i was plant shopping today and came across this giant of a Tibochina Tree.
waaaaaaaaaah is in order because I can't have a greenhouse...........
This will make you want a greenhouse.........
Loew's had this Pride of Barbados in big containers for only 19.00...............
I don't even know the name of this plant but it is soooooooo nice.
Those are beautiful! I agree, but I don't have room for a greenhouse either.They are NICE!
This was an Alamanda 'Cherries Jubilee' on big big plants
It isn't that I don't have room.....................got lots and lots of space..............but they get too expensive it you do it right..............
I have forgotten the spelling of this tree...............it was called Guido Tree...............but someone googled it and couldn't find it.........have to call the nursery tomorrow.......
I can't remember the name of this and everyone has it............and all the nurseries do, too...........
The orange flowered one is Cordia sebestena (aka Geiger tree) and the pink one is Justicia carnea.
well, we just keep meeting up , ecrane............thanks for those names............really appreciate it................I loved those orange colors on the Cordia sebstena............how in the world did you ever learn this man botancal names, lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love tropicals, and I guess I have a good memory--unfortunately all those botanical names are taking up valuable space in my brain that would probably be better used for something else!
Pic three is Dioon spinulosum. Do not worry about Tibochina. I have many and all but one species variety gets really leggy and is a lot of work to keep dense.
WebInt.............I have grown Tibochina many times when i worked in a greenhouse..........keep taking cuttings and they get very bushy and then bloom...............really pretty blooms...............
I am wrong about Tibochina..........just talked to a DGer in zone 8b in Alabama and she says her Tibochina comes back faithfully in the ground every year for her.............hers is the dark purple one..............
Gessie, I don't know about the Cordia but all the others should be hardy for you. Go get 'em girl!
I do believe I will.......................just not believing that these can be hardy down here, but everyone says they are...............................I don't think that Turner's, the oldest nursery in CC, would be selling the Geiger Tree if it weren't hardy here.
I want your nursery here. What great plants. I WANT that Tibouchina!!! I love them. Are those flowers pink? I have 4 big Tibouchina urvilleana and they are pretty hardy. This last winter mine did die back a bit when it got down to 27 at night for 10 days but finally grew back and started blooming 2 weeks ago again. I should get blooms right up into December. I grow mine as trees and they are beautiful with tons of flowers. Very easy too. I did lose one to cold I bought last year though. It was still in its 5 gallon pot, a Tibouchina organensis. I need to go buy it again. Liz got one too.
A friend gave me a small Alamanda 'Cherries Jubilee' and I love that too. Boy, I want to visit your nurseries.
I did just buy a 3 gallon Pride of Barbados at HD. First time I ever saw it here. I bet it died over winter but it was only $10 so worth the thrill of having it awhile to see those flowers.
Tibouchina organensis
I do realize how lucky we are to have these nurseries on the coast..................the nurseries in CC carry some, but the majority are in the small towns around Rockport............Ingleside and Aransas Pass.......................the owner of my favorite one is working on landscaping plans right now.......................she is the one who carries the most tropicals................they are moving down the road so they can put up their other 30 big greenhouses................they used to be in the wholesale business until their last propane bill was 35,000.00 for the last year (they were in central Texas).............................I love it that they moved down here to do their growing and selling retail................
My T. organensis died, I'm going to have to see if I can find another one too! It made it through the winter just fine (in the greenhouse) but it gradually got more and more fried as the summer went on, I think it doesn't like the heat here or something. T. urvilleana behaves fine here as does heteromalla, but the other species I've tried all fry.
gessie--I wouldn't count on the Cordia being hardy for you, Plant Files lists it as only hardy to zone 10 and most of the info I've seen on it would suggest that as well. Mine is going in the greenhouse for the winter, I won't trust it outside. The nursery may have been confused, there's a white Geiger tree (Cordia boissieri) that is hardy in your area, but the orange one is more tropical.
thanks for telling me.....................I am not sure but I think the Tibouchina was urvilleana..........almost positive...........
