What is blooming in your garden today (other plants)?

[Caloosamusa]

My Barbatos Cherry is blooming.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31488&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31488)

The fruit is tart but delicious! :2239:

[Dean W.]

Daylily
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31511&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31511)
Snap Dragons
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31512&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31512)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31513&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31513)

[saltydad]

Snaps that came back from last year are blooming!

[Scuba_Dave]

The 1st of my Lupines started to bloom today
They continue to bloom thru the summer

[sunfish]

Malaysian Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31618&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31618&ppuser=2868)

[Abnshrek]

I have a flower on my cactus :^)

[CoryS]

These are some flowers that were in bloom when we moved into the house here. We were told they were tulip roses?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31622&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31622)

[Jananas Bananas]

All my Buckley yucca are blooming.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31623&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31623)

~JaNan

[Bob]

Heracleum lanatum( cow parsnip), I found this in a roaside ditch last year on Chappaquiddick island. It never got above a foot or so tall last year here in Jersey but this year got to about 4' or so and is now in bloom.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/DSCN0203.jpg

[saltydad]

Hi Bob. That plumie looks like its ready to start leafing out. When did you bring it outside?

[Dean W.]

Cannas are starting to flower.

[saltydad]

Damn Dean, make me feel bad.:ha: My cannas haven't even come up, either the ones I planted the bulbs this spring or the few I left in the ground from last year.What varieties do you have?

[Dean W.]

Damn Dean, make me feel bad.:ha: My cannas haven't even come up, either the ones I planted the bulbs this spring or the few I left in the ground from last year.What varieties do you have?

Just some of the canna musafolia (Hawaiian canna) that are blooming. The others have done anything yet.:ha:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31666&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31666&ppuser=2868)

[Patty in Wisc]

This is the year I've been waiting for... the year for BLOOMS!
My 2 Paw Paws both have blossoms after growing for 7 years. First time I will taste Paw Paw.
First time for a nana bloom (Ice Cream)... waiting 4 years.
Pineapple Guava has a ton of blossoms (grown from seed over 3 yrs ago).
Foxglove planted from seed in '08 has 1st buds forming (they're so pretty!)
Giant Iris & peonies are ready to pop.
Cherimoya & Loquat are of blooming age but still waiting.
Oh, and how could I forget the 5 in one apple tree I bought for Mike! I grafted 2 more varieties to it last year & they took, but the Anna & Golden Dorset both blossomed & have baby apples on! It has to cross pollinate w/ another variety. I planted it in Spring '08.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Dwarf Dahlia plant blooming in my south living room window...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2698.jpg


: )

[CoryS]

This is the year I've been waiting for... the year for BLOOMS!
My 2 Paw Paws both have blossoms after growing for 7 years. First time I will taste Paw Paw.
First time for a nana bloom (Ice Cream)... waiting 4 years.
Pineapple Guava has a ton of blossoms (grown from seed over 3 yrs ago).
Foxglove planted from seed in '08 has 1st buds forming (they're so pretty!)
Giant Iris & peonies are ready to pop.
Cherimoya & Loquat are of blooming age but still waiting.
Oh, and how could I forget the 5 in one apple tree I bought for Mike! I grafted 2 more varieties to it last year & they took, but the Anna & Golden Dorset both blossomed & have baby apples on! It has to cross pollinate w/ another variety. I planted it in Spring '08.

Just some of the canna musafolia (Hawaiian canna) that are blooming. The others have done anything yet.:ha:

:pics:

[Patty in Wisc]

Cory, I posted pics of my nana bloom. If I had to post pics of all the plants I named, it would take me 5 years LOL, as my puter is very slow so you'll just have to trust me :)

[CoryS]

Cory, I posted pics of my nana bloom. If I had to post pics of all the plants I named, it would take me 5 years LOL, as my puter is very slow so you'll just have to trust me :)

It never hurts to ask, LOL. Btw, I was highly (to say the least) impressed with your banana plant, in the "Main Banana Discussions" thread, with the flag leaf. I definitely look forward to photos of that particular flower.
:woohoonaner:
PS I do trust you, girl. I just like looking at photos! :D

[Scuba_Dave]

2 of my biggest rhubarb plants are blooming w/flower stalks
We don't even eat the rhubarb...not sure why I let it grow

I need to dig them up & move them somewhere out fo the way
They take up too much room

[Patty in Wisc]

RHUBARB PIE!!?? Or strawberry/rhubarb pie...cheesecake...kuchen!?? I knew a guy who never picked his rhubarb & one day his neighbor asked if she could have some. She brought him a pie she made of it & now every year he looks forward to her pie & she takes all his rhubarb.

[Abnshrek]

RHUBARB PIE!!?? Or strawberry/rhubarb pie...cheesecake...kuchen!?? I knew a guy who never picked his rhubarb & one day his neighbor asked if she could have some. She brought him a pie she made of it & now every year he looks forward to her pie & she takes all his rhubarb.

