Tropical Plants #39

joeswife..mmm that nicotina..lovely!
Nice looking aristilochia Rita!
Patty..are you saying stuff up the thread?! hmmm..thanks for dmailing me pictures of your garden...hear this sound....shwwwick...ssshhhhwick...sharpening up the machete..yeah..and now I have a good idea where to start....sssccchhwiiiick!

oh..and Patty, in case you forgot what it looks like....this is called rain..it's the wet stuff you see on the deck..uh huh..

I see your being your usual MEAN self, RJ. And just for your information--IT IS RAINING HERE RIGHT NOW!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!

Just remember my machete is bigger than your machete and I will come in the dark of night when you least expect. I also have a ferocious attack dog guarding my place remember!!!! LOL

dale your rain lilies are such a deep pretty color of pink. Mine are always a paler color. Wonder if mine will bloom now that we are getting some rain.

Rita your irises are so pretty!!

Look what I got RJ on Friday and none for you!!!!!

Lovely Hoya!

I've had tons of rain, but my rain lilies are not coming up. Wonder why??? I got lots of blooms last year. May be not warm enough?

Well, Hello Mrs. Patty, have I told you how lovely you and your garden look today! :)

Anyone know what this is? bought it last summer at a plant sale, the leaves easily get two feet accross.

What a cute little toad :)

for scale

something japonica?

I'll check it out

I'd say your on the right track!
recognize this? How tall do they get? It's breaching 8 feet now...the ol root beer plant you gave me.

wowzers.. I lost the cutting of my rootbeer plant.. more pink for phughes

I just love this dames rocket, and that kansas wild flower in the middle.. ( I am a member of the kansas native wild flower society)

pink honeysuckle in bloom now

forgot the picture sorry

Wow joeswife, we do not have the Pink in our neighborhood.

But we do have these two.



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wanna trade some cuttings this fall? I love yours I have this one also blooming..

Fatsia japonica?

joeswife--how do you keep your honeysuckle from getting mildew on the leaves. Yours looks so healthy. I've had to cut mine back and am trying a new spray some one told me about to see if I can get rid of it.

Mornin" I have no clue why mildew comes on, but if it does ( on my monardas and lilacs and roses) I put whole milk in my hose sprayer and spray. seems to work.. my mil told me about this about 20 years ago...

MILK? how very interesting.

I've heard about that.

Yes, I think your right on the Japonica..thanks.


Rubber tree assortment

That had to be a bait, Randy. There's no way in the world I would ever know a plant and you not. I've been contemplating buying one but don't know just where I could put it. They get so big. As always, everything in your garden goes above and beyond. The hoja santa gets about six feet but spreads by roots all over everywhere. The leaves get huge. One of the yard crew said they are selling the leaves at $17.00 per pound at the market. They use them to wrap tamales. We were told to wrap fish and steam, broil, grill, whatever.

Christi

LOL..no bait..but somehow I thought you might doubt your score on that one......but ya did!

this is clematis, shot from behind the flowers

another

for the mold I use messenger.. which is about enough on the roses .. it convinces the plant it is under attack.. and it spurs the natural defences to these problems.. so they are in place before the attack..
I have a fungicide I use on occasion.. but this doesn't really kill the mold but it does coat the leaves.. if you can get it on a new unexposed leaf.. it will prevent it from having spores landing on it ..digging in and infecting it.. prevenitive.. not really a treatment..
the third weapon in the fungal wars here is.. the daily spraying of The Recipe.. the home made feed / spray containing Tea Tree Oil.. natures fungicide..
Result: scarcely any problem on the roses.. and mandevilla the honeyscuckle.. has very little..
also.. a plain water spray in the early morning is most helpful.. washing off the spores that have floated about... and landed on the leaves in the night's moist air.... before they can dig in and grow.. hiding from the dry sun..
prevntion works.. treatment is less effective .. start early..before you see it..

milk? i have never heard of that but will be sure to try it

everytime these ripen we get a hurricane and they break in half. so i didn't have a board tall enough to prop them up so i am using the ladder i hope it holds.
plantains

dutchman's pipe taking off but no flowers yet.

this bromeliad gets tall

When you spray the whole milk, does it leave a bad smell???? That will be easy to do once our winds settle down.

Messenger is the best.
I imagine that milk probably contains hormones that may act in a same fashion as Messenger.

Whew! It took me a while..but I finally found something on it....here is link for the curious cow milk subject! Lots of info on it actually...

http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-2-73-894,00.html

DG source
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/51/

Googled
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T5T-3XJK44V-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c5b40fed3e1ddae821d00236a62a036c

http://www.love4cow.com/micribial.htm

http://www.bfa.com.au/_files/AOJ%20Ed%2054_p25.pdf

http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=20073055444

CONTENTS....MILK...http://www.answers.com/topic/milk
The secretion of the mammary gland of mammals. A 300-mL portion of cow's milk is a rich source of vitamins B2, B12, calcium, and iodine; a source of protein, vitamin A, and vitamin B1; full cream milk contains 11.4 g of fat of which 63% is saturated; supplies 200 kcal (840 kJ); skimmed milk contains 0.3 g of fat; supplies 100 kcal (420 kJ); Channel Islands milk contains 14.4 g of fat of which 68% is saturated; supplies 230 kcal (970 kJ).

Ordinary milk contains 3.9% fat; Channel Islands milk, 5.1%; sheep's milk, 6.0%, buffalo milk, 7.5%; human milk contains 4.1% fat.

A 280-mL portion of goat's milk is a rich source of vitamin B12 and calcium; a good source of vitamin B2; a source of protein, vitamin A, zinc, and copper; contains 13.5 g of fat of which 51% is saturated; supplies 215 kcal (900 kJ).


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Thank you but what is "Channel Island" milk?

I want to stay home tomorrow and play in the garden. The rain and cooler temp's makes everything so peaceful, which is something my classroom is not lately. The kids are getting really talkative and antsy for summer to be here. Then again so am I!!!!

a brand..like borden, happy cow, - I put the link from where I got that..it's very long .

This yarrow starts out a pale white and then get pinker and pinker. I love it. It is cultivar 'Appleblossom' and I got it on ebay really cheap.

Pretty Yarrow Patty;-)

Sure Joeswife, I would be more than happy to trade with you. You will have to remind me this coming Fall though.

Rachel

very cool yarrow. I'm waiting for mine to bloom. I think it will be white. A friend of mine gave me 2 little spots last year and now it's out of control!

my yarrow is blooming, mine is yellow.. the pink is getting ready..
speaking of pink...

Good morning everyone...a cool crisp morning here in Houston.
How's the Hibiscus Patty?
An old friend wanted to say hello!
Here he is ...blah blah blah....you guessed it!