palmtree

I noticed that I dont post nearly as many pictures on this fourm as I take, so I'm making this thread so that way I can show you all the pictures of my yard.

I'll start with what I took pictutes of today. Its not all my plants, or all my yard, but its a start! I'll share some more pics in a few days (probably of the whole yard).

Here is my new planting bed. It took me 2 hours to do this today (in the scorching full sun and 90+ degree heat!)

Heres the area before (only thing there was my Crape Myrtle "Zuni", which is a very late blooming cultivator).


Heres the plan


Heres what it looked like after I dug some grass up


Heres a look of it all completed. The yellow flowers are Portulaca (closed up for the day), the hardy hibiscus is Kopper King, the pinkish flower is a cone flower "Fatal Attraction" and I also have some ice plants, an eastern prickly pear, and a potato vine in there.











Here are some other things in bloom...
My hen and chicks are blooming longer and later this year


This is the first weather station I have gotten that really works accurately.


My Musa Velutina keeps on Flowering!


My red oleander is also flowering well


Caladiums are doing well


One of my plumerias (this one is hidden a bit under the banana leaves. Hopefully the bananas will start growing tall so the plumeria has some room to grow)


My plumeria pudica basically had to re-root itself entirely this spring. Its making a great recovery, but its way behind from last year (it was starting to flower at this time last year!)


I never get tired of seeing the blooms from my mandevillea


This is my passiflora's first year in the ground. It spent last winter in a small pot in my unheated garage. it took a while to come alive again, but it has a ton of buds now and is ready to start taking off!


Double peach hibiscus. The foliage has not been too full this year on this hibiscus.


Some of my plumerias. The tall one has a flower comming up soon!


My spiral ginger keeps making pups and each one is bigger and more robust than the last. This one started comming up only 2 weeks ago and its now about 4 feet tall!


My cardinal vine is starting to flower. I have to keep on fixing it so it doesnt suffocate the plants around it


2 of the bananas on my Musa Velutina


This lantana is growing and flowering like crazy!


My solandra maxima was bare of leaves 2 weeks ago, but it looks nice now! It made a flower indoors last winter, but I missed it (I found the flower dried up on the floor)


My frost proof gardenia is also shade proof! Its in some pretty deep shade which is why it only has one flower, however, one flower is good enough for me because Im just happy that it survived the winter and bloomed


The largest of my 7 plumeria infloresences


Pink mandevillea


My slowest banana, but one of my tallest is my Ice cream banana


My butterfly ginger practically died to the ground this spring after having a hard time adjusting to the sun, but it has made lots of strong pups which now have outgrown the original plant


My elephant ears were slow to sprout, but now that they have started growing, they cant stop!


I hope to see this papaya get large by the end of the summer!




My new mexican petunia


My bougainvillea and weather station


Thanks for looking!

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cherokee_greg

very nice wow great job there I thought I was looking at somthing in a tropical place zone 7 wow great

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Greg zone 9 Fresno,CA
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palmtree

My brugmansia started to bloom! I'll post some more pics of it tomorrow and I'll post some other plant pics tomorrow too!!



Sabal minor bloom and others in the background


My first and largest plumeria is making an inflo so Im really excited to see its blooms again!


I had to get a mexican petunia from a local nursery because my other mexican petunias just havent been blooming this year!


But I did get 3 blooms from one of my mexican petunias today and there are a few buds so maybe in a month it will be in full bloom.


Thanks for looking!

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cherokee_greg

looks good so that is a mexican petunia ? I did not know what it was. Someone gave me a little part of one. I stuck it in the ground. Its a nice size plant now and it blooms in the shade ! I did not know were I should have planted it. Its doing good were its at.Nice yard you have. Very nice thanks again for the post

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Greg zone 9 Fresno,CA
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palmtree

Thanks Greg! Mexican petunias do the best in full sun, but I have mine in part shade and they do well there too! They are pretty tolerant plants of everything (they survive cold winters, drought, heat, sun, shade, and lots of water too!).
Thanks for looking!