You can mix it with strawberries too :^) I have some.. Strip off the stringy bark and add some salt its ready for eating. Or cut a 6 inch piece, ad to whiskey sour.. :^) (bloody mary's have celery) WTH its all good... lol :^)
Oh yeah my dwarf hydrania has lil pink blooms (post pic later) :^)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31762&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31762&ppuser=2868)

Volunteer Sunflower from bird feeder






http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31760&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31760&ppuser=2868)

[saltydad]

A whole passel of blooms. I posted in my Gallery so I won't take up the room here. Take a look.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

More of my Tulips blooming today...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2709.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2703.jpg


: )

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31837&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31837&ppuser=4565)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31836&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31836&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Impatients

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31840&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31840&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Fruit forming on Passiflora Frederick's seedling

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31854&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31854&ppuser=2868)

[island cassie]

An amaryllis I had forgotten I had as it was buried in the "jungle". The semi-shade guys are looking good at the moment.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31895&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31895&ppuser=628)
The phals are doing well too.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31894&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31894&ppuser=628)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31898&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31898&ppuser=628)
Gingers glowing in the dark.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31897&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31897&ppuser=628)
and this unknown beauty is one of my favourites - even more coppery in real life.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31896&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31896&ppuser=628)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Gorgeous shots, Island Cassie!


Here are my Dwarf Irises just beginning to bloom. They're called "Tranquility"...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2761.jpg


Also, my blooming orchid indoors...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2756.jpg



http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2757.jpg


Happy Victoria Day, Canada! :birthdaynana:

: )

[island cassie]

Hollyberry - like the iris but LOVE the tulips - always one of my favourites and your's look fab!

[SoBe Musa]

Bird of Paradise
I don't know which kind but is the first bloom...
Pictures date May 15 and May 24 2010.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/PLANTAS5-2.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/PLANTAS6.jpg

[island cassie]

Nice Emily - yours look so well groomed - often they are tatty and neglected.

[Dalmatiansoap]

Beautifull,
Strelitzia Nicolaii, White bird of paradise!
Congrats
:nanadrink:

[palmtree]

Heres my double peach hibiscus. First hibiscus bloom of the season today!
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=80b1d75f.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/80b1d75f.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[island cassie]

Just beautiful!!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Here's my Columbine "winky" about to bloom...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2766.jpg


: )

[Dean W.]

Damn Dean, make me feel bad.:ha: My cannas haven't even come up, either the ones I planted the bulbs this spring or the few I left in the ground from last year.What varieties do you have?

Just some of the canna musafolia (Hawaiian canna) that are blooming. The others have done anything yet.:ha:
I was wrong these are not the musafolia. The musafolia get larger and have different flowers. I grew these from seed and forgot what they were.
:pics:
Cory, here is a photo.:ha:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31978&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31978)

[palmtree]

My cannas are a long way from blooming! The largest are only up about a foot and a half and some are still just poping up. Im estimating the first blooms to open around 4th of July.

Good luck and great pics everyone!

[jnstropic]

This canna blooms all year around in south Florida. The spring blooms are the best.
It was good enough to be on my blog (http://togofcoralgables.blogspot.com/2010/05/canna-lily-at-its-best.html).

<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xcanna.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xcanna.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32018&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32018&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32017&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32017&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32016&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32016&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32015&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32015&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32014&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32014&ppuser=2868)

[cherokee_greg]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32024&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32024&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32028&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32028&ppuser=5959)

[Dean W.]

Another daylily!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32091&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32091)

[Jananas Bananas]

These pictures are all so gorgeous! I love this thread!

Red oleander (though it photographs pink for some reason) it looks better this year than it ever has! The bush is over 15 feet tall.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32092&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32092)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32093&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32093)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32132&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32132&limit=recent)

[palmtree]

Really great pics. Lots of unusual ones and just beautiful common ones too! A few things blooming well here but I think in a few weeks there will be lots more bloom pics to share.

Good luck!

[Scuba_Dave]

My white & pink peonies are blooming
Pink Shasta daisies, glad to see these as I transplanted them last year
Bunch of lupines blooming all over

My 1st marigold is blooming - early !!
Once these bloom I take the seeds & start more plants
One year I had ~140 marigold plants by fall
In one day I transplanted them all out front

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32164&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32164&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32163&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32163&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32162&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32162&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Raised this new and unusual Aquilegia Columbine called "Winky" from seed last Spring. Saw nothing but leaves last season but this year I think I'm in love! http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/emo4-2.gif


I'm sure you can see why...



http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2813.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2815.jpg


Just took those shots this morning.



Have a great weekend, y'all! :nanadrink:


: )

[sunfish]

Just opened passiflora bellotti

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32184&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32184&ppuser=2868)


Passiflora Mollissima

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32185&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32185&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Spartium junceum
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32210&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32210)
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Tropical Pink and Strawberry Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32214&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32214&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32213&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32213&ppuser=2868)

[CoryS]

They're all really great! I'm especially fascinated by the collection of passion flowers and the Columbine "Winky". These are a few photos I took of flowers in our back yard. They were here when we moved in but I don't know the names of them, except of course, the daisies.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32207&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32217&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32216&size=1

[Dalmatiansoap]

Lavandula dentata
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32249&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32249&ppuser=4565)
my favourite
:woohoonaner:

[Jack Daw]

Lavandula dentata

my favourite
:woohoonaner:
Oh yeah, Soapy, my favourite weed too. ;) :ha:
Loooooooooots of them here. Nice grey, green and purple these days.

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32304&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32304&ppuser=2868)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32303&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32303&ppuser=2868)

[Caloosamusa]

One of my timber trees that doubles as banana wind protection and shade is in bloom. Getting high enough to get a good picture is difficult.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32319&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32319)

:2239:

[Abnshrek]

One lilly or another.. I'd post a pic, but phone got drown in Willies Pig Pen.. :^)

[CoryS]

One lilly or another.. I'd post a pic, but phone got drown in Willies Pig Pen.. :^)

In Willies Pig Pen?! ROFL! Don't let Willie make too many long-distance calls, lol!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32303&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32303&ppuser=2868)

That's the most incredible flower I've ever seen! What is it?
:woohoonaner:

[cherokee_greg]

I got this today its a parrots beak
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32367&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32367&ppuser=5959)

[sunfish]

In Willies Pig Pen?! ROFL! Don't let Willie make too many long-distance calls, lol!



