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Name: Ken Ramsey Starkville, MS (Zone 8a) Tropical Plants & More              drdawg Oct 16, 2014 8:22 AM CST |
| I started up a new garden thread here with Ken's lovely post we came from here The thread "What's in your Garden February to beginning Oct. 2014" in Orchids forum  back to Ken: My 'White Butterfly' ginger and azaleas have really popped with this cool weather. They are as beautiful as I have ever seen them. I was out grilling on the patio last night and there was a gentle northerly breeze blowing. The gingers are north of the patio. The fragrance was amazing.     drdawg (Ken Ramsey) - Tropical Plants & More http://www.tropicalplantsandmo... I don't have gray hair, I have wisdom-highlights. I must be very wise. |
Name: Elaine South Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b) The one constant in life is change          dyzzypyxxy Oct 16, 2014 10:13 AM CST |
| Those gingers do have the most delicious fragrance, don't they? Mine didn't bloom much this summer as the bamboo clump was leaning out and shading them. We have now trimmed back the bamboo (finally!) and I'm hoping the gingers will get on with the program now. Another great fragrance, my Brugs 'Charles Grimaldi' and 'Monster White' have a huge flush of blooms going on. Sadly, all my brugs are 'going south' this winter, as they are all infected with Fusarium, it appears. They're slowly declining, making fewer and smaller leaves each flush.   Begonias, on the other hand are loving the cooler weather and making flowers. This one is a 'cutting' I broke off  during the summer. Just stuck it in a pot of soil and away it went!  This is begonia 'Looking Glass' which I can never get a good picture of. Its leaves are as shiny as aluminum foil.  I keep this wild Canna around because it has such nice graceful flowers. It was supposed to also have variegated foliage but . ..    Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b             |
Lovely!  My big variegated Brug is still producing tons of blooms, unfortunately a greenish white caterpillar decimates the leaves as fast they grow. I picked a few off the plant, but I know there are still some there, I just can't see them, they blend right in with the variegated growth. So annoying! |
Name: Elaine South Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b) The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Oct 16, 2014 2:40 PM CST |
| Oh dear, Ursula! If you have any energy left after dinner, go out with a flashlight and shine it on the undersides of the leaves. Those caterpillars are much easier to see at night. They hide along the mid-ribs of the leaves during the day. Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Thanks for that tip, Elaine. I will do that. |
Name: Ken Ramsey Starkville, MS (Zone 8a) Tropical Plants & More drdawg Oct 16, 2014 2:58 PM CST |
Hopefully your neighbors won't call the cops, thinking burglars are about!  drdawg (Ken Ramsey) - Tropical Plants & More http://www.tropicalplantsandmo... I don't have gray hair, I have wisdom-highlights. I must be very wise. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
Oh gee, I sure hope not!  |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| In the meanwhile- now where do I post this? My son's Carribbean Reds produce crop after crop of insanely hot peppers. I took it now into the greenhouse, since it likes it warm. We eat some, I pickled some too and gave a lot away. My son could now take the plant back, as he has the spot for it inside, but we decided to keep it in my care for another season, so the young children don't start "cooking" with them. I could just see poor Emma ( two and a half years old) biting into one of those. I don't touch them at all with bare hands....  |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Update on my Caterpillar-chomped Brug - Klaus and I went out with the flashlight to look for the critters, didn't find them. I guess I have no choice but to cut it down first before I have to move it to the garage. Which might be Sunday, it looks like we might get frost. But I will try again until then, I know they are there. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
It was a blustery and chilly morning in NE PA this morning, once it started to rain we left for NJ.      |
Name: Elaine South Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b) The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Oct 18, 2014 5:56 PM CST |
| Still, such idyllic scenes there, Ursula. I love the one with the dark clouds in the background, and aren't the colors getting that lovely muted shade now. Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Jim Hawk Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)     hawkarica Oct 18, 2014 6:52 PM CST |
| Beautiful Ursula, but I can feel that biting wind from here. I guess I have become Florida fragile. Jim Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength enough to battle and overcome your difficulties. Grace enough to confess and forsake your sins. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| We love it at any time of year, but yes, despite a warm Polartec, I was getting chilled. But the good news is that we met up with a local builder, who did good work on our little house for us before, and as soon as the weather allows in Spring, he will built us a nice Gazebo right next to the pond in the Spring. Looking forwards to that! |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| The last plant still outside, but has to come in tomorrow too as we are expecting frost. The Caterpillars did a number on the leaves, but this Brug still blooms a lot.   |
Name: Elaine South Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b) The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Oct 30, 2014 5:01 PM CST |
| Wow, that's a great flush of bloom for this late. Just lovely! Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Smells good too! Too bad Summer is over. |
Name: Elaine South Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b) The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Nov 4, 2014 8:42 AM CST |
| Here too! Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Jim Hawk Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b) hawkarica Nov 4, 2014 8:26 PM CST |
| Just a few pictures to show what element the landscape lighting is adding. Just before dark with the new lights on:   Full darkness with landscape lights on:      OC with the new lights on:   So far, I like it. Jim Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength enough to battle and overcome your difficulties. Grace enough to confess and forsake your sins. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Name: Elaine South Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b) The one constant in life is change dyzzypyxxy Nov 4, 2014 10:32 PM CST |
| Stunning Jim, it's a wonderland for gardeners. Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Looks wonderful! |
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