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Jan 4, 2012 4:03 PM CST
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Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Time for a new thread. We came from The thread "Show Us Your Garden 18 (December 2011)" in Orchids forum

The orchid tree is in full bloom so I will start with it.
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The papaya trees just keep on producing.
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Begonias are blooming:
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Scarlet milkweed for the butterflies:
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Hibiscus and datura will continue blooming until we get a freeze:
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White fountain grass is blooming:
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This is Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' .
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I'll be back shortly with the Sticky-Picky garden.

Jim
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Jan 4, 2012 4:24 PM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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Oh, Wow, Jim!! Lovey dubby

Love the Datura and look at those Papayas!!!! Megaliths! Hurray! Hurray!
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Jan 4, 2012 4:52 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
As promised, let's take a look at the Sticky-Picky garden.

Here is a general overview. The small palm in front is a Phoenix sylvestris, sometimes called a wild date palm.
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This is Yucca aloifolia, aka Spanish Bayonet.
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Here is a slightly smaller version, Yucca gloriosa, which is called the Spanish dagger.
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Then there is Dasylirion longissimum, var. Treleasel. It will eventually grow a trunk and the grass will stay atop. These are sometimes called grass palms.
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Yucca linearifolia
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Agave schidigera 'Shira Ito No Ohi'.
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The old multicolor Century Plant or Agave americana var. Marginata.
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Weeping Yaupon holly.
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Have to run now but will finish up this garden later.

Jim
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Jan 4, 2012 4:55 PM CST
Name: Gone Tropical
Orlando, Florida (Zone 9b)
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beautiful Jim!! Hurray! I love your Sticky-Picky garden plants Smiling
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Jan 5, 2012 4:55 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

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Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Great combo. How do you weed without injuries? Green Grin!
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Jan 5, 2012 5:00 AM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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What a fantastic view, Jim! Paradise !
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Jan 5, 2012 8:30 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Wow!!! I am so glad the cold weather stayed North. ( Not that I like to shiver.... Smiling ) I love the Orchid tree!
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Jan 5, 2012 1:18 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
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Looking good, Jim!
It's so peaceful looking out over the pond....
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Jan 5, 2012 5:50 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Not much weeding necessary, Kathy, as I first put down a layer of landscape cloth, then covered it with 4 inches of pine bark nuggets mulch.

Back to the plants. This is Dasylirion wheeleri 'Blue Sotol'
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Cycad Encephalartos gratus.


Yucca schottii
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Finally, there are a couple where the writing has washed off the tag. I will have to do some investigating to uncover the correct names. Don't you just hate it when that happens?!
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Jan 5, 2012 7:42 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Woops, I missed some. This is the crinum lily that is in that garden.
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And here is Yucca thompsoniana.
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And we can't forget the Century plant with the 8 foot flower spike.
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Jan 5, 2012 7:45 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Very interesting plants! I love the selection.
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Jan 5, 2012 7:47 PM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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Ohhh! The Century plant...how beautiful, Jim Lovey dubby Lovey dubby !!!
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Jan 12, 2012 6:36 AM CST
Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
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Lovely plants
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Jan 13, 2012 1:49 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
I gave my fruit presentation in Plant City Monday night and they gave me an Arbequina olive tree. It stands about 4 feet high and is in a 3 gallon pot. I can't wait to get it in the ground. Here is some info: http://www.fast-growing-trees....

Jim
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Jan 14, 2012 4:27 PM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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Congratulations, Jim!!
What a lovely tree it is!
What fruit did you discuss?
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Jan 14, 2012 5:09 PM CST
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Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
The talk is called "Dooryard Fruit for Central Florida" and it introduces homeowners to many of the fruits that can be grown here. I discuss many kinds of citrus plus tropicals and subtropicals like guava, jaboticaba, avocado, sapote and many others. Now I will have to add olives. I'm limited by time as the presentations are scheduled for an hour. I also do talks on palms, cycads, roses and Florida lawns. It keeps my brain active.

Jim
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Jan 14, 2012 7:14 PM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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An active brain is always good. Hilarious!

Sorry I missed the talk. Smiling Sounds very, VERY interesting.
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.
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Jan 14, 2012 8:20 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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And there will be Jim - placing a blanket under the heavily laden Olive tree to catch all the Olives as he shakes the tree. Then he will assort a huge pile of Olives by color - green or blue...

I agree, Jim, all that ( besides the Olives Smiling ) is good for mind and body. Thumbs up
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Jan 17, 2012 1:06 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
The warm winter has fooled the dwarf azaleas into blooming in mid January.
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Bogainvillea will continue blooming unless we get a freeze.
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My Ribbon palm (Livistona decipiens) is looking lovely in the sun.


The Tibouchina is not up to its usuall standards but I do have a few blooms.
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The view across the lake.
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Hibiscus
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Then there is some not so good news. Florida is fighting an invasive snail that is cleaning all vegetation out of some of our lakes. I found this on the shore yesterday so I know they are here. I hope they don't have to kill all of the fish to get them.
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Jim
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Jan 17, 2012 5:51 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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Your garden looks great, Jim. We are having the same issues here...couple of weeks of temps around 80 made plants thing spring had sprung. I've got things budding and blooming that shouldn't be for a couple of months. NOW that jet stream is dropping down with temps around 60, with 40s at night... and still no measurable amount of rain. It's going to be interesting ...

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