That's the most incredible flower I've ever seen! What is it?
:woohoonaner:

Blue Grass Pea

[palmtree]

My hen and chick plant is blooming.
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=7440266c.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/7440266c.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Also blooming is my Ornithogalum longibracteatum. It has two flower heads and one is in bloom now. <a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=20f8cc72.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/20f8cc72.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Heres my Aechmea fasciata in bloom now. <a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=d9a7fed4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/d9a7fed4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Abnshrek]

I have a flower on my 8ft spanish dagger. :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32387&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32387)
Cactus
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32391&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32391)
Roses
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32393&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32393)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32389&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32389)
White Flower (came with the house) :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32392&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32392)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32428&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32428&ppuser=2868)

[Jack Daw]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32428&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32428&ppuser=2868)
Tony, which Passiflora is this one? Those flowers really have a beautiful color.

[Abnshrek]

Cactus Flowering :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32424&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32424)

[SoBe Musa]

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1386.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1375-1.jpg

[sunfish]

Tony, which Passiflora is this one? Those flowers really have a beautiful color.

Passiflora Bellotti

[sunfish]

This is one plant

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32476&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32476&ppuser=2868)

[SoBe Musa]

Hibiscus 'Double Orange'

[sunfish]

Strawberry Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32509&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32509&ppuser=2868)

Boysenberries

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32508&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32508&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Elephant Garlic

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32563&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32563&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32565&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32565&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[SoBe Musa]

Golden Shrimp Plant
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1475.jpg

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32596&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32596&limit=recent)

[PennyG]

Gorgeous plants everyone :goteam:

[Jananas Bananas]

Petunia
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32601&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32601)

Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32603&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32603)

~JaNan

[Sixwing]

Wow, what great pics!
No pictures here, but tomatoes are blooming for me today. :3 "Princess" (formerly "patio princess") and "Solar Fire" are the varieties I have going.

[Abnshrek]

Sedona Rose :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32622&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32622)

[AmberNichole]

I have a couple herbs blooming. The herbs themselves are slowly dying from the insane heat though lol. who new basil and sage don't like 109degree weather in full sun lol

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32650&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32659&size=1

[Scuba_Dave]

Black eyed susans are starting to bloom, lupines still blooming - all summer, marigolds are blooming, pink coneflower - I'm going to take the seeds & see if I can get more growing, dark purple clematis, honeysuckle

That means all of the summer flowers will be blooming soon
White daisies, hibiscus, liatrias, phlox - 3' tall, bachelor buttons, snowball, lilies, hollyhock, bellflower, balloon flower, kniphofia,rudbeckia, hydrangea, goblin blanket, vandy tuft, monarda - already saw a hummingbird flying around, plus a lot more
And the Rose of Sharons will start blooming too, dozens of them

Sunflowers have a long way to go, same w/butterfly bushes
I have so many flowers growing I no longer even remember what they all are

[Abnshrek]

Since netting my Velencia Orange its turned into a bloom factory. (post pic tomorrow). Neighbor netted his lemon (2 days ago) its got a bloom on already. :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32699&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32699)

[sunfish]

Frederick's seedling

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32710&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32710&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FF026.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[palmtree]

Heres my eastern prickly pear in full bloom. I got them as cuttings last summer and kept them in a pot outdoors during the winter. I didnt think it was going to make it since it was so poorly rooted when winter came but it has grown a ton this spring. <a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=cb84b197.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/cb84b197.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=5c449be1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/5c449be1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Heres a hibiscus bloom
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=0b4d9b90.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/0b4d9b90.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Abnshrek]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32779&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32779)
They opened wide after I took the pic.. :^)

[Jananas Bananas]

All of my crepe myrtle are blooming - they love the heat! :)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32782&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32782)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32784&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32784)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32783&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32783)

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Don't laugh, after seeing those stunning beauties of JB's, :ha: but here's my 'true blue mariposa' seedling just bloomed in my indoor garden this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2896.jpg


: )

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FF059.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FF061.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FF060.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[SoBe Musa]

A hot Heliconia day ~ ( temp 94°F)
Heliconia, Parrot's Beak psittacorum
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1844.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1860.jpg
Golden Lobster Claw, Expanded Lobster Claw (Heliconia latispatha)
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1864.jpg
My Tallahassee Crape Myrtle Trees (Tallahassee,FL is where i got the trees 3years a go great FSU momentous)
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0445.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_1804.jpg

My neighbor's 60yrs old Royal Ponciana.
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0437-1.jpg

[Dean W.]

Crepe Myrtles...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32873&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32873)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32875&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32875)

[Jananas Bananas]

I have had this little guy for about 5 years - he is a foot tall and two feet wide - a super dwarf lavender crepe myrtle (in comparison my hot pink is 15 feet tall):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32883&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32883)

This is my Silver Texas Sage:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32882&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32882)

~JaNan

[r3tic]

This is one of my favorite plants. Corsican Mint is a very low growing and small mint. The photo has a penny in it as a size reference. This is the mint used in making Creme de Meth. It has a very strong sent that is quite intoxicating and very tiny lavender flowers.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32896&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32896&ppuser=4571)

[saltydad]

Emily-that poinciana is simply stunning!

[Dean W.]

