Tropical garden #11

Please share your plants and gardens with us . They are all beautiful and welcome.
Let us continue with the fun.

Elphaba, nice pictures and welcome, I hope that you will show us some more of your beautiful plants in your Houston garden.

sunshinesw, love the bloom on your bromeliad and your flower bed with the ixora and hibiscus. Thanks you for sharing your garden.

Rita, Great photos!! those broms & plumy are just beautiful!!! Too bad we don't live near each other to tour and raid the garden. LOL

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This message was edited May 24, 2008 7:02 PM

robcorreia, I forgot to mention that was a very nice picture of your Brug it has a good color. Thank you
candela, did you ever measure the bloom on your super nova? They seem longer and skinnier than the other brugs. that I have seen.
shooting stars blooming again

sunshinesw, thank you, wish that I was living in Florida or Houston.

This Tapioca has really taken off this month. Isn't it beautiful? I love the hot pink on the leaves! Thanks Dutchlady!

terichris, I love those too, I know that they can grow up to 10ft.or taller. My mom used to just break the branches off, stick them in the ground and they would take off, but that does not work for me.
Here is another foliage plant that did good in the greenhouse this winter and is realy taking off.
Jamacian croton

That's a very pretty croton Rita.
I would be happy to send you a piece of that Tapioca if you want some. I have some rooted cuttings.

Rita- Take her up on it1 The leaves are as big as my hand. It adds so much to the look of the bed. I think I just stuck it in the ground like your mom. I remember the stem felt like styrofoam & I didn't think it was going to make it then it just exploded! Might be my new favorite.

Dutchlady, thank you for your generous offer. I had bought one at Lowes' last fall and it's taking off with all the hot weather we are having. I hope that we get some rain today because we are having a very dry spring. Last year at this time, my plants were twice as big.
I came in to post a picture of my sweet spot in the garden today.
I have a yellow plumeria blooming, 10 red hibiscus flowers, Nong Noch Vine and a pink plumeria in the picture.

terichris, keep us updated on the growth of your tapioca. By the end of summer, you might have to use your machete on it.

blue sky vine

Y'all garden are driving me crazy !!!! can I come over???
Tri-color hibiscus

yellow firecracker

kimarj, she is looking very good, look out she is a fast grower too.
You can come over anytime.

Thanks Rita!! It is finally getting warm enough for things to come to life.
Wentii look familiar?

I love the Nong Noch Vine. Never seen them before. Always learning something new on this website. Added it to my wish list.... LOL!

Love that Nong noch vine too. I saw one at Waynes last week..where oh were to put another vine? Sounds very Thai..Nong noch

Yes. I thought it sounded very asian too.

clerodendrum Minahasse under the full bloom cream brugs

Vitex, erythrinia, banana cana

kimarj, your wentii has realy grown. she is looking very good.

Rj those are realy good shots, sort of drean-like. could we please get a close-up of the clerodendrum minahasse flower.

Please remember our troops!

I found a surprise yesterday and again today when watering.

This is the bleeding heart vine just like 'Red Oak' posted

closeup

I thought this tree hibiscus was dead because the dogs chewed her up but I found a bloom this morning.

SunshineSW ~ was that a photo of a Hoya? If not, what?

Finally caught the delicate bloom of Callisia fragrans.

A long time friend with no ID

Podster, yes it is Hoya pachyclada white & Red.
Beautiful flowers everyone.

sunshinesw, very cool hoya picture.

gessiegail, your bleeding heart vine is in full bloom and very lovely, those were the only blooms on mine. In one of Rj previous pictures, I saw his red bleeding heart blooming too.
That hibiscus is a keeper.

podster, very nice pictures, remember to keep us updated on your gloriosa lilly bloom.

The Gloriosa lily opened this evening! I am always delighted to watch it unfurl.

Thanks, placencerita. I am going to the hibiscus forum and see if I can get a name for the hibiscus tree.

Podster, I'm so jealous. My GL is growing but no buds yet.

They go from zero to sixty quickly. Stand back! LOL

LiliMerci. I am jealous too.
podster congratulation, she is very beautiful, I can only imagine how lovely it is going to be, covered in blooms.

This message was edited May 27, 2008 7:48 AM

Beautiful photos everyone.

Aster

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Unknown epi cutting almost ready to open.