Blooming in February

You have d-mail red.

Fleur: LOL! I hear you.
Rednyr: My DH wants to know when the master bathroom tub will be a tub again! (Sunniest and most humid part of the house.)

Going to go check out floribundapalms.
Deb

DebinSC, is that photo of your magnolia posted in the plant gallery? I noticed you had a few others on that link, but you really should share that photo, too. It's gorgeous!

I sent diehard a link to these guys. http://stores.ebay.com/Coconut-Climber They have a lot of cold hardy palms at a reasonable price think he might be fine with them.

Fleurs: No, I didn't post that photo for plant files. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Fleurs - I hear ya....I cleaned up the table prior to pics...trust me....it was looking mighty pitiful...packs of seeds everywhere ( I went to park seed again yesterday and bought...yes ...more seeds LOL) peat pots , bags of soilless mix, labels..you'd have thought it was the GH at first glance....LOL

I did think it was a green house and thinking nice windows. LOL. Looked like it was built on to your house.

well the first pic was the outdoor GH LOL..heres a pic looking in...I love it! the best Christmas present I ever got...ok well the ring this year was great too...but the GH beats all hands down cause it meant he really got it that I loved gardening...kinda like when i bought him a 1970 Mercury Cyclone to use as parts...cause thats his thing :o) see how that works...I get him something and then he can't complain about what I want...yes there is a method to my madness....

here's outside looking into the real GH LOL

i think i'll use the ebay store as a place to get palms that the other store did not have.... they are much more steeply priced on ebay

The ones from the ebay store are a lot bigger. floribundapalms.com seems to sell very small like months old palms. Might be worth it to get bigger ones. How many palms you planning on planting? Actually you live in Island West don't you? If true you guys don't have big yards so I have no idea how your fitting all this stuff in.

i have one of the biggest yards... i still have half of the back yard i havent touched yet!
this is what i want
zamia skinneri (?) 75 (probably not... but it is such a beauty!
trithrinax dwarf spineless 3
trachycarpus martianus 3.50
trachy oreophylus 4
trachy gemenisectus 5
sabal minor v. louisiana 1.50
rhapis excelsa 1.50
livistona decipiens 1.75
jubaea chilensis 2
chamaerops humilis v cerifera 2
arenga engleri 1.5 (or 3)
chamaedorea radicalis 4
chamaedorea metallica 3
allogoptera arenaria 2.50
chambeyronia macrocarpa 2
chambeyronia hookeri 2.50
archontophoenis cunninghamiana v illiwara 1.50
butia yatay 2.50 (spell yatay backwards and its the same!)
brahea super silver 5
macrozami communis 8
nannorrhops ritcheana 2
some of the REAL slow ones like the nonannorrhops ritcheana and jubaea i might order from ebay plus one ot two of those other trachy's that floribunda doesn't have

I am so ashamed of myself, I should have posted about the Southeastern Palm Society's meeting at the Bamboo Farm in Savannah last Saturday. We have just begun a re-model on the house and with all the hammering going on my brain is not working well at the moment. (There are some that would say that is not unusual.)

You can get all types of rare but hardy palms at their sales and the prices are right too. They also feature hardy tropicals. One of the members owns Chilly Palm Nursery which is right here in York, SC (I think.) The SEPS journal comes out quarterly and there are always ads for places with the unusual palms.

Membership is inexpensive; check out www.sepalms.org

thanks ardesia! better late then never! LOL I bet diehrd will love the link...I am off to check it out now

Forgot to tell Diehard about the bamboo farm and the hardies they have down there. They use to have a web site but that seems to be gone now.

Here you go. http://www.bamboo.caes.uga.edu/

Tropicana, the picture of that pretty Impatiens you posted back on 2/6 looks like an hybrid exotic species trademarked as the "Fusion" series. They come in a range of colors...

i have heard about that place, but never gotten to go there! i also wanted to go to the SEPS meeting, but i forgot! shame on me!

stono, thanks I'll have to look that up :)

Does anyone have an interest in a tour of Elizabeth Lawrences home in Charlotte?...I posted the info on Carolina Gardening forum...please check out the post if you have ever thought what her gardens would look like :o)
Deanna

wow dieh.... you are very aggress with the wish lish arent you??? i dont have a huge yard, but it sure is getting packed. especially with the co-op ordering!!! cant wait... we are getting 4 more inches of the fluffy white stuff today :( they say 6 more weeks of winter. oh well. we wont hold our breath around here. where are the new photos of the pretty flowers open in SC? they have been fun to look at!! thanks, Ronna

yeah... it is aggressive, but i'm pretty sure that this will be the only time i order like this...but i cant swear on it. bottlebrushes open soon.... now it seems that things are only growing, and not blooming

My Creeping Phlox is finally getting started. :)
Hellebores, should be open next week. !
Deb

codyline negra blooming soon... seeds hopefully

oops... its sideways. oh well
here's my GH so far

bletillia striata ground orchid blooming soon

scouring rush

tea olive

My very first tulip in our garden. :-)

Spring is slower to arrive here, but indoor, more brug. This is Charles Gimaldi. DHS, those are lovely!
Kim

vey nice lily... what are the blues??
bottle brushes soon

Oh those are topdressed pansies. I planted the spring bulbs, then topdressed with pansies for instant color over the winter. They make a nice companion planting.

Here they were last spring.

thanks
for those that remember the poinsettia i experimented with here he is... decorated for next christmas and all

AAAAHHHH sidways!
here he is again

this schefflera did great for me trhis winter

so did this beast... ficus benjamina (spelling)

supposedly this is more hardy than it's little cousin below

Ah hah! Your blue bird of paradise!!! Or were...

strelitzia reginae

indian hwathorn... growing and soon blooming

washingtonia growing now too