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Patio getting crowded

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The shady side is full...safer from the hot afternoon sun.

Spindle palm (closest), Bottle palm, Jade tree
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Big Foxtail
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A variety of Echeveria in bloom, with leaf of Cycas debaoensis showing.
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Christmas palms, suffered last week from cold, this week from some sunburn.
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And a really cool Mother's Day present...
Lavandula stoechas "Anouk"
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Looks like thistle close up. :lol: :lol:
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Spring is W O N D E R F U L
Thanks, Easterners, for sending us some heat!

Barb


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Awesome Barb!

I love Bottle palms :D

Your Jade plant is...incredible :thumbleft:
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What a wonderful place to be. :D
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Wow........great plants Barb!

That Lavandula is to die for. :shock:

How hardy is it?
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Post by lucky1 »

Thanks folks!

Jim, that Jade tree has been in full bloom since I think December, the flowers are now dried and only fall off when brushed against.

Re the Lavandula stoechas "anouk", hardiness zone 6 (-23 to -18C, -10 to 0F) says the label.

Other side of patio pics soon, and some sad ones too as thinning of the herd continues... :cry:

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zone 6? cool. I'll need to find a spot in the garden!
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very cool, Barb. In that first pic, is that a jade or a pachypodium with the flowers on it?
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Jade tree, Mike.

Oh what I'd give to have a Pachypodium lamerei that size... 8)

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Wow Barb - that jade tree was flowered out like that last year, I didn't even know they did that. I have one that is about 12 years old/ 2 feet tall, maybe someday. Is that Foxtail one of the one you grew from seed? Paul
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Hey Paul, when you get old, you tend to have a lot of really old plants too. :lol: :lol:

Can't remember exactly when it started blooming...guessing probably 15 or 16 years old.
But it lives all winter in the cold building, blooms last from Christmas to about end March.
These blossoms are really dry now and ready to fall off.

The big Foxtail was from HD a few years ago...you know...right after you pop 50 seeds, you find a big one for sale.
Murphy's Law.
My young Foxtails got damaged outside in the cold a few weeks ago, then sunburned when it got hot.
Thinning the herd again. :x

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Post by Okanagan desert-palms »

Barb your tropicals are looking good! Too bad the young Chrismas palms got to much sun. Here is a Foxtail palm you gave me a couple of years ago. Starting to pick up growth now. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N ... hotostream

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Post by lucky1 »

Nice job of that Foxtail, John.
Sure healthy looking!

I'm always amazed at how green Foxtails look even when every other palm has yellowish fronds before fertilizing.

The young Veitchia look a little crappy but at least a couple will outgrow the sunburn.

No worry about sunburn today.
Crap weather :x
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