A wild Sunflower.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32925&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32925)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32960&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32960&ppuser=2868)

[john_ny]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32961&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32961&ppuser=826)

[Patty in Wisc]

My bromeliad. It's a pup from over 4 years ago & the only plant left in the sunroom. I felt like I've been ignoring it too long so I watered it & saw something inside. There's A FLOWER in there! I forgot how pretty they are .. WOOHOO

[The Hollyberry Lady]

My moonflower, blooming in my living room window this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI2941.jpg


: )

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33039&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33039&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33038&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33038&ppuser=2868)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33037&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33037&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Seed grown Passion flower Mollissima
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33050&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33050&ppuser=2868)


Bangkok Guava
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33051&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33051&ppuser=2868)

[SoBe Musa]

Kahili Ginger~(Hedychium gardnerianum)

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/KahiliGingerKer-GawlHedychiumgar-1.jpg

[saltydad]

My first Maypop (p. incarnata) flower of the summer.

[Dean W.]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33113&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33113)

[Patty in Wisc]

Dean, what is that?
I hate to say this, but there are some really nice pics here of flowers that I don't know what they are. Tony posted a nice one recently but never ID'd it. It may be something I heard of but never saw before, or one that I've seen but can't ID. Sorry, but I feel frustrated with not knowing:(

[Dean W.]

Dean, what is that?
I hate to say this, but there are some really nice pics here of flowers that I don't know what they are. Tony posted a nice one recently but never ID'd it. It may be something I heard of but never saw before, or one that I've seen but can't ID. Sorry, but I feel frustrated with not knowing:(

Hey Patty,

It's a canna, sorry for not posting a name.

[Vickie H.]

lotus
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_3781.jpg

[Vickie H.]

Mayla water lily
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_3783.jpg

[kemistry]

love the lotus, that's so pretty Vickie! It has the most awesome scent too doesn't it :)

[sunfish]

Passiflora Mollissima

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33170&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33170&ppuser=2868)

[Vickie H.]

kem thanks I don't know I don't smell them. LOL

[cherokee_greg]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33227&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33227&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33226&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33226&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33225&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33225&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33228&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33228&ppuser=5959)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33237&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33237&ppuser=5959)

[palmtree]

Heres my frostproof gardenia. Its been in the ground since this spring and I will overwinter it outdoors this winter. Its in mostly shade but get a good amount of sun too and its a great bloomer (even though its a small size). If anyone finds a gardenia a hard plant to take care of, get a frost proof gardenia!!

<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=237c632a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/237c632a.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[sunfish]

First flower on Passiflora Coral Glow.Started this from cutting

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33258&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33258&ppuser=2868)

[AmberNichole]

Nothing too cool, but my sunflowers have started to bloom. Thats about all that will grow in this heat in my veggie garden lol, but at least they are prettier than weeds lol

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33268&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33265&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33270&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33269&size=1

[SoBe Musa]

What a enchanting flower!
Orthosiphon aristatus Cat's Whiskers or Java Tea
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2180.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2182.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_2178.jpg

[palmtree]

Heres my first plumeria "divine" bloom. It looks like lots more will follow!
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=76747c24.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/76747c24.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=94c756bb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/94c756bb.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

And heres my double peach hibiscus fully recovered from the frost it saw this past march. It is definitely the most tolerant of my hibiscus. Its a great bloomer and a fast grower. One downside is the grass hoppers love it!
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=4ffaf9b0.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/4ffaf9b0.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Scuba_Dave]

Roses, Hollyhock, lilies, bee balm/Monarda, hydrangea, Rose of Sharons are starting to bloom
I'm sure theres more, need to wander around the yard a bit

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/DSCF6799.jpg

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/DSCF6800.jpg

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/DSCF6797.jpg

[saltydad]

Here's some of the latest blooms.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33364&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33366&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33368&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33363&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33365&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33354&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33355&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33352&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33353&size=1

Also, if anyone can ID the Oriental Lily (1st pic), I'd be grateful. It's huge beautiful, and has the most sweet and heavenly and strong fragrance.

[saltydad]

Palmtree, that plumeria is absolutely stunning! You should be proud.

For all, I uploaded a number of new garden pics into my gallery. I also uploaded a short video- a partial tour of the pond and garden. It failed twice to upload here, so look for it in my photobucket account ( Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket (http://s751.photobucket.com/home/saltydad/index)) in the Garden album. Enjoy.

[palmtree]

Palmtree, that plumeria is absolutely stunning! You should be proud.
( Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket (http://s751.photobucket.com/home/saltydad/index)) in the Garden album. Enjoy.

Thanks. I really like this plumeria! I saw your album and your plants look really great too!
Good luck!

[PennyG]

Nice flowers, so pretty and so colorful:goteam:

[Dalmatiansoap]

I hope my Canna will bloom tomorrow
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33421&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33421&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[palmtree]

I hope my Canna will bloom tomorrow
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33421&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33421&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

Sorry, looks like you have a little longer than that. But cannas are well worth the wait! Nice pic!
Good luck!

[CoryS]

A tree in the back yard but I don't know what kind [I know very little about flowers] and tons of yellow cannas!

EDIT: Thanks Jananas Bananas! :) Jananas just let me know that the tree is called a Crepe Myrtles!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33469&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33468&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33467&size=1

[PennyG]

That tree is so pretty Corys....very nice.

[Dalmatiansoap]

Sorry, looks like you have a little longer than that. But cannas are well worth the wait! Nice pic!
Good luck!

:ha:U R 100% right!
Today
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FK013.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FK012.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[Vickie H.]

A WATERLILY BLOOM THAT IS A FLUKE


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_3921.jpg

[saltydad]

Wow, Vickie, but it sure is purty!

