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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:13 AM Post #3764335
| Here in Kansas! 
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:15 AM Post #3764338
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:18 AM Post #3764347
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:20 AM Post #3764352
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:23 AM Post #3764360
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:31 AM Post #3764378
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Meet,polly wanna cracker,the parrot
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Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
July 22, 2007
06:09 AM Post #3764592
| Very impressive! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
11:38 AM Post #3765354
| Thank you
I want the look ,where you live and garden!!!
I love the tropical look and feeling!
Don |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 22, 2007
11:53 AM Post #3765402
| Toto, we're not in KS, we're in Hawaii !!!!!
Pic #4, what is plant behind bird cage, looks like some type of curly philo?
My fave is pic #2 with the purple castor bean.
I'll try to post something today, but would never compare w/ your paradise.
PS: Do not remember the LA lady. May have been a little before my time.
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Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
July 22, 2007
12:08 PM Post #3765459
| Beautiful garden, it looks even better than most of our local gardens here in Hawaii! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 22, 2007
12:38 PM Post #3765568
| Thanks Guys!!!
Vossner,that is Lime Green colcasias and a blue leaf Alocasia,or Xanth,I can't remember
for sure> |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 22, 2007
11:36 PM Post #3767644
| Love that! :) says she shivering in Australia-coldest Winter on record...your garden makes me smile thankyou for sharing your Summer warmth |
Anaid
San Antonio, TX
July 22, 2007
11:38 PM Post #3767647
| I think your weather is a colder than mine in San Antonio, right? Do most of these plants stay out in the winter or do u over winter in a greenhouse or something? I've been trying to create the same type of area in one part of my yard but I dont want to really plant alot of them in the ground for fear of loosing them to cold weather. I think some might come back up like the Cannas and some Bananas but what about he different Elephant Ears and other tropical plants? I'd hate to loose so many plants. Do u cover any of them that stay out? Sorry for so many questions but I really do need some help. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 23, 2007
12:08 AM Post #3767745
| Thanks Chrissy,I know the southern hemisphere is the coldest on record,since the early 1900's,snowed in Buenos Aires in early July.
Anaid,
Yes I overwinter most of these in a greenhouse,but some of the bulbs stay in the ground,like crinums,and running elephant ear,even a few alocasias stay in the ground,even some palms,Trachyscarpus,wagg, T.Fortunia,sago palm,sabal minor,butia .pindo palm.
All the cannas stay in the ground,bamboo is hardy,I cover with lots of leaves and straw,if you can keep the ground from freezing most plants will return,with a little protection.
Castor beans I plant by seed early april and will be 20ft by Fall. |
Anaid
San Antonio, TX
July 23, 2007
12:23 AM Post #3767773
| :) "thanks T-man" |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 23, 2007
10:06 PM Post #3771422
| Beautiful T-man! You look more like the tropics than I do! Great job! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 24, 2007
01:49 AM Post #3772286
| Thanks Islandshari,
That was my goal.to make everyone think the tropics when they see my gardens!!!
Don |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 24, 2007
02:11 AM Post #3772307
| I can't help myself Tropicman...what lovely perfumes ...would we smell wafting through that tropical paradise of yours? and what would your favourite be?...the white ginger perhaps? :)
chrissy :) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 24, 2007
02:59 PM Post #3774174
| Jasmine,Gardenias,Brugmansias.Passiflorias,Crinum lillies.
Spearment!!!
Just a few!!!
White gingers haven't bloomed yet,Hostas are blooming now,smell like jassmine also!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 24, 2007
06:14 PM Post #3774939
| Wonderful!...but what is your favourite? |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 24, 2007
06:45 PM Post #3775049
| Chrissy - that's not fair! I tried pinning people down to a favorite, and all I got was a lot of grief. No one wants to offend the other beauties in their gardens by picking a favorite...at least that's what they all told me! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 24, 2007
06:55 PM Post #3775096
| Well favourites then lol :) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 24, 2007
08:14 PM Post #3775454
| LOL!
The fragrance of the plumerias when in bloom are just wonderful!!!!
