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The thread "Show Us Your Garden 21 (March 2012)" in Orchids forum

Ok, Jim.

Here is a new thread just for you!



A floofy noid....high on the floofometer

A strange Lavender


Thalia Daffs . The Salvia has surprised me this year. Stayed evergreen and bloomed so early.

So pretty! Light years ahead of New England. I am having my stone stairs fixed up today. http://forum.crazyorchidlady.c...

So pretty!

Thanks, Kathy and Ursula!

I love those steps!... and admire Stone masons and bricklayers!

Ha! I was hoping the new thread would come with more lovely photos of your garden, Janice. It's just beautiful!

As promised, the jacaranda is in full bloom and all of the neighbors are stopping by to ask the name of the tree. I go through this every year so you would think they would know by now. Anyway, here she is.

Jim

It is always a beauty!

Heavenly, Jim! Love the Palm, as you know.

So pretty!

Jim, maybe you need to get the official signs that are seen at famous arboretums...with the name of each
exotic plant...or schedule tours, you might be able to get Master Gardener hours credited ( not that YOU need any!)
I'm very lucky that my MG group lets me take hours for the plants I grow for our annual sale!

Heavenly lindsey. iPhone excuse typing

Ok, back to a regular keyboard. Hate those teeny iphone keys.

Lindsey, what glorious photos.

The closeup of the Lily is really great!

Your garden is just bursting with beauty.

Thanks Janice! I wish I had more time off to enjoy it, some things are soooo fleeting.

Nice colors, Lindsey! Pretty!

Lindsey, very nice show. Reference the plant signs, I already have them on most every major plant in my garden. Here is an example:


As for inviting the hords to tramp through my yard, I'm too much of a perfectionist to do that. The garden would have to be in top shape all the time and as you know, gardens are always a work in progress. It would probably kill me. As for the volunteer hours, we are required to put in 35 hours a year and I average around 200. Between my library/garden club presentations, phone duty at the Extension office and help desk at plant festivals, I'm pretty busy. By the way, I'll be working the MG desk at the EPCOT International Plant Festival on May the 14th.

Jim

Now for a walk around the yard:

Hibiscus were not damaged by winter chill so they are already in peak form.




The purple garden and its centerpiece bougainvillea:


Gardenias. Too bad I can't download the fragrance.


Caladiums never went away all winter.


Someone in her office gave my wife this croton as a desk plant up in Virginia. Now it is in the ground and 5 feet tall.


Iochroma: It's a great hummer plant.


Passaflora:


Agave


Mangos, Pomegranate and Avocado have all set fruit.


My first crinum lily of the season.


Yellow bells and golden cestrum:


I have more but I'm tired and better post this before I lose it.

Jim

Oh, Jim, I can almost smell that Gardenia from here!!

Wow! The Iochroma is gorgeous and all the pretty fruits! Eden!!

"Wow" is not sufficient looking at your show, Jim. The Hibiscus alone are in a class by themselves.
Gorgeous!!

Yes, VERY cool hibiscus! The caladiums are too shabby either!

I'm back after misting the orchids and cooking/eating dinner. Tonight's wine is especially tasty.

Thanks all for the nice words.

Here is what we call English dogwood but is also known as sweet mock orange. It grows in the shade and flowers in the spring.


A couple of bromeliads. The first is a sun loving Aechmea blanchetiana and the second is an unnamed bloom.


This is a Dortmund rose. I'm waiting for Janice to post a picture of one.


Allamanda Cherries Jubilee also unhurt by frost is back up to speed.


Rondelettia


Finally, this little tree is known as a lucky nut tree. It has very nice yellow flowers followed by hard nuts. It is related to oleander so all parts are poisonous.


Jim