Not out of the woods yet for an arctic blast, but after a relatively mild winter here, our gardens are poised for a robust season provided this very dry season comes to an end soon.
The first to awaken in the front garden is the pink magnolia
Jungle Heights
Rubber trees in the back garden are loving the dry weather
More pink are miniature azaleas that bloom faithfully year after year, a bargain brought back from the plant sales in my building at work.
Clerodendrum Wallichi going to seed
another, with Kitty stalking the photographer
another 3.00 buy from work 3 years ago..zebra plant
and pink seems to be the theme in bloom, more mini azaleas
amaranthus
close up of the clerodendrum seeds, who's looking at who?
colorful varigated ginger
bromeliad bloom
clerodendrum sahelangii going to seed
fern tree growing like a weed. Survives snow, hurricanes and a freeze..
Oak tree branch that overhangs the garden at sunset
tree fern frond unfurling
Japanese painted fern
Wow! You have so much in bloom. Most of mine is still sleeping. I did have a small red tropical hibiscus bloom in the swinghouse the other day, and the yellow jasmine is budding.
Everything in the Jungle looks great as usual! Very nice! I'm very thankful that we have had a fairly mild winter so far!!!!! We definately could use some rain.
Passion flower greets me on the green house door
favorite winter bloomer Blue Sage--
Yes Jean, lucky here in micro climate heaven
Yellow hibiscus..rose mallow
candy corn loves cooler weather
and this guy..syngonium...has morphed into it's jungle mode in 3 different locations.
Here it is in one of the locations under the eve of the house blooming
Ti Plant
more Ti's
varigated solanum
clover! more purple
aahh...not purple!
bromeliad
nanners from the nanner tree ripening in the green house
varigated Philodendrun -- and other stuff
Love that syngonium! I'll take some of that please!
I also have little blue flowers in bloom......sage did you say? My camelia and azaleas should be blooming soon.
and...Papaya soon this spring...
For Carol! I figured out a swing for her!
Blogs in the Chronicle....we gained some DG recruits on this one last week
Garden Gloves $1.99, Perlite $13.00, Online Garden Communities....Priceless!
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This weeks blog
Zoning the Zone 9 Garden
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Part II to be published on friday is:
Micro-Climate Exploration and Exploitation
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Get ready Texas, we're phasing back in to sub tropical!
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Blue sage is Eranthemum pulchellum
only blooms during the winter.
Rj,All your pics are stunning! I just can't believe you are actually in winter there and that you had snow not that long ago.Obviously your plants don't think it's winter either.Just amazing!!
Thanks !
Despite the one night of snow, it's been quite a mild winter here with multiple 80F weekends.
I hear Australia is having quite the heat wave. Hope your all coping alright.
Wow! Hard to believe that you have so many pretty things in the garden in February! It all looks lovely RJ, a real garden of Eden - thanks so much for posting the pics and brightening up our day.
Randy....GORGEOUS!!! That yellow Ti is 'Miss Andrea'....watch her closely as she will morph into other beautiful leaf coloration with new keikis....
Thanks ! It's alot weather luck!
Thanks Carol, that was the one I needed the name for.