The roses,are very hard to beat as well!!!!
The Easter type lillies and Imperial lillies make me happy.
But,my yard is fenced,and growing all around the house is a wonderful white and yellow flower honeysuckle,Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
that is very fragrant early in the morning and late at nite that just drives me crazy !!!
And it is in bloom from early May to October,and you can't ask for more than that!!!
I use to chat with a wonderful lady from Perth a year or so ago,and she and her husband
retired and moved to the very south of the Island and bought 25 acres of bush,seems like it was 250 miles from where they did live,any how they were going to plant a paradise of plants there,they had a beautiful home just east of Perth up on top of a hill,and you could look down on the Ocean and Perth,LOL,I thought she lived in paradise her house was surrounded by those huge birdnest ferns and,blue agapanthus,and tons of the orange
flowering Clivias,oh and the Eucalyptus trees!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 24, 2007
08:40 PM Post #3775558
| Ohhh now don't get me started ...gotta go out but back later ...your garden sounds like paradise to me...I love all the lovely smells...back later with my list :) |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 24, 2007
08:42 PM Post #3775564
| Come on now Don, don't be so quiet and shy, let those feelings out. LOL! I sure love your enthusiasm! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
July 24, 2007
08:43 PM Post #3775569
| We have a pink honeysuckle that is a bush instead of a vine. I love it!! And I want your garden!! And the jasmine! I have one but I can't smell anything unless I bury my nose on the flower and I can just get a hint of a smell. Enough to drive me crazy! lol |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
July 24, 2007
08:44 PM Post #3775570
| 1...2...3 GO!!! LOL. Look at our timing! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 25, 2007
11:05 PM Post #3780269
| Well you asked for it! (I know I will forget some )
The fragrant roses...many smelling so different...I lean towards the older ones for true rose fragrance.
Frangipanni is Summer!
Angels tumpets...they are not called that for nothing!
Snail creeper...seductive...romantic...sigh (missing it ...it is Winter)
M.Laxa...Think Summer nights and dreaming
Bouvardia Longiflora...oooh so intense and just one can be sniffed all around
Gardenia of course!
Daphne...tingling exciting fresh scent
White ginger...straight from heaven ...I think it hitched a ride with the trumpets:)
Tuberose...distilled love potion!
Boronia...citrus honey tang..mmmmm
citrus blossoms...would grow it even if it did not fruit- for the fragrance!
Gum leaves...could not live without it!
Sweet peas...the old fashioned smelly ones...yumm
Wisteria...smells of sweet peas and orange flower water
Apple blossom...smells like romance!
Jasmine ...all the fragrant ones...love them all.
Honeysuckle...all...Summer and the wonderful Winter one.
All the fragrant herbs...Rosemary at the top
Night scented stock...mmmmmmm
Michelia figo...Spring delight!
Cherry Pie (heliotrope)
Now I know that I haven't covered it all but...whew! ha ha ha how about you? |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 26, 2007
11:55 AM Post #3781821
| Around 10pm,my queen of the night,eppipylumm,opens to indice you to come smell her huge white blossoms,,,which is really hard to do,when your caught up in the night yellow blooming cestrums fruity fragrance,or the jasmine like yellow 4 o'clocks overwhelming luring
sweetness!!!
