We came from The thread "Show Us Your Garden 16 (October 2011)" in Orchids forum

New month , time for a new thread.

Can't say November is one of my favorite months, but I am sure Jim will keep us in flowers!

I will be watching!

I think Janice just laid down the gauntlet at my feet. I'll do my best.

Allamanda 'Cherries Jubilee'


Red firespike


Blue ginger


The purple garden and its centerpiece, the thornless tree bougainvillea


Dwarf Argentine pampas grass


Looking up at golden cestrum against a banana leaf.


A rare orange form of jatropha


Porterweed from the butterfly garden


Thryallis


Plumbego


Iochroma


Young bald cypress tree by the lake


Three queen palms and a sweetbay magnolia


Hibiscus


Papayas are coming along


Tri-colored stromanthe. Great shade plant.


The pummelo are getting big and heavy. They should be ready in December.


Sweet osmanthus aka sweet tea olive. Nice fragrance


Star jasmine...also nice fragrance


Jacobinia


Ti plant


Tha Amorphophallas is checking out for the winter. One trunk has collapsed and the others will not be far behind. There willl be no trace of it until spring.


Look at the flower spike on this agave!


The datura are still blooming


Native lantana


Golden raintree pods


I'll leave you with a look at the ribbon palm and surrounding garden. Jim

OH WOW!!!! Jim, you are totally overwhelming the capacity of my eyes!!!

What a treasure you have there in the Botanic Gardens you call home!!!

Thanks for sharing them!!

Jim

The color of the Blue Ginger is gorgeous. Love the pink Datura and the Jacobinia and Raintree pods!!!

I will be right over for a tour, Jim!

What a very beautiful show!! Everything is just gorgeous!

Can't wait to see that agave flower jim!

Just love the stalks of the Amorphophallas, Jim! I have one variety and always am fascinated at the striations of the stalks. Mine is nowhere near the size of yours.
Such a fascinating plant!

Great show Jim! Love your garden! In contrast, I spent part of yesterday raking snow off parts of my garden so I could cut it down! What a mess. Ugh!

Jim, your garden is , as always...a spectacle !
Kathy, there's not much worse in my opinion than having to clean the
garden after the snow...it's so much easier when done on your time table..
wish I could help!

So sweet of you, Lindsey!

After today, I may have been cured of my affinity to Morning Glories. We cleaned the back gardens and dead vines growing just .....all over!
The birds are eatting the purple Beautyberries.
Tomorrow may plant the bulbs so the voles will have food all winter! Yuk!.

The folks on the Lily forum all claim that Daffodils planted among them keep the voles at bay. Worth a try. I don't know if it works for gophers, but I'm going to put some in the one bed that has no Daffs, since I am now cat-less, except for the ferrals.

Does not work for these voles, anyways. They ate everything EXCEPT the Daffodils! They have to be killed...only way. I know alot of people hate that, but otherwise you can kiss your garden goodbye around here. They eat the roots of big trees and they topple over. They eat all the roots to rosebushes, not to mention every bulb (cept Daffs)....
Here is more info
The thread "voles!" in Bulbs forum

I've been following that. Hope your bait system continues to work. While I love animals, I don't think the loss of any rodents in this country would be devastating to mankind.

I should send up my landloard, the red-shouldered hawk. He'd make short work out of them.

Jim

I am very happy I have a cage in my backyard to house the orchids over the Summer.
This was the scene at 6:40 this morning.
The Doe stood in front of the cage, but by the time I got my camera ready, she had moved partly over the fence towards the neighbor. The Buck then followed her leisurely.

Oh, Wow, Ursula! Pretty scene, though.

Janice, we were stunned!! The next park isn't exactly around the corner. They have never made it into our area so far. It seems our backyards have become a wildlife preserve!