Hank squeezed the last pitcher of juice from this year's tangelo crop this morning.......
Some blooms from my Florida gardens 2
Meet "Val", our new Valencia orange that will pick up production where the tangelo leaves off in years to come.... Check out also all our dead grass (a/k/a weeds) from the drought here. The great thing about a "natural" lawn is that it will be green again once the rains come. LOL
OMG, Sherrie! Again!???? I'm so sorry.......no snow here, as you can see. Oh, Dear.
a shot of my lantana and vinca this morning.......
one of my dahlia seedlings in bloom.......
Nice to see some grass of any color, none here in Vt. Snowing all day. Pretty, but perhaps it is time for some spring. Hope you aren't coming back any time soon. DH is out with the snowblower now. Love the citrus., nothing better than fresh juice. Patti
Oh, I hearya, Patti!! Here's a shot of last night's sunset........ That's all I've got for now.......! LOL
Thanks, Louise, for the photos---Hank looks well---so does the juice! "Val" is a nice-sized tree---how many years before oranges appear? Pretty bouganvilla---I didn't realize they had bicolored ones.
Robindog - Thanks! I'll pass that along to Hank for a smile. If you look closely at Val, you can see some blossoms and also some small fruits already. If they don't all fall off after we leave Val for the summer, we should have some fruit next year on her.
As to the bougies, it is surprising just how many colors there are. Growing up here, we used to have only the purple and hot pink everywhere. I love them all. I have a nice orange one too that is suddenly giving lots of blooms......
this is mine but it is inside of course but it has bloomed since about halloween it has not stopped but will probably not bloom this summer outside but I have two of them and one has not bloomed at all the red one like yours
Wow, Mona, I had no idea that they will bloom indoors, and in the winter especially! Yours is a very pretty color. In the post above yours, the color did not come true in the photo I took. It is a very vivid orange one.
Great shots Louise! Beautiful bougey.
Thanks, Victor! Can I pour you a spot of juice today??? LOL
I'll take some if he doesn't want his. LOL. That pitcher sure did look inviting.
I find that it is darker when it blooms outside these started out darker but they are almost done now and lighter the other one I have is dark red at the beginning and then goes a lighter red, when I went to floriday I also saw some orange and purple ones lol I really wanted the purple
I am wondering if the soil ph has anything to do with the colors since mine both started out pink and when I had to transplant them in a slightly bigger pot I used soil from an old bag for one and started a new bag for the other from different companies so the mix may have been different
I also have been white ones they are very beautifull with verigated foliage but way to expensive for me like over 175.00 dollars
the one I have I got free since the garden center thought they had died from cold exposure I took them home and 5 weeks later they started blooming so I took pictures and shoed them to the garden center manager lol he taught it was so funny that he didnt know that lol he is not a gardener just and employee it shows
I have trimmed them into topiaries at about four feet tall
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Would love some!
victor I have one rooted and sitting on the window sill for you, when you come to visit you can take it home hahhahahah
Long way for a glass of juice!
Interesting, Mona. I don't know about the soil ph changing the shade, but I do know that when they are in a pot, they like to be pot bound to bloom a lot. Here in my yard, they like full sun and not too much water. Mine also like fertilizer (6-8-10) about every 3-6 months. I really, really, really want a topiary bougie.......almost got a 4 foot one this week, but decided to wait until we get back in the fall to get one so I can give it better "settling in" care. I usually don't plant new plants within 2 months of our departure because they can get very little water and lots of heat during May, but Ms. Bicolor and Val were the exception this year. I hope they'll be settled enough to make it through with a little help from our kind neighbors. Both are pretty resilient as to drought once they are established.
Well, how 'bout a virtual sip......no calories! LOL
Sure, why not??!
all I did with mine is I took four longest branches and tied them up and cliped the ends they very quickly started to make branches off the sides at the end of the branche then I clipped all the other branches off and then kept picking off the new stuff along the branches and only allowed it to grow at the top and kept trimming the branches at the top at 10 inches or so to get new growth and brances off them and voila a year later had my two topiaries, it took a while to get the branches straight up that is why I used four
east,west, north, and south so I could use the opposing branches tied to each other and keep bringing them more up every few weeks till they became straight up
it does take some work but now I see that it was worth it because I love the way it looks
Can you post some photos of your topiaries, Mona? Some of mine are the dwarf variety, so I don't think they'd grow "up" enough to do it, but the climbers would for sure. Since we aren't around here during the "growing" season, I don't think I could get them where they need to be. I do love the look of them! I'm still debating which color I'll get for the "tree form". I'm torn between the purple, bicolor and hot pink.
ok here is one of them
sorry about the bananas making bread tomorrow
Very pretty, Mona. Now that I see yours, I understand why so many of them here have braided trunks. Thanks for posting the pic. .......banana bread...mmmmmmmm.
yes actually buy extra bananas since the kids raid them all lol
I really like them they are a nice site in the eat in kitchen I get to see them there and enjoy the blooms
in the livingroom my passion vine will have blooms next week I think the buds are getting big dont know what is up with that one usually blooms in august lol
very cool Sicci
thanks
Those are awesome, Mona!!
Have you ever considered braiding the trunks of the bouggy? That would give the column a lot more stability. I have seen them braided like that.
I have been braiding my Ficus ben. for years now, and it is starting to take shape finally.
Very nice Mona!
Banana bread - - - -love it.
Last summer when I was in HD, there were many boug. for sale---I had no idea they would grow as houseplants---was wondering why they would ship them to CT---I was looking for a clem---but of course, they didn't have any! A few years ago, I did buy a very nice clem there---had to have it, as it had my last name in it---short grower, but an intense purple.
the stems are solid wood now dont think it would braid, would have to do that with young branches from the beginning but as the brances get bigger they could choak each other would have to braid them loose at the beginning
I did a rose of sharon that way and when I sold the house the lady wanted it lol she actually put it in the offer that it had to stay, we not happy about that one
you could live trap one for me make sure its female hahahah and send it by air in a cat carrier hahahahha and if you can get male and female even better hahahah
OK - our friends have gone back to Canandaigua, so I've been out there finding all the new blooms! Check out how many pretty angel trumpets we're about to have......
My Mother's orchid cross that I've had for many years.....