The smell of love is defineatly in the air!!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 26, 2007
04:37 PM Post #3782837
| Ahhhh Exactly! :) |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 26, 2007
06:42 PM Post #3783277
| Couldn't believe we actually had this picture: They are more than just a wonderful smell: 
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 26, 2007
09:58 PM Post #3783984
| My sunroom is on the south side of my home,and when there in bloom,you can smell the fragrance clear at the other end of the house!!! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
July 26, 2007
10:00 PM Post #3783987
| I keep trying to get more fragrance in my yard but it seems that unless it is tall phlox it won't grow and have fragrance at the same time. lol. But I keep trying. Have the gardenia and a jasmine now. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 26, 2007
10:04 PM Post #3784006
| Summer Breeze makes me feel fine ...blowin through the the jasmine in my mind...la la la...ooooh green with envy!!!! frosted crunchy bits everywhere...BUT...the the spring jasmine on the sheltered side of the house is just stared to flower and the osmanthus fragrance is wafting all over so I can't whinge can I ...I am loving all the folk loving their sweet smells! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 26, 2007
10:27 PM Post #3784111
| Gee - what great lyrics...someone should right a song like that! Ha! Never fear Chrissy - Spring is right around the corner! hang in there child! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 27, 2007
12:25 PM Post #3785782
| Winter in the sub tropics must be rough!!!!LOL
Hmm wondering how old everybody is to remember that song!!!!LOL |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 27, 2007
03:52 PM Post #3786499
| "Old enought to remember how, and young enought to do it well". My Dad's answer to everything! Especially young nurses! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 27, 2007
04:56 PM Post #3786668
| You are getting a bit cheeky now...(after all I was just a kid lol)...flowers in her hair flowers everywhere!!! la la la...my only comment - we were the lucky ones...what a wonderful time we grew up in! ...and we still adore our flowers!!!...wether you realize it or not somewhere in our youth we sniffed a beautiful flower and fell in love with that wonderful feeling...and got hooked on gardening for life...can you remember the first time you did that? my first memory was a golden ginger ...hhhhmmmI could not believe something growing out of the dirt could smell like that!...so I would go sniffing around all the wonderful flowers then...nothing has changed for me...I still feel like that 5 year old everytime I smell a beautiful flower! What flower fragrance do you remember as a child? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 27, 2007
05:37 PM Post #3786809
| Embarrassing but true...always been a garden nut and serial sniffer lol 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 27, 2007
06:51 PM Post #3787003
| Chrissy! Is that really you? How adorable! I grew up in San Francisco, and I can remember climbing trees, and playing with my brothers. I would pick lots of different weeds and flowers to "feed" them. I would cure their aches and pains (in play, of course) with my different potions...must have been a garden-witch even way back when I had no idea what one was! Then as a teen, I was truly a "flower child"..."When you come to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair"...ahh yes, sun, flowers, the 60's, music and dirty feet... |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 27, 2007
07:09 PM Post #3787091
| Do you remember walking down the street and a stranger would just come up and hand you a flower...with a lovely smile.Are you sure we weren't separated at birth?...*blushing*yeh that child is me...just wanted to show the flower (just sniffed) in my hand...I loved the 60's sad to say a little way into the 60's some folk decided to eat some of their plants/smoke/snort etc...and it was never the same again. "In the desert you can't remember your name and there ain't no one gonna give you no pain la la la ..." |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 27, 2007
08:24 PM Post #3787307
| Gosh sorry wandered off the track! (see what happens without the coffee)...I wanted to ask about the "elephants ears" I see lots of very beautiful ones there...what ones are your favourites and what are their requirements ...anything very difficult ? and do any of them have a fragrant flower ?
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 28, 2007
12:12 AM Post #3788110
| Count the flowers on the wall,that don't bother me at all!!!!!
Ah the 50's,we did the hokey pokey.with your left in and left out,do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around!!!!
Wait long enough things will come back in style,the coffee houses like starbuck,except our coffee house was called the green onion,and there was cappicianio ,and smoke filled rooms,and some one reading a poem,on a stage,or playing a folk song!!!
It was man this,man that,cool dude,a visit with maryjane,sideburns and a goatee!!!LOL
It was this time in my life,my grandfather ask me to plant a old rose for him,he had over a 100 old garden roses,and oh the fragrance!!!I think I smelled every rose that day!!!!
But to be honest,when they sent my grandmother to a nursing home at the ripe age of 94,she gave me all her houseplants,and some where over 60 yrs old,it was that then and there I was hooked on tropicals. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 28, 2007
12:27 AM Post #3788154
| Your grandparents gave you such a wonderful gift...I think if we can pass on such a gift then we have given something very precious.Thankyou for sharing that with us ...I think ...Holding my forehead and snapping my fingers...like you are soooo cool daddio... was doing the beatnik thing at 10 lol...(wanted to be Audry Hepburn)...wanted to be in Westside story...oops there I go again ...
