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Tropical garden #10
my first year to grow calla lily bulbs...
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ashleykelly those are gorgeous. did you say they were invasive wow i wish they would take over my yard.
rita i love your wall.
rita is that your rangoon creeper flowering? i am still waiting for my new double rangoon to flower. this is a small piece i cut off the mother it looks good so far.
bubba1, sorry that I missed your post, just asking for bananas, alocasias and palms. I thought that it was just the tropical look you were trying to achieve, beside what you have already. I would try these Colocasias, they would come back for me every year.
Colocasia, Gigantea, Esculenta, Big Dipper , Chicago Harliquin and Fontanesii. You can find all those at Brian's Botanicals, also there is a Lotus Banana (musella Lasicarpa)
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hardy in zone 8a. noid
ashleykelly, congratulations on your first calla lily, mine are still very small. I am enjoying your pictures. More please.
candela, that was my rangoon creeper. I am looking forward to seeing pictures of your double flowers, mine are the singles. The cutting looks very good.
I copied the wall from Chris at Buried Treasures, the bromeliad tree from candela and the fern by the pond from Rj. I get a lot of good ideas from your pictures, thanks.
I just got a double rangoon, need to find a place to plant it. In the meantime this one is really blooming, extremely fragrant this year.
It's grown half the length of the house, so now I'm enjoying from the front porch where it's "creeped" to.
Some "mini leaves" compared to your guys giants
I forget the name
More fun shapes
I love that Zebrina.. Mine split up into 6 plants Rita. Two large, 1 medium, and 3 small
cat whiskers
Here's my little mussaenda, with thungbergia shrub, chocolate plant
Oh, Lordy, you guys are going to put me in the poor house. I need a maid for the inside of my house now because I can't make myself stay inside to clean. Every picture and description makes me drool.
Some of my plants look a little too yellow. Yesterday I purchased Texas Green Sand, Lava Sand, Mushroom compost, Ironite and Lesco 15-15-15. Have already spread Alfalfa Pellets and Dried Molasses about 10 days ago. Made up THE RECIPE and sprayed everything I could reach. Am determined to have the best possible soil base that will grow just about anything. As all of you seem to. Still struggling with loss of the big tree that gave so much shade. Most everything is in full sun now whether it needs to be or not.
Randy, Chester is calling your name in his sleep and Becky wants to know when you are coming back.
Chester being the puppy that is looking so soulful.
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LOL ..soon...
Now...be careful about loading up the garden with alot of stuff. If it's not broke...........
When it comes to these things..remembe...A little, is alot!
Be careful with lava sand too. If you use to much it will trap too much moisture for alot of plants and essentially drown them, although at yesterdays temps there, it would seem that it would dry out a bog!
Speaking of which, I'm having to put tons of water in the pond everyday now.
Hey RJ I know a very good place you can plant that double rangoon. My house!!!!!
Love the pup; very sweet. I'll take him too!!!! Just don't tell the hubbie.
Hi Patty, hmm...let me check your Rangoon track record. uh huh..oh..okay...hmmmm...NOPE!
Chester is adorable! He is such a mild, and fun little dog. Great personalities. Christy says they were originally bred by the English Monarchy as a lap dog. I can see why, he loves sitting your lap.
Let's don't bring up my rangoon track record. I have a hard time digesting that I can't manage to get a rangoon to prosper. I still have one left and I just moved it since my hollyhock was covering it up. If it croaks, that will be it for rangoons at my house. (Until I can make a midnight run to Houston and steal your established one.)
Saw a picture of your clematis in bloom somewhere here on DG; was that this season? It sure was pretty; love the dark blooms.
I've always liked that breed of dog. Maybe that will be my next pup after Joey goes to doggie heaven. He's still truckin' despite the fact that he can't see anything anymore.
Yes, just took another one today
Check out the size of this Brug seed pod. The tree is full of these huge pods..I've had seed pods grow before, but have never seen them this big and fat before.
yep gonna have to add the clematis to my midnight raiding list.
that's a big pod. How often do brugs get seed pods? I haven't had one yet. How old is the brug that got it?
LOL,
and my bargain David statue...surrounded by rubber trees...The tall one is a Banyan, the varigated is a Vietnemese, don't know what the dark one is called.
They go to seed right after they bloom, all the time..that tree is 7 or 8 I'd think.
Guess you can't see the banyan in the david photo. too tall..
cool statue to have in your garden. My brugs are probably two years old this year; possibly get a pod this year you think?
I'm not sure what the criteria is for seed pods?
Ok, Randy. The brugs are putting on new growth big time. They are chlorotic (?).
Of all the goodies I have just which snack would help that condition and encourage flowering?
you should fertilize them once a week with a soluable fertilizer...petes 20 20 20, miracle grow 13 13 13 ...I even hear bloom booster works pretty good, although I prefer to use the first couple.
I haven't found Peter's in 3-4 years. Who is the retailer these days?
Wow! Pretty cool looking seed pod! I never got one. I think it's because I deadhead so much. I've been using rose fertilizer on my brug, I think it likes it!
i just went outside and the queens wreath actually has flowers on it. i was just complaining that it has yet to flower. maybe it felt threaten by the machete in my hand.
chester is adorable.
that mussaenda is a beautiful light pink. this is what i thought was a seedpod but it was actually a flower.
oh cool...when are those queens wreath suppose to bloom anyway. Mine is a no show again this year for blooms. Is that a shredded brug?
Christi, I haven't found it either. I keep telling Wayne I can't find that or the miracle grow anywhere, and keep using his stuff that he buys buy the barrells.
I was just digging around for it on the internet, and it's still out there, although there is a whole section called Jacks Fertilzer as well..don't recall seeing that around though.
it's on amazon.com
Will just have to use what I can.
ahaaa...there is a story behind it...it has been changed to Jacks...apparently they can't call it Peters anymore...the story is on the web site..I haven't read it yet
http://www.jacksclassic.com/
Well, those dirty dogs! Always the same thing under a new name. Will try to find out tomorrow.