Hello, All!
I have a few bromelieads in pots -- and naturally, I want more -- and am planning to put them in the ground this spring. Most seem to be light shade plants from what I've dug up on the DG Plant Files. I'd love to see some photos of how y'all have worked them into your landscapes.
Thanks!
Michele
bromeliad gardens
Okay, here is one from Selby Bot Garden in Sarasota. I think they look great in pots.
Here is a sun growing bromeliad from the State Bot Garden in Largo.
Let me see what else I have in photo files...
Here is a border o'broms. Again Selby
This is a bed from the State Bot gardens that they took out to make room for more parking places, what a shame! The yellow/gold plant is another sun tolerant brom.
They look good mixed with groundcovers.
Last one. They are planted around the base of trees, in a ring, not many weeds will grow thru them.
Lots of bromies in photos of my yard here:
http://www.cearbhaill.com/Bromeliads.htm
Here's a sample- my front yard...
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Wow!!!!!!!
I'm blown away! Thanks dale_a_garderner and Cearbhaill. These photos have given me something to aspire to.
I love your front yard, Cearbhaill. It's just gorgeous!
Michele,
There are shade loving and sun loving brom's. Best thing to do is ask the grower or if they are a 'pass along' plant ask where they were growing. Here is one I am looking for. I found it at Tropiflora, but, it was too expensive.
Androlepis skinneri
I like these -- growing up trees.
More? This is a nice grouping, the brom's are the purple plants top center.
I like the large growing kinds best. Here are some at Selby-Sarasota.
Thanks for posting more great pics, dale_a_gardener.
I got some of those "growing up the trees" broms at a round up -- I think from Fran "sendonetome" -- and put them in one of my palms. Like you said, they just latched on! No flowers -- but maybe in the spring.
Thanks again!
Michele
Dale,
USF had their androlepsis skinneri for sale. I know because I bought one for $10. If it ever pups I'll give you one. I'd hate to tell you how many times that thing has stabbed me. It even drew blood from my brother once.
Michele - here's another pic of the USF gardens!
At USF they have bunches of quesnelia tetsudos in bloom. I bought one in the plant shop.
Just gorgeous!
I have a partly shaded, sheltered area near my front door that's surrounded by a low rock wall. I'm going to try putting the broms in that area once it warms up. Thanks again for all the great pics and advice.
Michele
We only have a few but dreaming of more ! These were planted in garden beds Nov 2006 , beds are filling up with other companion plants and seedlings too !
This one in front a neighbor gave us real small couple years ago all green said it would do nothing . It's much larger now and deep , deep fushia, marroon, the one in back is Tri-Color
Here is a fav Piminto ( SP?)
Purple Star from mellielong in front :))
These pictures were taken last Nov.2006 soon I'll get new up-dated better ones . Were not fancy gardners just Ole folks that love all plants !
from my wanna be Bromelaid garden !!
Went out to USF this morning. Looking for a brom or two, but, with the cold weather they didn't have them out in the sale area. But, I got some nice shots.
Another, same plant.
I saw this growing in the brom bed that is in the middle of the traffic island.
How nice to see these pics! Here in Gainesville, we lost a lot of our color with the deep freeze. Thanks for posting, Dale!
Michele
Hi Michele, here is my bromeliad bed, i had just "groomed" all the dead leaves off the plants, and pulled out all the pine needles, oak leaves...i love broms, but they do require some work to keep them undercontrol...laid down some red mulch to make them "pop"! sue
Sue, I'm so jealous! I keep noticing peoples' bromeliads when I'm driving around town. There's someone on Bearss that has what I think are dyckias (I was trying to drive). I'm tempted to knock on their door and see if they want to trade. Gardeners are the most generous people I know, so maybe I should take a chance.
Your post reminded me that I need to clean the leaves and pine needles out of mine. You know, I was looking at them today, and I have oak trees growing in them! I've had a real problem with acorns falling in the middle of my bromeliads. I keep trying to dig them out because I was afraid they might block some of the water from getting in the middle of the plant (like corks in a bottle), but I never thought about them germinating and growing into trees. I had to explain to my garden that bromeliads grow on trees - not the other way around!
Thanks mellie! I did all the grooming on Sunday, and putting down of mulch...and with our little rain today...there are now tons of new oak leaves in the beds again and everywhere...i always forget when the "oakleave dropping season is"! I don't have to worry about the acorns as our overpopulation of squirrels make short work of them..i try to keep stuff out of the centers of the broms as much as possible...it is a constant battle isn't it? It is amazing how many of the little oak seedlings and others grow in Brom cups??? lol...My arms look like i have been in a cat-fight and lost!! lol...I try to squirt the hose in the centers and flush the stuff out...sometimes it works! Want some squirrels? chuckle...sue
Our squirrels are too busy jumping in the birdfeeder. I actually saw one eating an acorn the other day and it was so novel to see a squirrel doing normal, squirrel things. Everytime I go digging in the bromeliads lately I find Cuban tree frogs. So now I have to keep a rock nearby to smash them with. I hate when unexpected things come jumping out of my plants! I totally understand about the arm scratches. I'm afraid people are going to think I'm cutting myself and try to have "a talk" with me.
lol, good one Mellie!! sue
Sue, that is a GORGEOUS brom garden. The plants are beauties, and I love the way you've incorporated those rocks. Thanks so much for posting the picture.
Is that a full sun location?
Michele
I am sorry i haven't responded yet, Michele! No, it receives full am sun,,..light dappled shade in the noon, then when the sun is setting full sun again...very bright location to keep them colorful..thanks! sue
Thank you , Sue!
I'm a newbie, so I'm going to give this posting photos a try. I hope it works. I'm not sure of the names of these, but I love owning them, and they make me happy. ;)
Here's another one:
And another. . .
Still more. . .
Almost done. . .
Planted bed of bromeliads being destroyed by inkcap mushrooms.