Now about the Elephant ears **lol**
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 28, 2007
01:23 AM Post #3788248
| don't know what to tell ya bout those ee's...but what if the Hokey Pokey really is what its all about? |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 28, 2007
09:05 AM Post #3788677
| The Xanth. and the colcasias,alocasias,are very easy to grow,morning sun,afternoon shade works best for me,feed them on a regular bi-monthly feeding,I've been using peters
20-20-20.and lots of water very thirsty plants.
Funny,I wanted to be Howard Keel,singing Mariaha. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 29, 2007
05:32 PM Post #3793699
| Hey Howard loved you in Carousel! Lol but really thanks for the info on the EE they seem to have gone out of fashion here in ozz I don't know why; I remember every garden having them when I was growing up ...oh but the beautiful pictures coming in from the tropical gardens over in the US -make me want to go out and find some and re aquaint myself with them ...I won't find that great range of variety here though ...might be able to track some down in the QLD nurserys.
Thanks again...for sharing your great thread and your beautiful garden ...
and Mariah! :) chrissy |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 29, 2007
05:41 PM Post #3793716
| Thanks Cobber!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 29, 2007
05:46 PM Post #3793726
| You are welcome mate :) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 29, 2007
08:32 PM Post #3794275
| Gotta love that bush talk!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 29, 2007
08:35 PM Post #3794290
| Bush Talk? |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
July 29, 2007
09:05 PM Post #3794418
| Crissy, look up ginger749. He has lots of ees and lives in oz. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 30, 2007
12:11 AM Post #3795074
| Tropicman, I really love your garden! You have done fantastic!
We were with my Dad who was in the Marine Corps at Kaneohe Bay Oahu Hawaii in the 60's so I have an extreme fondness for the islands and would like to recreate that in my backyard. Those of you who live there are so fortunate!
I bought some seeds from Kenni Koala Aussie's store on ebay. They came thru pretty fast. He has quite a variety at fairly good prices. Some could be obtained here on the mainland. I kinda got carried away.
I love your thread here, your love for the tropicals and your sense of humor.
I have fibromyalgia so will only be able to greet yall occasionally.
One of my attempts at recreating the islands is my pineapple growing...finally after three years! I hope it doesn't float away with all of the rain we've had!
Texasgal77
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 30, 2007
12:27 AM Post #3795114
| Chrissy,you know down under,shrimp on the barbie,crocodile Dundee!!!
That was a big hit movie here.
Just like how I love to hear the women from the deep south talk,my aunt always says
how you doin surgarrrr!!!!
Even the way of life is different from the south and north united states.
Northern,every body seems to be in a rush or hurry.
Southern,everyones laid back,no hurry,it will be there when we get there,if it ain't nothing lost.it will come around again!!!
Theres a slang of words that mean different things,one place means something another place something else.
I hope I explained that correctly,If not I apologize,if I offended you or anyone else ,that was not my intention. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 30, 2007
12:31 AM Post #3795125
| Texas gal,
Thanks for all the nice words!!!
I have 3 pineapples going,and none have fruit or look as good as yours!
Can't wait to see some of the Aussie plants growing in Texas!!
I tried to germinate some Kangaroo paws,but had no luck,I needed some of that smoke starters,not sure what it even was,but it takes it to get them started I heard!!!
Don |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 30, 2007
03:10 AM Post #3795336
| Hi no insult- I just was not sure what you mean't...Yeh OK chuck a prawn on the Barby etc ...ozzy slang..."in the bush" means in the country (as in the the places Crocodile Dundee came from ) hence my confusion.
I love those Southern drawls too like Madge in the Golden Girls...can't understand why anyone would be interested in our accent...but I am glad you like it. I would be very pleased to talk about anything Australian (botanical) if any one has any questions...but on the whole I think you should know that our gardens are as diverse as the population...most of us have a bit of everything.
