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Old 09-22-2008, 08:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I need to move to a warmer climate where I can enjoy my plants for a least 3/4 of the year. Pics of my Subtropical garden May to Sept
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Old 09-22-2008, 12:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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your yard is just beautiful!!!! it is amazing how different your yard is in just a few months.
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wow!
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Old 09-23-2008, 04:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Nice! The gauntlet of bananas.
What is the one in your first pic at the very end of the row that looks like a Giant purple lilly?
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Wow! Looking good. Red
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What is the one in your first pic at the very end of the row that looks like a Giant purple lilly?
t's a Giant Red Leaf crinum cousin to the Queen Emma crinum but not as cold hardy. I just dig it up and stick it under my house.
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I need to move to a warmer climate where I can enjoy my plants for a least 3/4 of the year.
Me too ...
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me three. wait i enjoy my nanas year round....i dig them up and pot them and put them in my den...so i do have some for the winter season. but i still would like a warmer climate.
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me three. wait i enjoy my nanas year round....i dig them up and pot them and put them in my den...so i do have some for the winter season. but i still would like a warmer climate.

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me three. wait i enjoy my nanas year round....i dig them up and pot them and put them in my den...so i do have some for the winter season. but i still would like a warmer climate.
wow if you are willing to do that, you should get to at least a zone 9,10
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wow if you are willing to do that, you should get to at least a zone 9,10
Savanah or Charleston is my goal for retirement, when ever that is.
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