little closer of the left side.
and the right side.
Track, I adore it. what is the peach rose next to the tall orange canna? I love those 2 together.
also do you know what variety castor bean you have?
hi nery, old buddy! that's Gold Medal with Rainbow Sorbet behind it. most of the blooms you're seeing there are from GM. the castor is Carmencita. i got the seeds from johnnys this spring and every single one took. i had to give away tons of them. lol there are four planted in that spot, but now i have babies from them coming up underneath. i guess if we get a light freeze or frost, they will die, but i've heard that they don't always, here anyway. regardless, i will always have them. i just love them.
"tracks"
BEAUTIFUL!!! and, forgive me, I'm quite green with envy!!!
I have tropicals but gotta haul them into the house for winter: 'Super Dwarf' banana (just produced a pup), Red Shield Hibiscus, Elephant Ears, 9 different types of Cannas and Caster Beans...I "did" have Brug cuttings but they didn't survive... :(
Jan
hi jan, does your Red Shield winter over in the house or do you do cuttings every year? i'm curious because i have one coming this week and i don't know if i should bother planting it or keep it in a pot.
Really easy on the eye! I love what you've done.
thanks april!
I can just imagine your a garden as it gets some age Tracks. It is already so beautiful.
hey thanks, kell. the problem is that i'm going to age too! LOL oh well, we can't have everything.
tracks: I'm pretty sure that the Red Shield Hib will overwinter in your climate. I overwinter my tropicals in the basement. My hubby built me a plantroom (approx. 8' X 10') downstairs and I have several hanging light fixtures and shelves but I "outgrew" the room right after it was built!!! I do take cuttings tho, just in case, and if I don't need the 'new' plants I share a lot w/neighbors, friends, co-workers...
I do a lot of container gardening cause if a plant doesn't do well or is done flowering, or is dormant it I can move the plant to a diff location. I also put my aggressive perrennial plants in black nursery pots and then dig the pot/plant into my garden(s).
I read your rescue re: Babbs and fully understand what you had to do...you gave her a wonderful chance and you shouldn't feel that you "failed" her. She's got a new loving home and a new lease on life!
I joined DG for all the wonderful plant info, etc. but I hang-out mostly in the PETS forum...
Take care! Jan
thank you jan. it's very sweet of you to say. i have a big lump in my throat (and heart) when i think of her. my red shield came today. most of my books say that it is an annual, but i've seen it growing in protected spots here in central florida. i just wasn't sure what to do with it.. pot for now, it's just a baby.
Hi Tracks, for such a short time you have done a fabulous job. I think your red shield will do well during some years and not others. At least, that is the way it is around here. Everything marginal made it through the winter this past year but you never know, during a colder winter they might freeze.
thanks ardesia, i appreciate your input and your kind words too!
tracks: i've had red shield for several years now but have never seen a bloom yet. somewhere in another forum i read that hibs will flower if given vigoro formulated for tomatoes so maybe i'll try that. I really don't mind not having the flowers tho as i'm very partial to the burgundy coloring of the foliage. one of these days i've got to add pictures!!! if in doubt of the plant making it thru your "winter" just take cuttings. i also learned a unique way of rooting cuttings and saving stress on the little plants. i have had much success by putting the cuttings in the "wet flower foam" and when i see roots coming out at the bottom i just take the cutting (still "encased" in the wff") and plant the whole thing! in fact, after i soaked my rsh seeds in h2o2, i simply put them in little cubes of the wff and planted the cube and seed in regular potting soil---no transplant shock, no damping off!!!
re: babbs...are you able to keep in contact with her new family whereas they can share pictures of her or keep you informed as to how she's doing?
later, jan
my nieces with castor bean
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fuschia
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small hib plant w/big flower!
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one of my ee's
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garden at our weekend trailer getaway pic #1
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trailer garden #2
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3rd view of trailer garden
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Great job, Deb! Beautiful!!
:) Donna