The Kangaroo paws are a hard call.Don't worry about smoke water...crumble up a bit of newspaper and light it- drop the seed into it and leave overnight...ready to go. Next is treat it like a cactus! perfect sandy drainage no fertilizer...perhaps a pinch of blood and bone thats all. I would not grow it myself because it is a bit too touchy re humidity etc . To me I prefer the rainforest trees like the Black bean ...and umberella trees (you may know them as houseplants)...more later .
chrissy :) Hoo Roo (means see you later ) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 30, 2007
06:55 AM Post #3795446
| Thanks for the newspaper tip!!!
I love saying Howdy Mam!!!!
Well off to work!
Hoo Roo |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 30, 2007
10:50 PM Post #3799318
| Tropicman, How old are your pineapple plants? I've heard some do not flower without help, some as old as 4-6 years old. They say to enclose part of an apple in a bag over the plant to get it to flower in Feb or March. ww.plantea.com/pineapple-houseplant.htm tells how to do it. The plant has to be at least 2 yrs old.
I can't wait to see my Aussie plants growing in Texas either! I got the pink peacock flower, and malay rose ginger. Hope you get your Kangaroo paws to germinate!
Texasgal |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
July 31, 2007
12:11 AM Post #3799571
| Thanks,all my pineapples are just a year old,maybe a little older not much though.
Goodluck with your seeds too!
Don |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 31, 2007
04:17 AM Post #3799842
| Hi re the pinapple I have grown both the edible and the pretty ornamental red one...and I never saw a flower...guess I was not looking for one...I thought the pineapple itself was the flower...does anyone have a picture of a pineapple flower? Now I am curious...:) |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
10:36 AM Post #3800704
| I didn't realize that it flowered first either. Learned all of this while helping my 8 yr old granddaughter do a science project this past spring. Go to the website below. It shows the flower. Then it is pollenated, and then the pineapple starts to grow.
http://www.kriyayoga.com/photography/photo_gallery/d/77-4/1_...
As it grows more flowers come out of the sides, and then it becomes the fruit!
Very interesting...by the way my granddaughter took 1st place for her grade at her school science fair. We did it on "How to root a plant". We showed the pineapple (crown), airplane plant (runner), and Begonia (stem). She did a great job! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
July 31, 2007
05:07 PM Post #3802206
| I bet your grand daughter will be hooked on gardening for life now...good on her well done!...sadly that site says you are forbidden to look ha ha ha so I snuck away ...but will look it up on the net...thanks for the info :) |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
07:54 PM Post #3802746
| Huh? Weird! It lets me click on it. Oh well. It's a neat picture if you can find it!
Sorry! I'm sure there are others as well. Good luck... |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
08:57 PM Post #3803015
| I just tried and got the "ACCESS FORBIDDEN!" error as well. Guess you are much more special than those of us on the other side of the date line! I would have liked to see it in flower as well. Mine are all under a year old, so I can't really try the apple trick yet. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
July 31, 2007
09:20 PM Post #3803091
| I also got the message. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
09:43 PM Post #3803229
| Well then! It must just be that Texasgal77 is more special than all of us! What's your secret girl, come on now, give! Enquiring minds want to know! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
10:18 PM Post #3803418
| I dunno, but will pictures of blooming yucca's do? I went over with my camera and got a few shots of it. Rang the doorbell and talked to the home owner for awhile. The reason it has no leaves toward the bottom, is that he has children, and the leaves are sharp, so he pulls the lower leaves off!
I will post his then mine. I still think they may be different types. Interested to know what yall think. The other plant I have actually had the tag on it..it is a dragon tree, not a yucca. I think I have the yucca tags somewhere...where is the question.
Let me know...I'll try to find another link with a pineapple picture!
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
10:43 PM Post #3803527
| Mine is a Spanish Bayonet. I don't know if it will ever flower - I have been told that they don't when in containers. DH has it in his "prickly" garden ..."keeps the rifraf out". 
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
10:47 PM Post #3803538
| OK let's try this again...picture of a pineapple flower from:
http://www.gardening-guides.com/novelties/pineapple.php
They also have a really good article about it.
I posted the other yucca pictures on the other thread. Sorry for the confusion...I have fibromyalgia and today is one of my days to be in a fog...
