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Tropical Garden #26
I hope every one has their green house heaters on. Old man WINTER is back in town!Dallas that is. BRRRRRRR ! Jerry
Placencirita, Name? This is from our trip to Zone-9, and RJ's. Jerry
Yes, will be turning on the heat tonight....we're still waiting for it to push through...we're still at 77F.
Is that a hibiscus?
RJ, No it"s a vine. I was just looking for a picture with it's flower, no luck yet. Jerry
RJ, It was *60 about noon, now it's *40 and dropping, with strong north winds! It's coming fast ! Should be at your house by dark! Crank them heaters UP!! Jerry
The face of OLD MAN WINTER
The wind is awful. gusting to 40mph.
Right the covers on my grnhouses are making a lot racket because of the WIND!!!!! I'am facing south to take this pic. Better go refill wild bird feeders. Jerry
Your right! Viewing out my highrise office window the dark cloud cometh, with looks of frost...the temp at the airport has dropped to 65F, while here at the office it's still 77F..for about 5 more mins...!
How did I miss a varigated vine!
RJ, Wind chill is *24 in DENTON TX.
BOY O BOY my gas meter is sucking $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ OUCH!
I was looking at the hour by hour forecast for tomorrow (as we gardeners do) and it was chilly...and the "feels like" is even chillier.
My peach trees started to bloom today after two days of warm weather. They usually wait until Jan, but, not this year. In years past I have had as many as 4 flushes of bloom and each set of peaches ripens at a different time, about a week apart. I wonder how many I will get this year?
Not a peach tree>
HA Florida Weather you got to love it! Except for the big " H's "
My Pear tree has been blooming two times a year....
rjudd, Is it the fruiting kind?
I remember seeing some small orchards of pears back when I lived in Smithville. Had a place on the Lower Colorado River, just upsteam from town a couple miles.
I grew the best melons and peppers at that place.
It's so windy over here that my car was being pushed on the freeway, I'm not kidding!
Rita, I love variegated plants too! Your var. rubber tree is doing much better than mine. I think I need to give it more sun?
Placencirita, Got your snow shovels and broom to knock the snow off of your greenhouse? Weather man says you might get some tonite! Who knows this could happen! Jerry
It sure is...in fact, the squirrells actually left some pears from the last bloom this fall..that's unusual.
I like your little armidillo guy...I have a metal sculpture cobra like that
OMG started the new thread and i am lost already, lol! Will catch up tomorrow, tired from work!
Placenciarita, louC, RJ, It's starting to sleet here now! Wind chill mid 20s. Jerry
NoooooooNooooooooo Jerry 20 in Dallas???? Horrible!!! Donot send it to NY, lol! We will have Spring tomorrow almost 60, then your weather, grrrrrrrrrr
nooooo....didn't the weather see the NO SLEET/SNOW/Frost sign? Complete with circle and slash
clemen, It's 35* with 30-40 north winds. and that makes the chill factor in the mid 20's. it's sleeting very lightly. Weather man says sunny and 70* on sunday! We will see. Jerry
RJ, I've been doing the OLD WAY== Standing and LOOKING outside!!! Froze my B- - off Jerry
Jerry you look like an icicle, I can see you from here, lol!
Placenciarita, lou C, A buddy of mine that lives on Illinois ave. and Hambton rd.called and said it was SNOWING and sticking to his car ! But not on the ground! Jerry
Posted on another thread...we just came home from our daughter's house only 2 miles from us. It was snowing and sleeting. In no time it stuck on the yard, the street and covered our car. We hurried to get home and so far---nothing. Weird. Rita is about 5 miles from my house and I guess we are both in for it by morning.
LOU, not fun is it??? Are your plants indoor??? or Greenhouse, brrrrrrrrrrrr, giving me the chills in NYC!
Part are in a 6X8 Rion greenhouse. New this year so we'll see how successful I am. The really big plants are in the tool barn/shed. Electric heaters going in both. At what it will cost for electricity I could probably just dump everything and start over. I have huge EE and bananas that are root hardy. They die down every winter and come back in the spring. I have lots of brugs this year but they grew too large to pot up or wrap so I took cuttings from all of them and they are in the greenhouse. Problem with our weather is that it only stays cold a day or two at a time and nothing ever goes completely dormant. Makes it lot more susceptible to the cold because it is so back and forth. Predicting 70 here by Sunday.
Christi
I just have to put on a pic. of some thing more summery!!!!!
LouC, What do you do with your brugs that are too big to pot ???? Jerry
You guys been busy on this thread and I can not believe you are getting snow in Texas! texasbigleaves, your variegated vine ( http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5875475 ) looks like a Bouganvillea?
We had wonderful weather today. Overcast like it's going to snow, but it was in the 60's. I had to take my jacket off while I was out today.
Dale, very nice garden. Is it yours? I have a peach blossom but it's very small. I hope to have lots of blooms this year. I saw little buds on them the other day. All the leaves have fallen off already. They usually bloom late Feb or early March - hot pink blooms. My fruits are very small. I do not know cultivar or how big it will get. I think I've posted photos before - can't remember. Don't know where my mind is... This is a picture of my mother's tree, but I have one too, smaller though.
http://davesgarden.com/community/trading/image.php?user=LiliMerci&pid=77198
I have taken cuttings of all of them and they are in the greenhouse. They are just on their own. This will truly be a test to see if they are root hardy. Have not had them until this summer so don't really have any experience to draw on.
LouC, your brugs should be OK in the ground. My next door neighbor has one and he cut it completely down to the ground after hard frost. It comes back taller each year. Even his banana plant. He gave me one of his banana baby offspring this year.
All my small brug cuttings are in styrafoam cups and rooting. I've managed to kill 2 already, but they were skinny green ones. I think I killed Isabella and Sun Goddess.
First flowers from a cutting of my Princess Vivtoria. With true variegated flowers . Did'nt think it would happen.It started blooming in grnhouse. Jerry
Three of the plants I raised from seed that I purchased from OnaLee's Seeds and I have kept them in pots until this summer. Everything grew so big and have very large trunks that I am hoping for the best.
Beautiful. My plumerias are out of the pot and laying on a shelf keeping warm.
That is what i did before they got TOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG.
