[Walkin' Jack]

A lot of the spring annuals we always put out are now starting to fade and die back from all the heat. Some of the heartier stuff it just now coming into it's own around here.

#1. One of the desert roses we talked about earlier. it has no flowers on it now but the plant is in great shape and has grown considerabley. The portulaca around it is thriving.
#2. this humming bird bush is 4 years old and this is the first year it has really bloomed. 2-weeks ago it was covered with these flowers.
#3. The ever beautiful hybiscus.
#4, A mandevillia plant.
#5. A parrot plant. The sun ducked behind a cloud just as I was setting up this shot.
#6. This one is called the pride of Barbados. Has a pleasant funky fragrance.

Oh, yeah, Farmer Jim, Please gimme a call. We now have several viable srpouts of the vines y'all wanted.

 

[Reel Woman]

Hey Jack

is the #5 (parrot plant) also called a bird of paradise?

 

[birdnester]

is the #5 (parrot plant) also called a bird of paradise?

No run of the mill bird of paradise has plumage like that. What a beauty...Jimmy Buffetesque

How's about a closeup of that flower?

 

[Walkin' Jack]

Here ya go, Birdnester

Parrot plant...the close-up

 

[BertS]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25463&item=4320687567&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

you can get them on ebay. I've pretty good luck with the plants I've gotten from on line....

 

[3rd Coast Fish-n-Crew]

Those are some nice flowers WalkinJAck. My mother in law will be our gardener. My wife and I are down right bad with plants.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Nice looking plants WJ. I have a few myself. I germinate the seeds in damp paper towels every year. How goes the new job?

 

[Blue Water Ho]

Hey whats the one that looks like a fern but has a bloom in #6 I mean where can you find them and how do you take care of them.........................later,Dave

 

[Billy S.]

cool pics

Hey WJ, those are some awesome pics. Don't know that I've ever seen a bird of paradise bloom like that other than at a nursery. Keep the pics comin'.

Blue Water - That is a pride of Barbados in the last pic. I usually see them at just about all the nurseries I go to. They are awesome plants. Very easy to grow. I have mine on the south side of my house and it gets sun from 12 o'clock until the end of the day. Needs very little water(just make sure you keep it well watered until the roots are established). Mine is less than a year old and it is about 2 and a half feet tall(under the right conditions they will get relatively large; have seen ones at least 8 feet tall) and has been in bloom constantly since June.

BTW WJ, I guess I need to pay closer attention to mine. Didn't even realize it has an aroma.

 

[galbayfisher]

Camera????

what are you shooting those pictures with?

:bluefish: :bluefish:

 

[birdnester]

Polly want some Miracle Grow? Awwk!

 

[allicat]

jack, your desert rose is looking good. mine dont look that good :frown: and i dont know what i am doing wrong. i havent repotted them, so i wonder if they need to be in a bigger pot?? they get lots of sun, and i try to not let them get too much water. i havent feed them anything food or anything like that either. do you have any suggestions for me??

your pictures are great! guess what? my birthday is saturday and i am getting what we think is a really good digital camera for my birthday! its a fuji something LOL my neice was here from lubbock and had one and we played with it a lot and it looked to be a good one, so jerry and my daughters are getting me one. if i can figure out how to work it, ill show you what my desert roses are looking like right now.

trudy