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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 24, 2012 15:41:53 GMT
The one I missed blooms every year, each time more astoundingly than the last. I'm determined to capture it this year.
Rikita, your morning glory photo perfectly sums up why so many people must have them in the garden, despite repeated vows to not put up with their rampant, seed scattering nature ever again. They are indeed glorious. Your pic made me break into a chorus of "morning has broken".
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Post by rikita on Jan 24, 2012 21:17:56 GMT
hehe, now i have "morning has broken" stuck in my head...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 25, 2012 2:17:28 GMT
I wish you'd been with me this afternoon, Rikita. I was in a store that was playing a tape of a female vocalist singing in ....?German? Anyway, some non-Romance language I didn't recognize. I did recognize the renditions of American pop chestnuts, including "Save the Last Dance for Me", with which I sang along. (in English, naturally). Anyway, that's the song stuck in my head right now.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 25, 2012 9:54:44 GMT
A glorious 'honeysuckle' scent wafted through the bedroom door and so I went to investigate and found the Flowering Ginger had produced this: And this still to come: Now, my first attempt at growing hollyhocks produced this beauty: There are a few pale pink ones but the flowers are much smaller. I thought the plant would grow much higher but it only reached 2ft or so. I think I planted the seeds too late.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2012 11:00:19 GMT
Oh,that's a Hedychium 'Kahili' ginger,aka,'Pineapple Ginger' which smells nothing like pineapple but,is so named as it supposedly resembles a pineapple. It is one of my favorites. Heavenly honeysuckle like aroma.
Nice Hollyhocks there too Tod2!!
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Post by tod2 on Jan 25, 2012 12:14:01 GMT
Thanks Casimira - Now I can see why it is called a Pineapple Ginger from its shape! Never knew that before
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 25, 2012 14:39:04 GMT
Ohhh, Tod! Those are gorgeous pictures. The ginger brought back to me the first time I ever saw one of those mellow yellow beauties & was just knocked out. Strangely, I've never grown that one.
Those hollyhocks are the perfect red. Your plants might grown more. Hollyhocks are always listed as biennial, which they must be in some climates, but the ones I've planted all seem to perform differently. I've even whacked them back & had them put out branches & rebloom. Save those seeds!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 28, 2012 6:41:46 GMT
Here's the big yellow tree I'm yapping on about on the previous page & in #1080 today. Taken on the way into town -- look how it shows up even from quite a ways away:
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Post by tod2 on Jan 28, 2012 6:45:01 GMT
WOW! Bixa, that is totally gorgeous! You have caught it at it's absolute best by the looks of it - now to find out what kind of tree? did I miss the name somewhere...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 28, 2012 7:19:16 GMT
Isn't it just a great big beauty?! Tod, I'm off to bed now, but I remember that Cheery identified this type tree for me last year. I'll go back through the thread & find the ID. (unless the dear girl sees this & rides to the rescue yet again )
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Post by tod2 on Jan 28, 2012 11:08:52 GMT
I had time on my hands waiting for Mr.T2 so saddled up and rode back in time........ Ta Da!!! TABEBUIA CHRYSOTRICHA Golden Trumpet Tree ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 28, 2012 14:38:40 GMT
Ta da, indeed! click--> THIS is for you
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 28, 2012 18:01:12 GMT
Sorry dearie....been working very long hours... it is a stunning tree...splendid. But...Oh my stars...those pics you posted Tod made me fill up...they are soooo beautiful. I have GOT to get me some of those....
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 28, 2012 18:05:00 GMT
Bixa....look it's getting bigger (Bird of Paradise) altho I must admit that the plant doesn't look particularly healthy...but then again, if it was unhappy it wouldn't be flowering....unless this is a last gasp?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2012 0:40:44 GMT
Wow, Cheery -- that's really impressive! Mine had tons of long-stemmed leaves for over a year, but no buds. Then last Sunday I saw several for sale that were shorter, like yours, but all in bud. Two different types, or different methods of culture? Yours must be happy since it's blooming in sync with the ones around here. Wouldn't that mean it's the correct time of year?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 29, 2012 10:09:30 GMT
Gosh ...I love the fact that the plant is in sync with the ones in Mexico! our days here are still quite short, generally it's overcast and it's cold (we had a frost again this morning). The only heating in the conservatory comes from a small low-wattage radiator...so our conditions here aren't great...but plants are such amazing things that it's trying to flower despite all the problems facing it! I love gardening me. I fed the plant a couple of weeks ago so I think it might get another feed today.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 29, 2012 13:05:42 GMT
Cheery your plant looks fine to me. The leaves are a bit small but that long stem might be more leaves? Or is it a definite bud? I'm glad you liked the pineapple 'ginger' flower. They are blooming in profusion - just caught sight of a bush in my son's garden and also more in my garden. Passing a house much further down my road I noticed these! They look like the same flower only in an orange shade - but then the leaves also look slighty different. I'm pretty sure it's the same family... I think I'll be bold and ask for a root
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Post by tod2 on Jan 29, 2012 14:46:41 GMT
Bixa - This darling little tree is only about three years old and today it has blossomed for the first time! Not the spectacluar yellow of your "Trumpet" tree, but the bees are very busy at the moment in this Acacia It's along my street..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2012 16:06:54 GMT
Tod,you can easily propagate that ginger you last pictured from just a tiny piece of rhizome. I have that one,it spread to my garden from underneath the fence between properties.That was a few years ago and it has spread like gangbusters. It is another Hedychium. Hedychium densiflorum, 'Sarung' (no fragrance though ) Spied this Camellia while out cycling this morning. Someday,I'm going to learn the names of these. The book I have on Camellias,the pictures are in black and white,with a color plate interspersed here and there.
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Post by mich64 on Jan 29, 2012 17:21:02 GMT
Flowering trees are gorgeous. I wish there were more in my area, but besides about half a dozen types, others that have been tried just cannot live through our winters. Cheers Mich
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2012 17:32:19 GMT
I'm sure that's a bud on Cheery's plant. I have a pic of a bud stem next to a leaf stem that I'll post later. "I been told that you've been bold" (<-- favorite line for a favorite Little Richard song) ~~ Hope to hear that you've been bold & asked for some of that ginger, Tod. We all know that all real gardeners love to share, don't we? Where I lived in Texas had flowering acacia and I miss seeing them. Not only are they lovely in bloom, but they're such gracefully shaped little trees. Do people there nibble on the pods, Tod? That's a perfect, classic camellia, Casimira, & a great picture too.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 4, 2012 16:35:55 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 4, 2012 17:23:40 GMT
Everything looks so English tod...............
Except for the weather........
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2012 19:56:22 GMT
Lucky people. NOTHING (nothing natural) is in bloom in Paris.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 19, 2012 2:38:44 GMT
Not long now tho....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 19:50:22 GMT
My fingers are crossed.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 23, 2012 15:45:54 GMT
I haven't look back on this thread to see if anyone has ever posted photos of the Spider Lily - Hymenocallis littoralis-Amaryllidaceae . Well, they are on full bloom through out our city and over the weekend found these outside Rosehurst on the sidewalk: I found a video on the subject of Spider Lillies which recommends cutting the dead flower off right at the bottom of the stem, and another bloom will grow.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2012 16:02:17 GMT
That's quite a stand of them, Tod. It's such a great, old-fashioned flower.
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Post by amboseli on Feb 23, 2012 20:10:15 GMT
Flowers in bloom in the midst of winter ... I can only dream about it, and buy a bouquet of tulips to decorate the house.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 25, 2012 10:15:14 GMT
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