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saltydad

I still am in awe that you are growing and overwintering oleanders and others that I would never be able to grow here in my zone 7! Looks great; obviously a lot of hard work. Congratulations

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palmtree

Thanks a lot! I think the most work for these plants is digging up all the tender ones and bringing those and the potted plants indoors. The plants that stay outside usually are the ones with some of the least attention since I dont have to start worrying about them till mid December the earliest!

Thanks for looking!

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Randy4ut has a large Queen Palm that he moves in and out each year. In the fall as I'm cursing my decision to have so many plants that must be brought inside, I think of Randy and somehow feel a bit better.

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palmtree

Thanks Sherry! I will definitely post when/ if my mexican petunias go into full bloom. And if I cant get pics of them in full bloom last year, I guess I'll have to dig up some bloom pics of them from last year to show everyone what they should look like!

Howard, I was thnking about Randy's Queen palm too! That is such a tall and beautiful palm, Im aiming for my queen palm to look like that someday! Im sure it must be a big challange to take that inside every year. Probably a job for friends, family, and maybe a crane too!

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palmtree

Here are some more pics!

I just got back from San Diego this morning and I decided to take a few shots of the yard. I missed the heat wave, but the plants sure didnt!

Front yard (including a brugmansia flower, Musa Saba, Spiral ginger, Red Cordy Australis, and a musa basjoo)




Oleanders and rubber tree from above




My Plumeria "Divine" is in full bloom!


Some sort of Stromanthe


Livistonia


Chamaedorea seifrizii


Agave desmettiana variegata


My 3 year old pindo palm that just wont grow!


One of my oldest potted plants, my 5 year old Stromanthe


Some of my Mandevillea vines


A look at the gazeboo with some of my ice cream banana in the pic!


My Staghorn fern gets direct sunglight only from 6am-8am. It seems to really like its spot!


This orchid has flowerd 3 times for me this year (2 times indoors and now its making one outside!)


Still no canna blooms, but some of them are getting pretty big. These are about 5 feet tall and should be getting ready to flower any day now!


Ice Cream banana and Majesty Palm


Scott Pratt Plumeria cutting


I really am a big fan of the classic elephant ears. They are big, cheap, and really do look beautiful!


I had to get this papaya off of ebay since I never have success with papayas from seed that I start indoors (they always burn when they go outside). My windmill palm is in its 3rd summer in the ground. Usually I give it christmas lights, a frost cloth, and christmas lights for protection, but since my other windmill palm did well without the christmas lights, I think this one will also only get a garbage bin over it this winter. The livistonia next to it will get x mas lights like last winter.






My Coconut palm keeps growing well.


Finally some blooms on this mandevilla!


Variegated Sea Hibiscus! I really love these plants and they are fast growers (this was a 3 inch plant when I got it in March)


Oleanders have passed their peak bloom, but they should still keep blooming right up to November


Tillandsia ionantha (I lost a ton of Tilliandsias to the birds who took them to make their nests (especially the spanish moss which I now dont have a single bit of thanks to the birds).


Ball moss (Tillandsia Recurvata) and an orchid in the background


Some peace lilies and my new Dicksonia antarctica!! Its a really nice size! I have it in shade and it will be getting daily waterings for sure!




Oleanders, birds of paradise, elephant ears, hydrangea, schefflera, and a few others


There havent been a ton of cicadas this year (compared to last year) but I found this one on my fig tree this morning!


I cleared out the spaghetti squash I planted here because all the flowers were male (which means no fruit) and they were taking way too much space). Now I have some wandering jew vines and the mandevilleas.


Plumeria Divine








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I have come to the conclusion that grasshoppers will eat absolutely any plant. I mean I cant imagine any bug that would eat entire leaves off of a plumeria, but thats what a grasshopper did to this plumeria. I just hope it leaves this infloresence alone! I have been waiting for 2 summers for this plumeria to bloom and its only a month away from doing that, but it only takes an hour for a bug to munch it off). Anyways, heres a pic of the inflo


Variegated plumeria


Cutting of my plumeria divine


I really dont do anything for this fern, it takes care of itself!


Windmill palm that survived the winter with just a garbage bin over it during snow/rain/extreme cold events. The first frond of the year was a little discolored, but the second one was normal.


