[ATTACH] I have grown the Echium fatuosum for several years. Here is one overlooking the area I live in. It gets deadheaded every year, and...
Tradescantia fluminensis [ATTACH]
We just don't have real garden centers here, so if I want anything different than the usual petunias or marigolds, I have to do it from seed. This...
You know that if the orange beard is attached to the seed, it should be gently remove before sowing as it will prevent germination. And be patient...
I have always thought it would be too hot in the summer there. Here it stays 27C and below.
Air Force radar plane. My first duty station was the US Navy E-2B carrier (USS Enterprise) radar plane. Are you in the Algarve?
I live in Altares on Terceira. It's on the northwest section of the island where it is still very rural. I can see Sao Jorge and Graciosa from my...
I grew mine from seed, which I started about 10 years ago. Today it is 15-20 feet tall: [ATTACH] Because of the strong winds in the Azores, the...
One other thing - the bulbs are tiny. After 4 years, the big ones are about 1/4" across, but they also have really multiplied. It took 3 years for...
I am growing some Gladiolus violaceolineatus, which is a winter flowering gladiolus from South Africa. The seeds were easy to start (in 2010). The...
I have put bromeliads around my woods and the Billbergia nutens have started flowering: [ATTACH] And a close up: [ATTACH] I don't really do...
Here it is, the end of the year, and for anyone who thought this had died, I have one last photo of a daylily that is open today. This is a Joy of...
Thanks! For next month, my Bilbergia nutens are getting ready to flower.
While I am still getting daylilies to flower, my Protea has started. When I bought it, it was about 6" high, and now is about 10' tall: [ATTACH]
If you really want "not fair", I have a first timer today. I got Velvet Onyx as a bonus plant last fall from Sheila, and it has finally started to...
While many of the plants are going to sleep, a few hardy ones are still in flower. Here is Cosmic Courier. It's a lot like Tropical Tangerine, but...
My Lacy Doily doesn't rebloom, and I think it is either the location or not enough sun, so I will be trimming a couple of trees. Amethyst...
Opening again is the one I call Flower In Vase. I lost the tag, but I know it is a DIP (because it crossed with Buster Ruster) and now that it...
The photo I posted last week of this didn't show how nice it is when it isn't raining. There is a white wire edge to it, and it stays bright all...
Carpathian Cavalier has started again. It's the return of the rain after 2 very dry months. [ATTACH]
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