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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2009 4:01:31 GMT
Yeah, that's the new one. You probably don't have luck with them for the same reason I don't -- treating them too well. It seems that everyone has them here, sprawling over window and roof ledges in the baking sun and getting no attention. I think that's what they prefer. Awww ~~ I haven't seen an autumn clematis in years. They are glorious in full bloom. Why couldn't the deer have eaten something homely instead?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 11:03:50 GMT
Re: the deer, they do eat just about everything but according to my mother they have a particular fondness for geranium blooms. Dessert I guess,or clearing the palate.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 4, 2009 7:07:31 GMT
I couldn't figure out why one of the geranium buds looked so red. There were two plants in the pot I bought, so I shouldn't have been so surprised that they were different colors. The red is a really good red!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2009 21:28:10 GMT
The blooms are nothing to get excited about but the aroma all over the city right now of the Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) is incredible,not too sweet or clawing. Clean and ever so subtle,almost an afterthought when passing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2009 11:10:53 GMT
Zingiber zerumbet, Pine Cone Ginger, Shampoo Ginger Hedychium Coronarium, Butterfly Ginger. (intensely fragrant) Salvia coccinea, 'Coral Nymph" Rose, 'Earth Song'
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Post by bjd on Oct 30, 2009 12:21:33 GMT
That butterfly ginger flower is lovely.
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Post by imec on Oct 30, 2009 12:38:32 GMT
That one gets my vote too - but they're all very nice - and to think that they're actually in bloom NOW is so hard for me to relate to. Do these ginger thing have a smell anything like ginger?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2009 12:54:26 GMT
The butterfly ginger bloom is a sweet perfumey smell. The rhizome or bulb of the plant,that's underground, smells somewhat like the edible ginger rhizome. The bloom of the edible ginger has little fragrance.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 31, 2009 19:14:13 GMT
Anyone who is able should plant butterfly gingers. It has a lovely, universally appealing scent. I would love to get my hands on some of those Coral Nymph salvias! Okay, I feel a little foolish about bragging about this flower, but it's been a struggle. I had an ancient packet of moonflower seeds and was thrilled when one actually germinated. The idea was that it would twine up one of the roof supports of the porch. Ha. It's a thin string with few leaves, but gamely puts out one flower at a time. Anyway, the picture came out great.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2009 19:34:35 GMT
We must be in bloom sync. I took this one at 6a.m. today,still dark.
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Post by imec on Oct 31, 2009 19:40:29 GMT
These are cool - they both look like folded silk to me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2009 19:47:13 GMT
They feel like that too. Bixa really caught the texture of them beautifully. They only open at dusk and close at dawn,hence.'Moonflower'. They're in the morning glory family. Beautiful in an evening garden.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2009 0:54:17 GMT
one of the many lovely Bromeliads blooming in my garden
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Post by imec on Nov 5, 2009 1:48:40 GMT
Wow! Looks like something I saw after ingesting an illegal substance.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2009 18:29:13 GMT
Another species of bromeliad: and a bold Hibiscus:
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Post by spindrift on Nov 5, 2009 18:53:12 GMT
I have a brave little pale pink rose blooming in my garden now. I also have a wonderful climber called Solanum Crispum Alba.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2009 19:37:46 GMT
Definitely the end of the season in the gardens of Paris...
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Post by spindrift on Nov 5, 2009 21:43:05 GMT
I think the white flowers are anenomes, windflowers...I am not sure about the yellow ones.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2009 22:31:41 GMT
Yes, the white ones are anenomes. The yellow ones are a variety of Rudbeckia,commonly known as Black eyed Susans.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2009 16:25:43 GMT
Salvia gregii,Autumn sage
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 11, 2009 1:34:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2009 3:53:54 GMT
Is that the Purple Rose of Cairo? Gorgeous. the Fuschia's are lovely as well,do you get hummingbirds to nectar on them?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 11, 2009 4:48:43 GMT
I'm so pleased with that little mystery rose. I got it at the Sunday market at the end of September and it's done very well in a big pot. The scent wafts across the porch. Here it is on the day I brought it home: I have tons of hummingbirds, but for all the depictions of them drinking from fuchsia blossoms, they have little interest in them. They much prefer the jatropha and the salvia, which is not nearly as lushly blooming as the ones in your pictures. You can barely see it here -- some kind of microphylla.
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Post by imec on Nov 11, 2009 4:54:32 GMT
Boy I'm jealous of you people and your blooms at this time of year.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 19, 2009 7:16:16 GMT
Adenium obesum, taken this afternoon. This poor plant. I have two of them which were planted in the ground, then abruptly moved when I changed house. This one has been relatively happy, but the other one failed to thrive. I took the unhappy one out of its pot yesterday and discovered it was full of ants. Let's hope that now it will catch up to its pretty sibling.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 21, 2009 20:23:48 GMT
I finally caught one of the hummingbirds in action. After saying above that they don't pay much attention to the fuchsia, I've seen them sipping there a couple of times since. That's not captured in this little film, though.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 20:38:01 GMT
How very,very cool. Self concsious,camera shy little guy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 17:57:32 GMT
Salvia purpurea Abutilon pictum (Flowering maple,Mallow family) Mirababilis jalopa (Four O' Clock)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 3:30:18 GMT
Not quite in "bloom" but at a stage just prior to that I love. These are planted all along one side of my house and if one looks out onto the upstairs balcony they are at about eye level.They resemble antlers to me,and have a very extraterrsetial feel about them. they also provide a great privacy screen between the two houses and fortunately my neighbors love them. In a couple weeks they will be blooming and hundreds and hundreds of bees all over them nectaring,berries follow which the birds love. A great specimen. Tetrapanax papyriferus,Rice Paper Plant
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 13:24:51 GMT
Sweet Olives (Osmanthus fragrans) blooming everywhere.!!
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