My newly planted butia and a frostproof gardenia


My brugmansia


Spiral ginger, european fan palm, and oleander


At least Im getting squash from one of my squashes!


My sabal minor has finished flowering.


My favorite lantana!


My Silver Saw Palmetto (still has yet to go through a winter)


Kopper King Hibiscus




Looks like 2 bananas from my Musa velutina


Plumeria, basjoo, and spiral ginger (and solandra maxima, oleander, and brugmansia)




Okay, thats all for now! Thanks for looking!

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cherokee_greg

I love your garden !!!!!!!!! Im totally blown away by what you have done. Wow whish you lived closer id be over there checking out your garden for sure. I lost all my plumerias last year I was in the hospital and was to sick to deal with my plants. I miss my verigated plumeria it was about five feet tall. I do have a red one cant waite tell it blooms. Wow I really think your stuffs great. Cant waite tell you post again. Hope you had a nice trip. thanks again

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Greg zone 9 Fresno,CA
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palmtree

Thanks Greg! Sorry to hear about your variegated plumeria, Im sure it was beautiful at that height! I hope mine gets that big some day! My biggest one and my first plumeria ever is red also! I love the red plumerias!

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palmtree

It was suppose to be cloudy and rainy today, but we ended up getting a bit of sun (and a lot of humidity to match) so I decided to take a few pics around the yard..

Usually my airplants flower in the Fall, but they decided to bloom early this year.


Ball moss


My tallest and oldest plumeria is making its second bloom ever! The plant is about 7 feet tall, but it leans a bit so its actually a little taller. The flowers are small (compared to other plumerias) and a nice red color. I cant wait for the blooms!



My Plumeria "Pretty Princess" is now becoming a reliable bloomwer! The only problem is that its a late bloomer. Usually if the inflos are very young when they are taken inside, they will bloom well inside, but if the inflos developed outside, they will drop almost as soon as they go inside for the winter.


Plumeria divine


There are inflos on almost every branch of my Plumeria "Divine". Im hoping for a warm September, but usually Divine has no problem blooming well into October.


Painted Lady Hibiscus


Lantanas planted underneath my coconut palm


This desert rose had a really hard time earlier this summer, but after some dieback and leaf drop, it did grow back and now it has at least 20 buds! Heres one of its first blooms! I think this desert rose is called "Rasberry Ice"


The answer to quick papaya growth is plant food. I gave my papaya plant food in late july and it grew 6 inches taller in one week!!



Livistonia in its second summer in the ground and 4th summer in my yard. (Trunk of my Thai Black Banana is to the left and some purple hearts are below it)


Some lantana I planted in the ground


Finally some canna blooms!



This is one of my healthier cannas. I cant wait for this one to bloom! I have no idea of the banana, but they were described as a "Coral" color when I bought them.


Ice cream banana




Windmill palm in its third summer. Its really growing fast this year. I also like how this one has very white undersides unlike my others.


Orchids love being outside!


One of my favorite combo of plants in my yard.


Dicksonia Antarctica and some peace lilies


My windmill palm in its second summer and my camellia "Kramers Supreme". Kramers Supreme is a pretty tender camellia so I will be giving it protection


My Saba and Spiral ginger


Potted Elephant ears


Pool view


Some plumerias


Anyone else with Crape Myrtle "Zuni" notice its a late bloomer? Mine is just making its first blooms of the year now! All the other crapes in my neighborhood have been blooming for weeks now!


Cone flower


Umbrella palm


Sabal minor seeds


Frost Proof Gardenia


Spiral ginger pup.


Brugmansia making its second flush of the year





Thanks for looking!

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palmtree

I think my Papaya might be showing signs of blooming!! I cant wait! I'll post pics of that and my new, large, foxtail fern and nice sized sunflower plants soon too!

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palmtree

Okay, here are some more pics!!
We got about an inch or 2 of rain in just a few hours a few days ago so there was a river coming out of my backyard!


My Zuni Crape Myrtle finally started blooming! All of the other crapes around town have been blooming since July and I havent seen any bloom as late as mine! Im surprised that I havent noticed all the crapes in my neighborhood because I counted at least 20 as street trees just on one road!

My Crape and Queen palm


Newly planted sunflowers! These are my first sunflowers ever, and I must say, they are great plants!