[Vickie H.]

australian water lily

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_3855.jpg

[palmtree]

:ha:U R 100% right!
Today
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FK013.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/FK012.jpg
:woohoonaner:
Its definitely getting there. It looks like a really interesting canna so definitely remember to post some pics when it blooms!!!! :)
Good luck!

[palmtree]

Easter lily bloom. They dont seem to have a problem in a zone 7 at all but they dont actually bloom for the Easter season here.
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=26d7ee77.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/26d7ee77.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=91059fe9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/91059fe9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[The Hollyberry Lady]

They call them Easter lilies only because they're forced bulbs, made to bloom indoors at Easter time.


Here's mine this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI3009.jpg


: )

[sunfish]

Malaysian Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33919&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33919&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"Le Reve" Oriental Lilies blooming this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/DSCI3037.jpg


: )

[sunfish]

Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34024&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34024&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34068&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34068&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34162&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34162&ppuser=2868)

ANNA APPLE

[AmberNichole]

Shell Ginger
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34301&size=1

Coleus
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34274&size=1

Box Basil
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34275&size=1

[saltydad]

Now for something completely different. I had bought a very young Alocasia odora a while ago. All you could see was a hint of green coming up from the soil. I planted it behind the waterfall in a shady part of the garden that only gets morning sun. As it grew I realized it was definitely not an Alocasia, but it looked more like a canna or a heliconia. Today I have my answer, I found these gorgeous blooms on my heliconia. My guess is heliconia psittacorum, variety ?? Chime in if you have a clue. To me it looks like a yellow heliconia psittacorum Andromeda.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34308&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34307&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34310&size=1

And just for s**** and giggles, here's the plant's label.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34309&size=1

[saltydad]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34375&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34374&size=1

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34402&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34402&ppuser=2868)

[SoBe Musa]

HELICONIA PSITTACORUM STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0671-1.jpg
Ground Orchid, Boat Orchid,Spathoglottis plicata
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0692.jpg
Duranta 'Sapphire Showers'
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0678.jpg
Can anybody ID?
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0693.jpg

[jnstropic]

It looks like a rose, but it's moss. Yours opens early. Mine open in the after noon, and the leaves are smaller. The plant is only one inch tall. The runners grow roots.
I just bought it two weeks ago. In a month I will have a dozen - I saver $11.
<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xanothermoss.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xanothermoss.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[musaboru]

Forgot the name of these...but they came from EasytoGrowBulbs.com
http://i26.tinypic.com/mv0ktz.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/2q8zltf.jpg

Mixed from Home Depot
http://i28.tinypic.com/246q55d.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/nxrius.jpg

Michelia
http://i27.tinypic.com/294iazd.jpg

[The Hollyberry Lady]

MusaBoru...


The third one is "Le Reve" Oriental Lily and the fourth one is Stargazer Asiatic Lily. Gorgeous mix you've got there! :waving:



Here's my tiny little "Amythest Beautyberry" blossoms. I'll get lots of berries this year...



http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3116.jpg



One of my three "Black Velvet Rose" Geraniums. Was gonna keep this one inside but planted it out recently...



http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3103.jpg


: )

[PennyG]

Very nice everyone :woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34466&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34466&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34465&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34465&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Seed-grown Blackberry Lilies that grew nothing but leaves last year. This is the first bloom this season...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3131.jpg


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Some of my blooms this morning 7/22/10:
Crepe Myrtle
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34628&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34628)
Sunflower
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34629&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34629)
Wild Morning Glory
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34630&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34630)
Begonia and Purple Heart
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34631&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34631)
Don't know some sort of weed - but I liked the unusual blossoms
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34632&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34632)

~JaNan

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34658&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34658&ppuser=2868)

[Abnshrek]

Mexican Heather :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34668&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34668)

[SoBe Musa]

Heliconia
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0884.jpg
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz77/SoBe_Musa/IMG_0886.jpg

[saltydad]

Migael- this is the mexican heather, Cuphea hyssopifolia, I grow.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3g-u93pMmzsdNYePqsV9Zl1oXrEU4d_gWDPcquMJo72MuqZ8&t=1&usg=__f_rZwRRu0YOITIuPdYywkspIn2k=

[Abnshrek]

Hey that's what neighbor said.. lol I guess its not.. lol :^) Its a flowering weed then; cause it spreads like wild-fire.. :^)

[saltydad]

Maybe a different variety??

[soundofthemusic1]

Mexican Heather :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34668&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34668)

Hi, Migael,

I agree with Saltydad. From the picture you posted, the flowering plant looks like Mexican petunia. In Georgia, it is a very popular landscaping plant except that only purple-colored Mexican petunia is being sold here. I have never seen the white ones, which is also another pretty color.

Half of the Mexican petunias I grow did not come back this year because of deer problem. But like you said, they can be invasive, and they are easy to root from cuttings. I personally thought it is a great plant for a beginner gardener like me. They are easy to take care of and produced flowers easily.

[Dean W.]

I got the dwarf variety and it's growing in cracks between the driveway and sidewalk.

[zoloff]

I haven"t posted here before , but this is what's blooming today at my house.http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34692&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34692&ppuser=5713)

[john_ny]

Crape myrtles are blooming nicely now.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34877&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34877&ppuser=826)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34878&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34878&ppuser=826)

[PennyG]

Very nice Zoloff and John :goteam:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

My "Hagley" Clematis vine today...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3192.jpg


: )

[saltydad]

Wow, John. A crape myrtle and in bloom! In Westchester the only crape myrtles we had were in pictures. I guess SI really is warmer. BTW, both my Tonto and Dynamite crape myrtles are blooming now.

