Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #98, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Woo Hoo ... finally able to get back onto DG. They were apparently having problems all day! The site was real slow this morning and then this afternoon I couldn't log in at all for awhile, then when I was finally able to log in I couldn't see the top of the page, it was just a green blob and no photo's were loading, just boxes with question marks ... I finally gave up.

RJ: Love the fern, really nice ... it will be back to it's glory in no time from the looks of it. I'd love to be able to have a tree fern growing in my yard year round but guess I'd have to live much farther south for that!

That Clematis is so different, I wouldn't have even known it was a Clematis, I thought they all had the same flat type flowers, love those bell shaped blooms!

The variegated weed/grass ... I know I've seen that before but what's the name of it?! My old brain can't remember. I want to say it sounds something like bombax or dondax or something with ax at the end ... or maybe not. I found it ... Arundo donax, "Giant Reed Grass": http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1560/

Variegated lily things looks like Peace Lily 'Domino' - Spathiphyllum Domino: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/95592/ and yours is gorgeous! I've had one for many years and it took a huge hit in the cold the past two winters. It looked so ratty I almost threw it out last month but now I'm glad I didn't because it's recovering nicely and beginning to look halfway decent again!

Beautiful plant you posted here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=8513698 It is so familiar, I think I've seen it here in Florida but I can't remember the name of it ... my brain just ain't working so well tonight! I think it's a big hummingbird attractor!

Oh my goodness, you are killing me with the variegated foliage! I love flowers but I really love variegated foliage too and that Hydrangea is so pretty!

I found buds and a bloom on this Mandevilla today.