At it again-and a few pics.

[hardyjim]

I knew these guys had buds again but they sure will surprise you if your not aware that they have opened.


This is the 3rd separate time these have bloomed.


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Never seen the Rose Mallow blooming in June before!


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Why do Poppies(packages) always say-blooms the second year???

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New mulch sure pretty's things up!

I used Cedar arpund the palms-some of the smaller ones
still battle with WSM and this dry weather is no help-
maybe white spider mites don't like Cedar like most bugs???

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7' bloomstalk on the Hesperaloe this year!

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Some small banana plants

Mekong "giant"

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Beautiful Rajapuri from Bill in Mass-
these really grow fast when happy but don't get to big...beautiful color on leaves and stem-almost blue.

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Ensete Glaucum

These do not appear to like heat as their leaves always curl-this one was a one inch stump
all winter that I cut because it was dying back-nice recovery this year!


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E.Ventricosum


I think this is the fastest Ensete-at least in my experience.


Here it is on 5-5-12


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And 6-28-12...it's only July..was going to say June(-: he's a little crammed but we'll cut him out a spot!


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No Mickey mouse ears yet on this Alocasia Mickey mouse(Xanthosoma)


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Siam

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Philodendron "Hype" o.k. it's really "Hope" and a Corpse lily I am trying in a sunnier location.

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Beautiful Nainital,among friends.

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Speaking of Corpse lilies-these are taking the sting out of possibly losing
most the T.ferns(the Cooperi may wait until next year to die,or come back),they are such interesting plants.


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Last one-this pic is almost a month old-
Madagascar "palm" has a 30" + crown!







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[TimMAz6]

great garden shots Jim

Did I see some variegated dino food in your garden (Petasites)?

[hardyjim]

Thanks Tim....and you did,it's over by the Washys.

It is way to hot and sunny there for it so,some of it
was moved to the east side but thats why the Rajapuri was planted there,to shade it.

[TimMAz6]

do you like the dino food plant? It always looks good in photos but I don't see it planted around here for some reason.

[wxman]

Great pics Jim. How long have your oldest trachys been in the ground now for? And how big were they when planted? I thought yours were in the ground longer than mine and I can't figure out why mine are rocketing toward the sky so fast.

You experiencing the drought down there too? I have to water almost daily!

[wheelman1976]

How big do you expect your mekong giant to get by the end of the season? I'm curious as ours seem about the same size.

[hardyjim]

I do like them Tim,I think they need a cool shady spot though...
they don't seem to like being over by the Washys!

The Mekong giant was so small to start-they are supposed to be like a Basjoo on steroids...

we'll see,I would hope at least 8'


Tim


Lets compare Trachys heres mine April 15,2010-do you have a picture of yours from then?

[wxman]

Here you go Jim.

April 2010



July 2012

[coconutmike]

I love the garden especially the agave plants with the white sand around them. Just how I remember them.
Good-Job
Mike

[lucky1]

Total eye candy, Jim.

Everything looks so darn HEALTHY...

Like the new mulch too.
Let us know if it repels WSM.

Who'd have thought cactus could bloom 3x a year (so far)

[hardyjim]

I love the garden especially the agave plants with the white sand around them. Just how I remember them.
Good-Job
Mike

Thanks Mike!

[hardyjim]

Tim

Except that miner(to the soil line )set back on mine they have recovered o.k. I think.


Yours are rocking Tim-with so many to cover I am rethinking fertilizing them a lot

[sidpook]

Beautiful gardens HArdyJim...the place looks great. How do the agaves fare in winter??
Love the pachypodium lamerei. Saw them all over in Madagascar and Comoros....Such cool plants!

[sidpook]

Beautiful gardens HArdyJim...the place looks great. How do the agaves fare in winter??
Love the pachypodium lamerei. Saw them all over in Madagascar and Comoros....Such cool plants!

[hardyjim]

Hey Mike

Your Banana plants have to have fruited and sent up pups by now
as recall they were 6'+ in May or something like that!


I have about 6 of the Pachys that grow the palm like trunks....
I thought there was only Lamaeri and Geayi but i found a couple others
that have fatter trunks but look just like Lamaeri or Geayi.....

That must have been a cool trip!

I have always wanted to go to Madagascar!


I dig up the Americana and the variegated Americana,the Havardiana,Parryi and
Neomexicana are all rock solid(under the protection(-;)-there is even a A.Americana
pup that shot up off a dead parent plant that has managed to survive single digits but
they usually kark it to much under 15-20F.




Tim


I think my Fortunei would be somewehere around the size of yours if not for the trunk cutting,
it looked amazing the fall before!


Heres what it looked like before the saw payed a visit in November








I will get a picture of it now sometime soon.

[sidpook]

Hey Mike

Your Banana plants have to have fruited and sent up pups by now
as recall they were 6'+ in May or something like that!


I have about 6 of the Pachys that grow the palm like trunks....
I thought there was only Lamaeri and Geayi but i found a couple others
that have fatter trunks but look just like Lamaeri or Geayi.....

That must have been a cool trip!

I have always wanted to go to Madagascar!



.

yeah, bananas are huge all over the place and pups galore.....No flower yet though...I'll post pics soon. I was actually in teh Peace Corps living in Comoros Islands in the Mozambique channel next to Madagascar, insanely beautiful places and oh the flora!!!!!!!

[hardyjim]

Yea,it must be like another world....truly.

Those giant spires of limestone and Baobab trees,not
to mention all the Pachycaul plants and Palms!!!!!




Thanks Barb!!