[cherokee_greg]

my hardy hibiscus I thought was dying
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34949&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34949&ppuser=5959)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34985&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34985&ppuser=2868)

[PennyG]

Simply stunning, Greg and Tony :goteam:

[Dean W.]

Turk's Cap...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35048&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35048)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35049&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35049)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35050&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35050)

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35165&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35165&ppuser=2868)

[Vickie H.]

Gigantea water lily
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4376.jpg

[Vickie H.]

lotus
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4350.jpg

[aash09]

Plumeria in New Jersey!

http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/DSCN0457.jpg

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Here's my "White Swan" Coneflowers...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3213.jpg


blooming in sync with my "Blackberry" Lilies...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3214.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3217.jpg


: )

[saltydad]

Vickie- Is that second lotus Empress or Chawan Basu? Just gorgeous, as is the Gigantea.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Yes, have to agree with Howard, Vickie...that this is just stunning.


Hope you plan on saving some of the seeds...so you can share them with me! :ha:


I think the seedpods will be very ornamental as well.


: )

[Vickie H.]

This is Chawan Basu. I lost the tag on the other, my friend might be able to tell me. Yes I save seeds but they will not be true.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4255.jpg

[exovetek]

Alocasia Portora flower
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35256&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35256&ppuser=6382)

[PennyG]

Vickie and Seth, both are gorgeous!

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35265&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35265&ppuser=2868)

[Vickie H.]

Yes when I collect seeds I will share. I will see how many ripen. Here is another pic
peaches with raindrops

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4346.jpg

[Vickie H.]

Red Star of texas hibiscus
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4213.jpg

[PennyG]

Vickie, and Tony.......such pretty flowers :goteam:

[jnstropic]

Red Star of texas hibiscus
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4213.jpg

That grows wild in Florida and we call it Scarlet rose mallow; Scarlet rosemallow; or just Hibiscus. I grew mine from seed. Most of the time it looks just like yours, Sometimes it looks like this. I have never seen rose mallow as nice this.

<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xScarletrosemallow.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xScarletrosemallow.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Vickie H.]

This is swamp mallow I grow it in my ponds
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4196.jpg

[Vickie H.]

This is my hardy hibiscus planted in the ground
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4237.jpg

[jnstropic]

The pink mallow is a different species. Ours is Hibiscus coccineus
Common Names: scarlet hibiscus, scarlet rose mallow
Family: Malvaceae (mallow Family)
Description
The scarlet hibiscus is a slender shrubby herbaceous perennial that dies back in winter and re-sprouts in spring. Established plants can have one to several stems up to 7 ft (2.1 m) tall. The five petaled flowers are brilliant crimson red and 6-8 in (2.4-3.2 cm)across. Each lasts only a day but new ones continue to open all summer and fall. The leaves are divided palmately (like the fingers on a hand) into 3-7 narrow, pointed, serrated lobes.

Location
The scarlet hibiscus occurs naturally in swamps, marshes and ditches, from southern Georgia and Alabama to central Florida. It is often encountered along southern rivers and streams where it towers above the maidencane and pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata). My information doesn't mention being in Texas. Maybe the Texas species is an other species. But it sure looks like Hibiscus coccineus

Culture
Light: Does best in full sun.
Moisture: Likes a moist soil and can tolerate flooding. Established plants will survive in normal soils without supplementary watering, but they need to be watered during dry spells if you want them to flower.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7 - 11
Propagation: By seeds or root division. Seeds should be punctured with a needle or scraped with a file before planting.

The spectacular scarlet hibiscus flower color coordinates pleasingly with red tinged stems and leaves.

Usage
The scarlet hibiscus makes an eye-catching specimen in the landscape with its huge crimson flowers and handsome palmate leaves. Plant them next to a pond or water garden, or at the back of a bed where their elegant leaves and brilliant flowers will attract the eye.

[Vickie H.]

Thanks Jnstropic
That was interesting. I am growing white star of texas hibiscus from seeds right now. They are only about 8 inches tall. They are setting in water if I take them out of the water they wilt.

[Vickie H.]

This is my candlestick tree or bush. This was a few weeks ago now it is taller than me and I am 5ft 2in. This thing grows like crazy.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4121-1.jpg

[PennyG]

More nice pictures, and cool tree Vickie.:waving::waving:

[sandy0225]

victoria Longwood Hybrid first bloom at 5 this morning!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35344&size=1

[CValentine]

http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv49/valentines12/040-2.jpg

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Seth, Cheryl, Tony, and Sandy...Your plants are all beautiful.



Vickie...http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/2.gif Totally stunning shots!





Here's my one of seed-grown hybrid Osteospermum African Daisy blooms today, in one of my gardens...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3257.jpg


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

My dwarf pink Bottstein Hydrangea blooming in my indoor garden...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3266.jpg


: )

[saltydad]

That is absolutely beautiful, Sherry. Does it stay pink? I have a white lacecap that starts about beautifully white, that begins to have shades of pink, still beautiful.

[Jeff]

These photos are not from my garden, but I toured a friends garden the other day and took lots of photos..

