Fantastic, Jim. Especially your cultivation of mealybugs there . ..
I have pale yellow, pink and red Abutilons that I started from seed, but just love that stripey one you showed. If it makes seeds in the fall, would you save me some?
Can't get over how much they look like little hibiscus flowers.
I also came home to a pretty treat - bought these Heliconia 'Lady Di' before I left and just plunked the pots into the border where they would get watered. They sure seem to have liked where I put them, because from zero flowers when I left 10 days ago, here's what they look like today. Think I might go back and buy some more! Can't have too many plants that thrive on neglect.
Had a couple of lovely garden experiences while I was up in BC. These shots from Milner Gardens in Parksville, BC halfway "up" Vancouver Island. It is an old waterfront estate that was donated to the province by the owners, and simply amazing..
These are "Chocolate Cosmos" which I've tried and tried to grow here because they really do smell like chocolate! Pretty too. They grow through the spring here then die about June. Need cool nights I guess.
Lovely little patio with statuary, and they have made the old swimming pool into a water garden, recently. Should be magnificent when they get it blooming.
