Love the color in that garden!
If you need a guide for what plants to buy and planting tips for gardening in zones 9-11, click here for an excellent article from Gardening Know How.
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Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Monday, November 9, 2015
Christmas Cactus Care
It has been years since I have tried to successfully grow a Christmas Cactus. Back in my first days of growing houseplants when I first moved out on my own, I didn't bother to do my research. I'd just buy a Christmas Cactus and eventually kill it. I treated it the same as all of my...
Friday, July 17, 2015
Companion Planting Top 10 Plants
One of my organic gardening habits is to plant marigolds with my peppers and tomatoes since they assist in keeping the pests away. Making small changes in your gardening routine can make a big difference.
The blog Imperfectly Happy has posted an article on Companion Planting that...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Crinum Lily
The drought tolerant and virtually maintenance free crinum lilies have been blooming like crazy, as shown in an older photo from our garden. We have them all over the yard and when they are in bloom, it is a color splash explosion during the warm months.
The foliage of the variety of crinum lilies...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Cranberry Hibiscus
We have officially started working in the carport jungle getting it cleaned up and organized.
The basil, tomato and pepper seedlings are thriving and we are so excited about getting our vegetable and herb gardens going. For color in the garden, I have planted rainbow coleus, red salvia...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Beautiful Flowering Variegated Gingers
Spring is one of my favorite times of the year in subtropical Florida. The Captain and I visited Busch Gardens this month and will be featuring plants and landscaping from the beautiful gardens.
The first in the series is
Variegated Gingers
Flowering variegated...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Plants for Butterfly Gardening
My red pentas were the main attraction for butterflies in my old garden . . . and my favorite butterfly gardening plant.
They profusely flower and look gorgeous in a mass planting. Pentas will once again play a huge part in our future garden landscape.
Here is some...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Calissia fragrans . . . thriving in my Paradise
This is an older post from another blog
that I am currently restructuring.
The calissia fragrans are still thriving, although the
unusually cold winter knocked them down a bit this year.
I'm currently propagating them from runners and cuttingsin containers and will start another "farm" in the...
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Aucuba . . . the plant with the look of the tropics
It is one of those plants that thrived in my father's garden, a successful result of his passion for propagating plants collected in his travels. The shrub in the photo from my garden is a result of several years growth from the cuttings I took from his yard. The aucuba plant is one of my favorites.
Our...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
What's blooming in Paradise
They started in my dad's garden. As a child I remember the bright orange and red blooms against the colorful tropical crotons, thinking how beautiful the color combinations were.He taught me how to multiply plants, baby them and have them give back with their beauty. There was a lady on one of the...
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is a durableflowering succulent that requires littlemaintenance and can be grown eitherindoors or outdoors.Their fleshy, dark shiny green leaves will reach 3 inches (7.7 cm) long by up to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) wide with lobed edges.Floral colors range from the traditional red to...
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