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Apr 27, 2014 2:50 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
I'm back from the singing so I'll continue.

This native dwarf Simpson's stopper looks happy down by the lake.
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Another native, this sweetbay magnolia is happy in wet areas.
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Roses on the left and the yellow garden on the right.
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Yellow Bells in the yellow garden.
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Here is a tarraw palm and the now very tall Bismarkia palm
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Good news and bad news: This toddy fishtail palm is blooming but after it blooms, it dies. Nothing I can do.
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Purple pentas:
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Dioon spinulosum cycad in the front of the cycad garden.
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Lots and lots of fragrant gardenias in bloom
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Plumbago is always a treat.
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The avocado tree is getting big.


Here is a line of rare palms I planted mainly to keep the neighbor's weeds from invading. The first tall one is a grugru palm and there is an olive tree just to the left.
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This is one of the largest ponytail palms I have ever seen. It is not really a palm.

That's it for now.

Jim

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