A few palms....cactus flowers

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hardyjim
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A few palms....cactus flowers

Post by hardyjim » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:47 pm

To late

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Found one

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Nice Oleander

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Grapefruit...if only you could bottle the fragrance.

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H.P.

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Lots O' blooms

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Keep it legal,here some nice little palms.

Neighbors Chammy(blooming)

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I like these 2...

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Back to some cactus flowers...

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Post by chadec » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:46 pm

Awesome pics, specially what looks like agave colorata in bloom. That first chammy is nice looking, wish mine still looked that way. Thats a huge clump of hesperaloe. The Oleander, :shock:

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Post by hardyjim » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:57 am

There are some big Hesperaloe and Oleander here for sure!
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:16 am

Ooooh, can only imagine that lovely Grapefruit blossom scent.
I look at mine, after a winter inside the cold building, hardly any leaves left, not a blossom to be found.

Great pics Jim, thanks!

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Post by andym » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:04 pm

Such clear pics Jim :D My favourite are those gorgeous red flowers on that Euphorbia? Thanks for showing.
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Post by hardyjim » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:20 pm

andym wrote:Such clear pics Jim :D My favourite are those gorgeous red flowers on that Euphorbia? Thanks for showing.





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