The butterflies always go straight to the Lantana


Sabal minor making seeds!


Brugmansia buds growing! I cant wait for more blooms!


Coneflower


Spiral Ginger growing a new pup


This pansy survived the winter outdoors and now survived the summer outdoors as well! Usually they dont make it because of the hot weather, but they seem to hang on if given summer shade.


Peace lilies


Mexican Petunia


My first plumeria is blooming for the second time. Im so happy! The only bad thing is that its so tall that I had to get on a chair just to take this picture! The flower is about 7-8 feet above the ground


Still standing on a chair


Anyone with papaya plants know if these are buds coming up? Im not sure, but it does look like it might be some buds!


Cardinal vine has grown up a badly pruned bush and is flowering very nicely from 11 feet above!

This cardinal vine bloom was a bit closer to eye level


No idea what the name of this canna is, but its a nice one!


Robert Kemp Cannas




The banana and canna are in competition and apparently the banana is winning


Finally, a desert rose that has flowered for me! The blooms dont last as long as I would like, but I do love the way they look and there are lots of buds coming up!




I cant wait for this orchid to bloom!


I never have managed to keep floral azaleas alive indoors until this winter. Apparently they become carefree once they are outside for the summer and now its blooming!


My plumeria Divine cutting is going to be the next plumeria to put a show of blooms


(Siginificant pool plants From left to right) Fern, Trachycarpus palm, papaya, desert rose, elephant ear, livistonia chinensis, Thai Black banana, Canna, Butterfly ginger, ice cream banana).


Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed the pics!

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cherokee_greg

Looks great ! Wow you got rain cool. It hardly ever rains here in the summer time. I like your papaya. I just got two dwarf thi papaya from Steven. They look cool.Wow your plumaria looks great. Thanks again for the updates I totally like looking at all the members gardens. Thanks.

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palmtree

Thanks!!
We got a bit too much rain last night (almost 7 inches just in a few hours!). My pool is green and filled to the rim! I'll post some pics of that soon!

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palmtree

Usually my yard is at its fullest and greatest in Late September to mid October, but with Hurricane Irene, I have a good feeling that most of my plants will be damaged so this is the best my yard might look this summer.

I saw a hummingbird last night and I had my camera in hand for once so I was able to get a few blurry images of the hummingbird getting some food from my cardinal vine's flowers.



I wish I could have snapped better pictures, but the lighting wasnt great and I took it from a big distance.

Heres a pic of the cardinal vine


Staghorn fern


From left to right... Foxtail palm, fern, Trachy, Papaya, Desert Rose, Elephant ear, Thai Black banana, Scott Pratt Plumeria, Canna, butterfly ginger, variegated Umbrella plant, and Blue Java Banana.







Papaya flowers!


And some azalea blooms too!


All the pool plants


My Philodendron got pretty buried by plants and hasnt been in a lot of pics because of it, so here is a pic of it!


Orchid thats about to bloom and will be going inside for the hurricane


Plumeria Divine cutting is also going inside for the hurricane


A look at the mess I have to clean up every evening thanks to the mexican petunias. The blooms are worth it though because they attract tons of pollinators though!


Mandevilleas and Coconut palm




Croton


This giant plumeria is going inside for the hurricane also










My bouganvillea was getting sick about a month ago (stopped blooming and some leaves fell off). I fertilized it like crazy and watered it a ton and now its blooming again!










Mediterranean fan palm


Spiral ginger and Musa Saba

Spiral ginger


Brugmansia


My new Kramer Supreme Camellia and one of my Trachys


This pindo palm has grown pretty fast (3 fronds this year). Its in full sun. The Frostproof gardenia below it is blooming pretty well right now!

Frostproof Gardenia


My Fern


Silver Saw Palmetto


Queen palm and Crape Myrtle


Crape Myrtle Zuni



Sabal minor


My Musa Velutina and some paparus



My cacti succulent collection (some of them anyways)


My weather station



My best brugmansia flower pic yet!


My younger coconut palm


Pool plants at night


Queen palm in front yard


Brugmansia and Bananas from above.


Thanks for looking! I'll be posting some damage pics on here too!

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