another heliconia
Tropical garden #11
rita do you recognize this
bromeliad some sort of achmea
one last one for tonight
OH God how beautiful! How beautiful! What's that vine climbing behind the colocasia?
Cardinal Flower.
Lobeliea fulgens
Kind of a late bloomer I think...spider lilly
Mondarda -Jacob Kline Red
This Iochroma is past the low end of the roof
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Not sure what this is...calallily?
It's someone's birthday today.......Happy Birthday RJ!
Hot and windy, even the full sun plants are feeling stressed. Here's how I'm coping, Thai umbrellas!
Thanks Jeanne! Yup...another year...
pretty plant! is that the red bleeding heart?
I think so. It's one of yours!
Love this red Hibiscus from Lowes for $1.00!!
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Iochroma up closer...
This plant has bloomed non stop since feb.
Looks good! that is a cool hibiscus.
This is a long shot, as the blooms are so high up I can't get close, the plumeria is on a bench. I haven't seen this particular one bloom before..it is gold, with pink tinges..
I like gold and pink!!!! That's really very pretty!!!!!! My first one finally bloomed. It's yellow and white. I love plumerias....any color!
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They're liking the hot dry weather aren't they?
What a grand picture party you all had last night, I enjoyed every one of them.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Randy, I hope that it is gardening that keep's you so young looking.
Have a great day.
rita
happy birthday randy. all you need is a ice cold drink under those great umbrellas to keep you cool.
so what great plant are you going to get for your birthday?
cassie
rob the vine is a Stictocardia beraviensis
Thanks guys...
Here's the Birthday jewel
Wonderful! Some sort of canna?
Ae ae???? Whatever it is that's a great birthday present wooohooo!!!
wow... what birthday present. enjoy!
Rj. I am green with envy. What a great present. I would have to quit bidding on e-bay after they get over $150.
I like the colors on your plumeria , great picture.
candela, your heliconias are awesome, your pictures are making me homesick. With all the wind and without any rain for some time now, my buds are falling off. I also have spidermites. it was not a good spring for me, my plants are not half as big as they were last year.
btw your lime zinger is looking very good.
variegated banana?
Uuhggg, I bought one of those variegated bananas off of Ebay about 5 or 6 years ago. Paid a good price for it too. I received it, a very large healthy plant, but after two months, it completely collapsed one night. It just rotted at the base. Never did try it again. Those suckers are too expensive.
glen 74, I bought my first Musa AEAE when they were only $99.each. It grew to about 5ft and died. The second one grew to about 7ft, very beautiful. I will try again for the third time, if I can find one. I am addicted.
Happy Happy Birthday, RJ!
I missed a lot on this thread in a day. Let me go take a quick 2 pictures of the other caricature plants.
Here are the 3 colors I have. The last picture the plant is only green and white and a much slower grower than the other two colors of this particular kind of plant.
I can't multitask.........forgive me placencirita
This one is pink ( or salmon pink) on dark green leaves
This is the green and white one . It has only grown about 2 feet since last summer. The other two colors I have to cut back all the time.
My Hedychium coronarium, White butterfly ginger (Zingiberaceae) has started to bloom. So far only one stem out of many. Can't wait for the aroma to spread.
Fred
look at the tiny ants living on the juices of this ginger
a fly on a plumeria
quite a few birds this year
gessiegail, thanks for showing me your caricature collection. I will be on the lookout for them at the nurseries. The one that I have is in the ground, lost all of it's leaves last winter but is doing fine now. Do you have yours in pots? Maybe the white one will do better in a pot, as it is a slow grower.
Beautiful flowers from Florida, my favorite thing to do while on my visits there is to drive around and admire the lush landscaping.
jasmine buds opening this morning. Incredible fragrance. Reminds me of asian tea.
Champak taken from my mom's garden.
Guys, I am having so much fun with all those pictures! Here is my favorite plant.
