View Full Version : Waiting for warmer weather...
Randy4ut
05-18-2008, 08:32 AM
Well, I finally took the time to take a few pics of the start of my "little piece of paradise in SE TN", and thought I would link it so you could see it before the warmer weather starts making everything burst with life. Thanks to several of you, you know who you are, I have really increased my list of bananas, ee's, brugs, hardy hibiscus, as well as other tropical plants. I think of this garden as a community effort of the Bananas.org members!!!! You folks are the best and thanks to you, my family will be able to sit back and enjoy a tropical oasis right here in southeast Tennessee. Well, here are a couple of pics and a link to the rest of the pictures I took this morning. I will try and keep everyone updated to its prgress throughout the summer.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/img_0494.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/img_0502.jpg
Here is the link to the rest of the pictures:
randy4ut - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/)
CookieCows
05-18-2008, 09:19 AM
Your design is beautiful. Palms with trunks... that's another dream of mine on my someday list!
Dean W.
05-18-2008, 10:29 AM
Looking good, Randy!:naner7hat:
Tropicallvr
05-18-2008, 12:33 PM
Cool, I like your "whale tail" lawn.
Starting to heat up here, went from mid sixties, and now in the 80's everyday. Could still snow though, has happened here in june before.
Keep us updated on the progress.
Randy4ut
05-18-2008, 01:45 PM
Thanks Kyle,
They are predicting 80's back toward the end of this week and lows in lower 60s. Hopefully, this will be the last of the cooler weather. I like the cooler weather, but I want my garden to burst out and grow like crazy!!!!
AllenF
05-18-2008, 03:06 PM
Your place just keeps looking better & better.
We are just ending a near record hot spell with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the sixties.;) The winds, gusting to 50 mph, dried everything out resulting in fire bans and uncontrollable brushfires. My Chamaerops humulis, which I put in full sun against the stucco on our house and protected from the wind, was enduring daytime temperatures that reached 110*F.:camelnaner:
It's funny how what is normal for you is way too warm for me for this time of year.
Allen
Randy4ut
05-18-2008, 03:37 PM
Actually Allen our "normals" for this time of year are only about 5 degrees above what we are currently running, but the past couple of years have been averaging about 10 degrees above what are normals are. So, I guess I can't complain, but I do like it 10 degrees above normal than 5 degrees below normal. Make sense??? A 15 degree difference is a BIG difference when it comes to these plants... BTW, thanks so much for your compliments... Hope you and yours are safe from the fires...
Randy
xavierdlc61887
05-18-2008, 04:10 PM
thats gonna look nice when it grows up and matures :D wooooooo it will look like a mini jungle :D
Rmplmnz
05-18-2008, 10:04 PM
Wow....everything is so perfect and well planned...I am such the slacker..lol..
Good job Randy!!
kimarj
05-18-2008, 10:19 PM
Nice :2129:
natedogg1026
05-18-2008, 10:58 PM
Looks great Randy! Can't wait to see a side by side shot with a late summer pic. :2237:Hope your back doesn't feel as bad as mine did after all that work.:weightliftingnaner:
Zacarias
05-19-2008, 01:33 AM
Lord, it was at 102 or so today in north Phoenix, hotter downtown. My bananas on the balcony, even the cute TC ones were smiling and showing no signs of distress. I always thought of 100+ degree weather could mean death for plants, animals, humans etc...but I've been learning so much in the last year I've been in the desert.
Oh and I planted summer vincas and gazanias in containers and they love the heat. I never really liked vincas but now am getting into them as they laugh at Phoenix heat. :)
Zach
Steve in France
05-19-2008, 06:27 AM
Great design Randy, I wish I had all that space to play with.
Cool here in Bethesda Maryland too, only the stuff in the greenhouse showing decent growth rates. Just back from Turks & Caicos , hot there, good time had by all.
Later
Steve
Randy4ut
05-19-2008, 09:40 AM
Looks great Randy! Can't wait to see a side by side shot with a late summer pic. :2237:Hope your back doesn't feel as bad as mine did after all that work.:weightliftingnaner:
Hey Nate, thanks for the compliment. I did the bed prep several weeks ago, so the achy body has healed and the fun planting stuff was enjoyable. I will be sure to post pics of growth rates throughout the summer...
Randy
Randy4ut
05-19-2008, 09:43 AM
Wow....everything is so perfect and well planned...I am such the slacker..lol..
Good job Randy!!
Thanks Chris, Looking at your yard, you are by no means a slacker!!! Your wife is no slacker either, evident of the pics you posted awhile back of her!!! BTW, Saba has sent out 2 pups that are really showing signs of wanting to take off. This weekend should see temps back into the low 80s, so hopefully, everything is fixing to BURST!!!! Your ornata, heliconia, and several other plants you sent last summer are coming up also.
cedardave
05-19-2008, 10:21 AM
Looks beautiful..well done
dpren3275
05-19-2008, 01:11 PM
Looks great! You look so organized. I have a site I am trying to reclaim from neglect so I can put some bananas there.
We in BC had a horribly cold spring though it lately has changed to a pleasant 70 to 80 degrees with overnight lows in the 60's.
Randy4ut
05-19-2008, 01:43 PM
Thanks, dpren... Best of luck with your quest on reclaimation... Let us know how it goes for you....
mskitty38583
05-20-2008, 12:49 PM
randy your yard is beautiful! btw how are your roses doing?
Randy4ut
05-20-2008, 01:21 PM
msKitty, I was wondering when you would "pop" in... LOL The roses are all out front putting on leaves as we speak... I have already, believe it or not, had one of the "sticks" put out a bloom last week for us to see what it would look like. I think they will be fine where I have them, even if they don't get as much sun as they probably need....
Thanks, and schedule a trip down this way later in the summer!!!
mskitty38583
05-21-2008, 03:34 AM
i will do that, and thanks for the invite.:woohoonaner:. glad to hear you got a bloom. next year you will have more and then the following year the blooms will be a massive. mine put out blooms and boy do they smell great. as soon as my daylilies bloom ill post a pic of the one i sent you. it is a "black" lily with a butter cream yellow in the throat. they are my fav. daylilly.
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