Tropical garden #8

hoya carnosa.....the bloom lasted 3 weeks.

ricfl gorgeous backyard. is that red plant a croton or a copperleaf, what is in the planter/urn bromeliads?

wow the flower on that sanseveria is gorgeous.

Thanks....candela. its a really brilliant red copper leaf....I love it!!!! The planter has minuture lillies....don't know what they are called here is a bad pic of the mini flowers
love the iris
'ric

candela, love your bromeliads. My favorite is the skin colored one. They are my new obsession for this year.
The cover came off my GH today, and everything got sun scorched. I will have to find shade cloth tomorrow.

ricfl, beautiful backyard. I especially like the sanseveiria bloom and hope mine does that some day.
Thanks for sharing.
These are the last of the greenhouse pictures. They all come out tomorrow.

Nice bromeliads Candela..

You have fun plants ricfl. Very nice Palms...what are the ones in the first pictures.

I bet you were busy in the garden this weekend Rita, sorry to have missed you. I thought at least one of the boys would have been at the plant affair on saturday. I had brought up a snowbank for Jerry, he was admiring it when he came through the garden it a couple weeks ago.

I don't think this is the time of year for the blooms, however.....this surprised me..this was the very first bloom of the chalice vine I have- Hope there will be more during it's normal blooming season.

My gardenias are awsome for their aroma and looks.

Hi RJ, I hope that you had a good time in Waxahachie. I am sorry that I did not get to see you. I knew that I would not be able to attend the plant party. That day was my wedding annirversery and I also had to cater to my mom (more shopping). She left at noon Sunday, I came home and worked on my GH until dark.

I bet that you were real excited to see your chalice vine bloom, I was, when I saw the blooms on this plant ; Stromanthe sanquinea 'Tricolor'

Fred, do you have your gardenia in the shade?

Hap

I have gardenias all over the place. Full sun, total shade and in between. The best bloom seems to be in areas where they are protected but still get varying degrees of sunlight. The total shade ones are struggling to bloom while the full sun ones were the first to bloom but then they also need a certain amount of water or they get straggly and weak. Weak gardenias like all plants are susceptible to desease and bugs which they can't fight off. My only problem with these plants is the sand they have to grow in. I mulch heavy and fertilize using food marked for acid loving plants.

Fred

PS I just had some people here estimating a job and they thought the aroma came from my jasmine as they never even got close to the gardenias. They wanted to know what kind of jasmine that was. I explained that it was the gardenias they were smelling. With the jamine you have to get right on top of them to smell them.

I haven't seen the sanquinea 'Tricolor' before..cool looking.
Yes, I knew you wouldn't be there, but thought mabe one of the boys would have. Say hi to them when you see them.

Here is my new purchase from the dammaged statue section. I've been shopping for statue of David, but haven't wanted to spend the 300 plus bucks they charge...this guy was 85.00. Here's a hint..go to the broken section, they give bargains, and when they put them back together..they do a good job.

The shell ginger is opening..and providing some accessories for the face "carnival"

also bought a bench..much shopping for that too...expensive...this is the newly re-landscaped section

Well Things are starting to look up again, here in Red Oak. I don't know what all I've lost over the winter but I can see what's popping up now!

Here's my queen emma

RJ,


What was sticking out on David that got broken off? (hehehe)

small But Variegated

Alocasia Longaloba X Borneo Giant Cross coming Up

LOL Hap!!!

RJ,
The newly re-landscaped section looks great! Did you buy David from a national or local store?

I bought it from a local place called Frazures- The place is acres of fountains, pillars and statues..I spent 2 hours there...and that didn't include the garden chochke inside

And what is there that would be just magnificent in my garden?

My hand doesn't have that many fingers!

Pick out something I can't live without.

Christi

rita i have one of those stomanthes but never saw a flower on mine especially nothing like that.

rj i like the statues.

nancy i'll see you on sat.

true tropical nice burgundy colors on those.

Rj, it seems as your newly acquired garden art and bench looks like it has always been there, they fit in quite nicely. I am always moving my new acquisitions around the garden to find just the right spot for them. That can be quite hard on the back.
I love the new statue of David, great buy.

Yipee,

Can't wait to see you, Cass.