If you're still talking about the Tibouchina in your first picture, I'm pretty sure it's not T. urvilleana. The leaves are a little too long & narrow and the veins look more prominent, and the flowers look too pink and too clustered. The leaves remind me of my T. granulosa, but it hasn't bloomed yet so I can't compare the flowers (there's a purple flowered version and a pinkish one)
I will call tomorrow but I feel quite sure that is what the tag said.............let you know...............
I agree Liz, the leaves are wrong. I hope it is a pink one and I hope the fairy princess of PINK somehow gets it to me. LOL
Liz, too bad our T. organensis croaked. Shoot I paid $40 for mine. I will try again. Next time I go to HMB I will have to see if those are still there or if they died too.
I went out to take a pic of one of my Tibouchina urvilleana trees. But the sun is wrong. You can see it but the color is wrong on the flowers which would be a bright purple. This from inside my courtyard, so you can only see what is above the 6 foot fence. It is all new growth. From the street size, too many roses in the way.
Here you can see the flowers and the leaves, a bit fatter than yours Gessiegail.
You can tell I don't know 'nada' (LOL)
I actually just went to check my T. organensis, and it has a little tiny sprout on it with 2 tiny leaves, so I guess it's not completely dead! I'm really bad about throwing away things that have died, and sometimes if I leave them there long enough they come back to life for me (the dead stuff is interspersed with the things that are still alive, so they do get watered). I'm still not optimistic that it'll be blooming for me this year, but I guess I'll give it a chance. I'm still likely to pick up a new one if I run across it though, just in case it doesn't make it! I haven't been to Magic Gardens all year anyway so it's worth making the trip.
Gail, I do not know anything either but I make believe I do.
Liz, so funny. I found my 5 gallon container of T. organensis last week when I was going thru my huge mess of plants that need to be planted or changed to a bigger pot. And all it had were 2 little leaves sprouting too. So I immediately watered it and the next time I looked the sprout had died. I killed it just by noticing it.
Kell, you know a lot....................laughing at you!!!!!!!!!!!! Sometimes I play make believe but only when I know that the other people don't know what they are talking about either (LOL)
I guess I should watch out then that I don't accidentally kill it now that I know it's not dead (I've done that to a few other plants!)
I am going to get up tomorrow and call the man in Boerne , Texas who has the African violet nursery plus many many other greenhouses................i was in a hurry coming back from seeing the grandchildren at camp and just saw this place. I didn't get to go into a lot of the greenhouses............but i peeked in one which had nothing but orchid cactus (I think that is what they are called).....................plus I saw variegated columnea 'Light Prince' and others.............in another greenhouse...............
May have to make a quick trip back there.....................
I have three of the plants you were writing about and you can grow them from cuttings. I have rooted the Tibochina many times and they all grow outside here in zone 9a. I have seeds from the pride of barbadoes or called Flamboyant. Dwarf!. My sister lives in Miss and her tibochina comes back in the spring from roots and blooms so You dont have to worry about that. I will send you any of this for postage.
I also have the cheries jumblee vine. I have three colors . one yellow and one the rose shade and the other one is slightly brownish all very pretty and all can be rooted. I am not good at posting pictures so cant show you but they are all blooming like crazy now and do from spring to about dec then stop for a couple months and then start again.The prices sound pretty high there but then again when they are not grown local they usually charge more for them. I so want a bright red crapemyrtle and they want 65dollars for one here about 4 ft tall. Some ladies are going to root me some for spring when I got up to miss for visiting and go to their round up. Fran
Ps. Wanting blueberries ? you can root and grow in soilless mix of pinebark and feed cottonseed meal and miracle grow for acid loving plants. Just keep them moist at all times.
You are the nicest person, but people have already offered to send me cuttings................thank you so much...............that wonderful new crepe myrtle is all over our nurseries but I didn't look at the price........................
Thanks again,
gail