Let me know if you can see the pix I posted. 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
10:50 PM Post #3803553
| Here is a close up of the "bayonets"...you do NOT want to get near these!
Tropicman - got any Yucca's?
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
10:51 PM Post #3803558
| I really like yours...that is really neat!
My large yucca.
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
10:58 PM Post #3803585
| They really do look like "bayonets"... The neighbor's were like that too. Now you know why he pulled the lower ones off of the plant.
Anybody else out there with yucca's?
Anybody raised the orange bird of paradise from seed? They say they don't bloom for 4 years...any tricks to get them to bloom sooner?
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
11:04 PM Post #3803605
| It's a great picture. The site came up for me, but the articles don't. Probably cuz I'm having itermitent pooter connectivity problems...that is, the island is having these problems. Oh well. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
11:07 PM Post #3803618
| See...my posts are always "behind" the subject...I'm late...story of my life, keep missing the boat! Great Yucca Texas! My friend grows BoP...lots of fertilizer, and lots of patience...they will bloom eventually. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 31, 2007
11:20 PM Post #3803694
| Islandshari, you're not late...right on time!
While I was out taking pictures a lady gave me two starts to a firecracker plant that she had in front of her mailbox. She dug up a small peice roots and all! I thanked her alot!
It is beautiful! She says it grows fast. It is now in good potting soil. I hope it will be happy.
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
July 31, 2007
11:57 PM Post #3803847
| That is GORGEOUS! But it is different than the one I have...there are several different plants called firecracker. Mine is a crossandra infundilbiformis, whereas the one you sent is a coral plant or russelia equisetiformis. I think that is latin for "gorgeous plant". ha ha! You are lucky to have such a nice neighbor! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 01, 2007
01:55 PM Post #3805730
| Yes people here are very friendly... You know that ole Southern Hospitality thing!
From what I've read on the firecracker plant, there are about 10 different plants with that name. Thanks for the info. It is sincerely appreciated!
How long will you be in the islands, Shari?
When Dad was in the Marine Corps we were on Oahu for 3 years. It was great! Sure hated to leave. It is so beautiful. And you sure can't beat the weather! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
04:36 PM Post #3806420
| I think they'll be carrying me off in a box this time. I was here for 4 years once before, and it took me 15 years to get back. Other than trips from here - back home, other islands, parts unknown...I don't intend to leave! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 01, 2007
04:40 PM Post #3806439
| Oh thankyou for the pineapple flowers...that is amazing...I guess I must not have been looking down the "funnel". The yukkas do flower in containers...but keep them on the dry side...almost like a cactus.Don't feed...or very little.When I was first starting out gardening I inherited a cement courtyard full of yukkas in cement pots.At the time I did not like these sharp things but just left them to their own devices. So the conditions were neglect- super heat ...on cement and in cement
then one day all at once they all shot up the flower spikes...which was interesting...and after a while I had this amazing show of those wonderful creamy white bells...I no longer thought they were ugly ...such a contrast the soft gentle
bells atop those "needles".I have not had them in the garden after moving from that beautiful Art Deco home (it seems yukkas were all the go in those days to contrast against the rounded walls) because of the fear of those needles with young ones around...but I am thinking of getting a couple of the new soft tipped ones that are now on the market... I do love those flowers and so do the bees as I recall...thanks so much for the memories...I had forgotten them. The firecracker plant...over here is called the lipstick plant...I think firecracker is a better name...great tough plant!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 01, 2007
04:42 PM Post #3806446
| Ha ha ha...there we go again |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 01, 2007
05:57 PM Post #3806759
| Chrissy, don't feel bad. Mine was right at the front door, and I missed it's flowering. It was already the start of the pineapple fruit when I noticed it.
I had been sick for most of the cold winter mos, and didn't go out much in Feb, March a little, so I totally missed it. I'll pay more attention to the others I have next year! It's really grown. Should be ripe in late Aug or Sept. The grandkids are really looking forward to it.
Islandshari...did you plant the crown off of that pineapple the other day?
