Tropical Garden #3

How about sharing some of yourTropical plant pictures with us from last summer? What is blooming now in the greenhouse ,covered porch ,basement or sunroom?

In the greenhouse.
chalice vine

In the greenhouse.
my only cactus plant.

I have things in the greenhouse and garage not blooming, but here's my little tropical front walkway from last July.
Deb

And a little closer look right by my front steps, later in the season. This is total shade most of the day.
Deb

And my favoriet pic of my favorite Canna. (Can't wait for summer.)

Placenciarita, THANKS from your friend. Jerry

DebinSC, Thank you for posting your pictures. I like everything you have growing in your garden. The sweet potato vines make such a impact wherever you put them, and you can never go wrong with Illustrius. I put them everywhere, and even tried them in a hanging basket, but it did not work.
I am planning on finding dwarf cannas this year, as I have read a lot of good things about them.
Your plants does not have to be blooming to post pictures of them, most of my favorites are foliage plants.
Here is a hanging basket of a dwarf plumeria (not blooming) and the sweet potato vine from last year.

With musa - that is stunning. What musa is that with the red leaf?

Mitch, it is a musa Rojo.

Hi Everybody here some pictures of last year.

Back patio.

Lower patio.

Placenciarita, that variegated chalice vine is beautiful, and so is the Rojo banana.

Deb, your walkway is so inviting.

Jeri, beautiful patio! The anthuriums are gorgeous. We have some of those same supports that I saved years ago, when they were removed from the carport. We turned them into a trellis thingy. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4340344

Thanks for sharing your pics, Cathy

Cathy I like that idea also!!! Kinda like a wigwam for your plants!!!! I added mine to the top patio after years and it started to droop a little. Instant support.

Jeri

Gotta love recycling! Hope all your little plumies are staying warm, come on spring!

They are doing fine!!! They are snug as a bug in my GH!!! I brought all the hoyas into the sonroom and we're living with them. My grandkids can't wait for spring either so I move all my plants back to the patio. LOL!!!

that's quite a collection of plumeria you got there! thanks for sharing, jeri.

Hi Ashley!!! How's it going? Been back to BR? Would love to meet up with you some time. We're going to Forest Hill in March if you'd like to join us!!!

Jeri

jeri11, thanks for posting your pictures.
Your first picture is too cute, very funny and I love it.
Your last two pictures are totally awesome. The alocasia polly and the antherium together are very striking. Did you try to overwinter them? How are they doing?

The alocasia is in the GH and hasn't even noticed there was a change in our weather. The anthuriums I brought into the sonroom and they aren't doing as well. Hope winter is over before they take their last breathe and I can put them back outside!!!!

This is my first year with the GH and has been a learning experience for me!!!

Jeri

Cathy, I might have to borrow your Idea for a new trellis, maybe using livestock panels insted of the supports you used. I am always looking for new ideas.
Here is a picture of one of my brainstorms.

Placenciarita, please, borrow away! That livestock panel looks beautiful all decorated with greenery! I need to be more creative and fashion a few more trellis type things, I seem to have collected a bunch of vining plants that need someplace to travel upwards on. Tomorrow morning is trash collection in our neighborhood, I have to go Trash Traveling tonight to see if I can find any freebies for the garden!
Cathy

musa - love them all.

GUESS?

Looks like a wonderful butterfly...

It does. :)

texasbigleaves, is it a kaempferia (asian crocus) ginger plant ?

BOY O BOY , you can'nt trick that PLACENCIARITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JERRY

Wow.. that is on a ginger?

wow it took me awhile to catch up. great photos. i love it.
i had to post a picture of my garden helper last weekend. this is molly

I think this is a banana canna

May I ask your name placenciarita? I can never remember how to spell this one!
What are the fuzzies in this picture..I tried to grow those..but no luck
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4442104


Here is a picture of the pond...

Thins are still pretty green now...
notice a difference in the size of a certain plant ?

RJ, You can'nt fool us with that 1 foot tall fence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA-HA-HA, Oh you south Texans. Jerry

hahahahahahahahah....rotflol!!

I would kill for a fern tree like that... and the pond, and the musa... and everything else!

Yea i would too! Great TROPICAL back yard!

I want to take a minute and just say thank you to everyone over here for really being wonderful and letting me be here and just talk. Not every forum is like that.

Candela, I am glad that you caught up with us. Your little helper looks so sweet. I have a little helper too, she keeps my plants warm and safe by sitting on them. Her name is Dolly.
What is that faulous plant you have in the haning basket? I got the manifying glass to it but could not identify it.

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