Hibiscus
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35584&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35584&ppuser=43)

Etlingera elatior
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35568&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35568&ppuser=43&sl=j)

I forget the name of this one
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35583&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35583&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Unknown epiphyte growing out of an old tree stump
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35582&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35582&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35581&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35581&ppuser=43&sl=j)

[Jeff]

more from my friends garden

Etlingera elatior
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35580&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35580&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Heliconia xanthovillosa 'Shogun'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35579&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35579&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35575&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35575&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Unknown heliconia
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35578&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35578&ppuser=43&sl=j)

[Jeff]

More heliconias

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35577&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35577&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35576&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35576&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35573&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35573&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Heliconia regalis "Barnum and Bailey"
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35566&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35566&ppuser=43&sl=j)

[Jeff]

Hedychium ginger
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35574&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35574&ppuser=43&sl=j)

More heliconias
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35572&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35572&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35571&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35571&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35570&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35570&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35569&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35569&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35565&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35565&ppuser=43&sl=j)

[Jeff]

Ornamental Musa
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35567&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35567&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Heliconia imbricata
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35564&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35564&ppuser=43&sl=j)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35563&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35563&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Alpinia purpurata
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35562&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35562&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Heliconia
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35561&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35561&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Calathea insignis
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35560&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35560&ppuser=43&sl=j)

[Jeff]

Ravenala madagascariensis (Travelers Palm) bloom
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35559&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35559&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Heliconia pogonantha - old and new flowers
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35558&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35558&ppuser=43&sl=j)

Heliconia regalis "Barnum and Bailey"
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35557&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35557&ppuser=43&sl=j)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Wow Jeff...

Your friend's garden sure has some cool plants. Thanks for sharing.


That is absolutely beautiful, Sherry. Does it stay pink? I have a white lacecap that starts about beautifully white, that begins to have shades of pink, still beautiful.



Thanks, Howard! I guess we'll find out if it stays pink because this is the first bloom, but so far so good. Here's another shot I took of it today...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3296.jpg


Thinking of sticking it out in the garden but haven't decided yet...


: )

[PennyG]

Jeff, you have some truely amazing plants, i just love them:woohoonaner:

Gorgeous hydrangea, Sherry:nanadrink:

[palmtree]

It took all summer but I finally have a bloom on my bougainvillea!! Its only one bloom but Ive never been happier about it! It gets a pretty good amount of sun, but I have learned for next year to give it all day sun, all summer long since it seems like its one sun hungry plant! Ill post a pic soon!

[zoloff]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35692&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35692&ppuser=5713)THE HIBISCUS' SEEM TO BE DOING VERY WELL THIS YEAR THERE ARE ALOT OF BLOOMS COMING. THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY.

[Vickie H.]

My Euryale Ferox lily from Asia
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4318.jpg

[PennyG]

Vickie, that lily is truely stunning!!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"Black Velvet Rose" Geraniums this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3310.jpg


Those large leaves in behind the geraniums are my "Incense" passiflora leaves.


: )

[PennyG]

Very nice, Sherry.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Thanks, Penny!


Here's my Moonflower bloom from this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3324.jpg


They show up so beautifully at night.


: )

[jwmahloch]

Musa Bordelon - Flowering

[saltydad]

Congratulations!! I've also found they like it dry to bloom (Not shriveled you understand).LOL

It took all summer but I finally have a bloom on my bougainvillea!! Its only one bloom but Ive never been happier about it! It gets a pretty good amount of sun, but I have learned for next year to give it all day sun, all summer long since it seems like its one sun hungry plant! Ill post a pic soon!

[PennyG]

Those are such a nice plant, Sherry.:woohoonaner:

[saltydad]

BTW, while up in Williamstown, Mass for an aunt's 90th BD party this past weekend, I accidentally dunked my digital camera in a hot tub as I maneuvered to help Mom out (I wasn't in the tub). I had my camera, my cell, and my wallet in my cargo shorts. Thanks to Verizon and LG the cell is fine after I wiped it off and dried it in the sun. The Sony camera, however, has moisture inside and won't turn on or off. I will try to recover what was on my card, but I think I only had 1 pic. In any case, this is a long-winded way of saying there won't be any more pic updates for a while. The budget doesn't allow for another camera, so I'll use my phone and it's crappy quality.

[saltydad]

OK, I lied.:ha: This is blooming now but I had taken the pic last week.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35604&size=1

[soundofthemusic1]

OK, I lied.:ha: This is blooming now but I had taken the pic last week.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35604&size=1

I don't know the name of your flower, but it's pretty, Saltydad. Great job!

Sorry to hear about your sony digital camera. Hope you get a replacement digital camera soon. But it's amazing that your cell phone still function. Ours didn't work after it fell into the water, and most others don't, either, is what I have heard so far.

Happy growing!

Rae

[saltydad]

Hi Rae- It's a Bromeliad, a Vriesea hybrid. They're related to pineapples. After they bloom, they die, but a new pup takes over, just like our Musa!

[cherokee_greg]

I think this plumeria is going to bloom ! I hope so my first one if it does
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35784&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35784&ppuser=5959)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/SprikoHvar087.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[PennyG]

Beautiful!!:goteam:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Stunningly gorgeous, Ante!


: o

[palmtree]

Plumeria pudica in the ground and thriving! First bloom of the year. Its going to be dug up and potted in the fall. Also heres a pic of my plumeria divine which has been blooming all summer long!
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=DSCN1665.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/DSCN1665.jpg" border="0" alt="Pudica flower"></a>
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=DSCN1663.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/DSCN1663.jpg" border="0" alt="Pudica inflo"></a>
<a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=DSCN1670.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/DSCN1670.jpg" border="0" alt="Plumeria divine"></a>
Thanks for looking!!!!!!

[jnstropic]

Alex your Plumeria pudica is great. Here in Coral Gables half of the Plumeria are pudica. That happened in 15 years.

