anthurium
Tropical Garden #2
philodendron
hibiscus in the greenhouse.
when you guys come to miami for the big ear fest, you will have to plan a side trip to my house.
Side trip? I'm planning to stay with you.
hahahahaha
Where do you live?
Christi
this is a picture of the sancheza bloom .(it is pouring rain today)
i live in miami, fl.
Theres that shooting star clerodendrum in the back ground. I was just out taking some photos..and found this ginger blooming away!
i can smell it from here
candela, Goodmorning How far are you from FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS ? IT'S my favorite spot in Miami. The beach being 2nd. Jerry
i am just north of downtown miami. about 25 mins.from fairchild.
it is pouring rain this morning so i am waiting for it to stop so i can go outside to work in the yard. i am building a pond in the back corner. i have tamed alot of the jungle but i am sure it will be back before may.
this is before the machete
after
Ear fest? what Ear fest...I'm going to be at your house!
I hear ya about the machete...I have my tools out now...I'm taking out the brug forrest and going to plant other tropicals..I grew them from seeds,my first forray into gardening...
the philos were tooo much. i nightmare to control on the ground
candela, Side trip sounds great! Jerry
There is a traffic jam of fiddles trying to get out. I think there are so many, that some of them are getting deformed. I think I counted 5 . We are looking at the top of the fern tree.
cool picture. have you ever eaten fiddleheads?
Tried fern tree here - bust in summer they could not get the water they needed... very sad but at least they were small and only cost about a buck each.
No, had no idea there were edible!
i am not sure about tree fern fiddleheads but some regular ferns (fiddleheads) are edible.
oooh sheeew....that's one of my favorite plants...it was like someone asked if I've eaten cat before...LOL...I'm goofy today...1st day of vacation...lovely weather and didn't really get a thing done on a list that doesn't seem to end.
Candela~
I have been spying on all of these gorgeous pics. When I took a trip back to Boca Raton a while ago, I went to a garden tour where a house had its front yard filled with begonia odorata. They were in full sun looking gorgeous. I saw the picture of your other begonia. Have you tried begonia odorata and if so, did you purchase it locally? I have had a heck of a time tracking it down and I am going to be in the area again in March.
candela, thank you for the invitation. We will really enjoy meeting you and seeing your beautiful garden.
I am totally enjoying your pictures, nice surprise tonight to see all the new ones. We had a very beautiful day of sunshine. I did a lot of clipping and trimming in the greenhouses. Is the first picture a philo. verrucosum, and the tree a Gumbo Limbo? What are you planning to plant under it?
Rj, I have been through your dairys' again today. I always see something new. I wish that I had a friend like Wayne (I take that back, I have texasbigleaves).
looking back on a good gardening year.
window box
Canna lily 'Tropicanna'
Rj, Did you commit mayhem today? And here I was being all nice to MIL at her 90th birthday party.
pics of placenciarita's garden today
P-Rita's Var. beauties!
Rita's Elephant ear
P-Rita's Blooming Banana
P-Ritas Orchid
P-Rita's Philo>
Truetropical, you really have a very nice camera, I had forgotton about the Philo. in the last picture. I will have to check on her today.
I really wanted to see pictures of other gardens like yours, especially that beautiful ginger plant, with the edible blooms.
I guess texasbigleaves is working the Dallas home and garden show, we probably will not hear from him for another week .
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I am astounded. Just showed DH the EE and told him it is just down the road. Amazing.
Oh P-Rita, Here is that edible ginger.
LouC, unfortunately, that is the best it is going to look. The older they get ,the smaller the leaves become, with a long ugly trunk.
I will try to get some of the new hybrids at the big ear fest in may.
Would be more than happy to send cash with you for a tuber or two for myself.
Christi