Tropical garden #8

Show us your tropical plants and gardens.
They are all beautiful and welcome.

windmill palm blooming.

in the greenhouse.

yellow shrimp plant.

philodendron

Plumeria 'My Valentine'

Plumeria 'Thailand Red'

Plumeria 'India'

Plumeria 'Fascination'

Plumeria 'Irma Bryan'

Well what doya know I thought my little anole had died this winter. It must have came in with some tropicals from FL. last summer. So here you are so it must be spring! Jerry

My Alpinia Zerumbet Variegated blooming

My My MY, How about this Miss Rita?

Iris

Future Borneo Giants

Dutchlady1, fantastic pictures , I bet your neighbors love the sweet aroma coming from your yard.
I love them all, but my favorite is plumeria ' India'
Do you have them in pots, or in the ground?

Could not remember it's name. Old age ya know, now what was i saying? Oh yes i had to d-mail Placenciarita and she said it is a clematis. What a gal thanks. Jerry

texasbigleaves, Glad to see your ginger and Heliconia blooming, I guess there is still hope for mine.

Placenciarita,What is the name of the vine in your last pic.? jerry

Placenciarita, Do you have a plumeria "india"?

My Mock Orange blooming.

i thought that was a trifoliate orange?
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55494/

diehrdsouthrnre,The link doesnt work it would not go thru. jerry

hmmm worked for me.... here's another one
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Rutaceae/Poncirus/none/cultivar/0/

Strange, i click on it and nothing happens. Jerry

hmmm well, go to Plantfiles and type in Poncirus trifoliata

diehrasouthrnr, I made it this time. Yes this is the same plant. I all ways heard it called Mock orange. Mine get about 20ft. tall ,and i dare anyone to try to push thru this stuff. It has KILLER thorns. And a small orange fruit that smells REALLY BAD when crushed. Jerry

Thanks Rita; all my plumeria are in the ground.
India is one of my favorites too, and it has a wonderful spicy fragrance.

Dutchlady1, I have about 4-5 plumerias in pots, ranging from 2ft. -6ft. After they leaf out in the spring, I have this problem of them falling over in the wind, and breaking their branches. Do you have this problem with your plumerias, and if so,do you have any advice for securing them?

A lot of people in your area have this problem. They generally do one of two things:
1. Plunge the pots in the ground each spring.
2. Plant them in the ground each spring and dig them up and store them bareroot in the winter.

Hope this helps.

texasbigleaves, the vine is a Jasmine, a star or a angelwing, I am not quite sure. I do know that it is a keeper, just for the aroma alone.

No , I do not have a Plumeria 'India'. All the plumerias that I have were given to me by you, even my precious variegated maya.

Dutchlady1, the wind is sometimes very strong in the springtime here. Burying the pots in the ground sounds good right now for the smaller ones, and I might do the bareroot idea for the bigger ones. Thank you.

Pompano Pink

EXCELLENT picture of Pompano Pink; those leopard spots are very hard to capture!!

Thanks but the picture is nothng compared to its great frangipani scent! Jerry

But the coconut scent of my ( JL ) Hurricane is what knocks my socks off!

Hurricane is one of my favorites. It bloomed for the first time for me last year, and I could not stop going outside to look at it.
Here is my picture.... yes, it does look like it's painted, even in real life.

dutch lady i love the pictures of your plumies especially with the water droplets on them

rita that varigate plumie is gorgeous i have never seen a varigated one before.

i am so depressed because i came home from work and my neighbor has hacked back the surinam cherry hedge and all the mother-in-law tongue (nasty weed here anyway) but left a clear view to their back yard. i guess i will have to plant some vines back there to take over
cassie

candela, great opportunity to go plant shopping, you have so much to choose from, living in Florida.
Bougainvillea gone wild.

Placenciarita, This is what my red banana looks like! Looks like??????