[jnstropic]

The yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea) (http://www.floridata.com/ref/n/nelu_lut.cfm) has blue green leaves that are as pretty as the flower. Today we are looking at our yellow lotus flower.

<a href="http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/?action=view&current=xlotus.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n399/jnstropic/xlotus.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35815&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35815&ppuser=2868)

[palmtree]

Alex your Plumeria pudica is great. Here in Coral Gables half of the Plumeria are pudica. That happened in 15 years.

Thanks!! I know pudica is definitely becoming very common in Florida now probably because they are such nice evergreen shrubs that stay in bloom almost all year! Wish they could stay outside all year long here, but Im very happy I could see the spectacular blooms!!!

[Vickie H.]

The Buds are coming on my Victoria longwood

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4490.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4492.jpg

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Gorgeous shots, Everyone! WOW!!! :goteam:



Here are my seed-grown Hybrid "French Vanilla" Marigolds beginning to bloom in front of my Basjoo...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3379.jpg


Even though they look pale yellow today, the blooms become very light from the sun, over time. I'll show again later in September when the bush is completely loaded with carnation-like flowers.

It's one of my most favorite flowers of all. Even the leaves are glorious...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3381.jpg


: )

[saltydad]

Greg- Indeed you have a bloom developing. Has it opened yet? Post a shot or two when it does. I wish we could also smell the delightful fragrance. My 'old' plummie is just now developing it's first blooms of the season. Last year it didn't bloom at all, so I'm relieved. I wish some of my cuttings would bloom so I could finally see the blooms!
Vickie- Can't wait to see the blooms!
Sherry- For some reason I've never really appreciated marigolds except as veggie garden fillers to keep away the bugs. But you have some of the prettiest. Keep 'em coming.

I'm quite bummed out that my Empress lotus did not bloom this year. I think it's because I left it in shallow water all winter inside of dropping it in the deep as I usually do. Last year was the first year it bloomed, and only one, but it was beautiful, as are those above. I fed it every month, but bupkis except for great leaves. Oh well, there's always next year.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I know the ones you're thinking of, Howard...those hideous orange ones! :ha: Even those yellow ones can be...common.

I'll send ya some seeds for these, when I mail your beautyberry shrubs. You will not be disappointed. They are # 1, in my books. Also heard them referred to as hybrid "snow" or "snowman" marigolds.

Thank you for the compliments. I will show more shots later, for sure...


: )

[Vickie H.]

Thank you so much Sandy. Victoria longwood

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4530.jpg

[Vickie H.]

second night Victoria longwood bloom
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4563.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4558.jpg


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4548.jpg

[Vickie H.]

I nwent out and found it changed after dark
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4585.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/PHPong/100_4565.jpg

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/bananarama/bananarama024.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[saltydad]

Vicki and Sandy- thanks for the pics of Victorias. Beautiful. With a 1200 gallon pond, your pics are as close as I'll ever get! Ante- gorgeous Cleopatra canna!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Good Lord, Vickie!!! :eek: Stunning shots!


Pretty Canna, Ante. :rolleyes:


All my Holly shrubs are blooming with little tiny white flowers...which means more berries
soon! :2181:


: )

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/bananarama026.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[saltydad]

Pretty shot, Ante. I offer one of our planted urns-in yellow.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35603&size=1

[Blake09]

YouTube - Flower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3a7xrZyCec)

[saltydad]

Thanks, Blake, for the garden blooms video. Tell me more about the cypress vine; it looks fascinating. BTW, how did you put in the labels on the vid?

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Very nice, Blake!


Love those geraniums, Ante. Gorgeous shot!


: )

[PennyG]

Very nice, Blake.:goteam:

[palmtree]

I love that cypress vine. Im going to find out more about that one! Btw, nice vid!

[saltydad]

Apparently the cypress vine is terribly invasive. One comment on Dave's Garden was that it's worse than nutgrass. As pretty as it is, I'll have to pass. I already have enough passionflowers growing in my yard, and tetrapanax growing in every bed.

BTW, one comment was from someone living in a place that must have the worst location name I've ever seen- Toadsuck, Texas!!!!

[john_ny]

Crape Myrtle, hanging over a little basjoo.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36056&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36056&ppuser=826)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Stunning, John!!!


: o

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Canna's this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3431.jpg


Solanum Seaforthianum "Gloria" vine blooming today...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSCI3437.jpg


: )

[Blake09]

Thanks, Blake, for the garden blooms video. Tell me more about the cypress vine; it looks fascinating. BTW, how did you put in the labels on the vid?

Click here (http://www.sunriseseeds.com/Cypress%20Vine%20.0.html) for Cypress vine info.

The ones in the video are seeds that I threw down in the spring. They do grow verry fast, and the flowers are wonderful. After a summer of growing they have a touboris rootsystem and come back from tubors + seeds. I dont even put mulch down during the winter and they still come back. If you want some seeds I can send them to ya, I dont have any seeds yet tho...


BTW, how did you put in the labels on the vid?
go to my videos; click edit; click on the annotations tab; click when/ where you want one/ what shape/color and then type in what ya want.






Moonflower blooms:
YouTube - Moonflower with 20+ blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8SGmKgYKnc)

[island cassie]

Vickie H - all I can say is "wow"!

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36156&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36156&ppuser=2868)

[Bob]

Tropical water lilly.

http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/DSCN0482.jpg

[saltydad]

My yerba mansa is bloo0ming in my pond. here's a stock photo.

http://deborahsmall.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/yerba_mansa_flowers_1655.jpg