I don't blame you, I wouldn't leave either. What's the price of property around there?
Here's a pix of the pineapple now...
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
06:36 PM Post #3806942
| I haven't planted it yet...still dryin, but I will be! No price, can't buy! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 01, 2007
06:44 PM Post #3806967
| Yes,I have a few recurving yuccas. 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
07:06 PM Post #3807043
| Don! So glad you saw the question! Sorry if it seems we've stolen your thread! But your beautiful tropical garden just got us all off on different tangents. Very nice, looks like you are about to have blooms there. Its funny, in this shot - with your neighbors' very typical suburban yards showing, your incredible tropicals are even more incredible! Keep up the great work! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 01, 2007
07:21 PM Post #3807091
| I second that...what a true artist you must be to create your dream in Wichita
is that the place that Glen Cambell sings about?...and the Wichita linesman is still on the line... |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
08:57 PM Post #3807433
| Oh dear...she's gonna start singin again...here we go! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 01, 2007
09:10 PM Post #3807474
| Sorry Shari I am afraid it is a bad habit of mine I hear songs in my head for almost every occasion...When I see your name I hear a theme from an old show on Telly- it was called Adventures in Paradise...with that hunky Adam who would sail from Island to Island solving peoples problems...do you know what I am talking about?...the music spoke of tropical paradise just lovely. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
09:19 PM Post #3807509
| No, I've never heard of it, but you've sure got me curious! No need to apologize ya know...I love the sound of your dulcet tones winging over my computer. My "oh dear" was in reference to how your songs always get us going on some other topic...as in The Journey Continues...
I always have music playing...other people may turn on the telly in the morning, but for me, its the stereo button. Right now I am listening to David Arkenstones "In the Wake of the Wind"...just love it! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
August 01, 2007
09:31 PM Post #3807568
| Chrissy, Glen Campbell did sing Wichita Lineman and it does reference Kansas. You were right on the money. That's a good song too. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 01, 2007
10:06 PM Post #3807727
| Islandshari...OMG I did not realize how small Kwajalein is! It's unbelieveable. I found some fantastic pictures online. No wonder you would never want to leave.
Do you go to the other islands? I didn't reallize that it is all base! Oahu seems HUGE comparitively speaking! WOW.
It truly is a paradise! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
10:14 PM Post #3807769
| Well we call it Almost Paradise. Where did you see the pictures? My hubby has a ton on Webshots. If you are interested let me know and I can direct you. Lots of DGers have seen his stuff. That's actually funny, because just before I checked my DG homepage, I was working on a story about Kwaj, trying to explain just how small it is. Then I open this up and its like you were reading my story! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 01, 2007
10:34 PM Post #3807856
| What can I say, great minds think alike! I googled Kwajalein Marshall Islands and came up with quite a few and found this fabulous site with loads of pictures. I have it marked in my favorites. I'll have to find it again.
I'm sure our city is bigger than your island! The internet said 3 1/2 miles long X 1 mile wide...is that correct? Did I miss read that...maybe 30 miles long...???
WOW. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 01, 2007
10:38 PM Post #3807867
| No, its actually 3 1/2 miles long and 1/2 mile wide! They made us bigger than we are! Yep, most cities are bigger than us. If you go to webshots, click on community and then search for islanddood. That's my hubby. He has his pics separated into albums, so you can pretty much pick what you want to look at. Just be sure and say howdy in his guest book...he pouts when people don't say hi. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 01, 2007
10:57 PM Post #3807950
| OK sure will. Appreciate it. Thanks. I sent you a D-mail. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 01, 2007
11:06 PM Post #3807980
| Your welcome,they already bloomed back in May,the rain forest has grown up around all that now you can barely see the yuccas,
Chrissy what a great memory you have,my favorite show,Captain Adam on his sailboat Tiki
sailing from hong kong to hawaii stopping at all the small islands,and all the babes he met and helped get out of trouble,Gardner McKay! what a man!!!
My uncle gave up his rights as chief of Guam and joined the army to fight in Korea,well that the story I got,so I guess half the people there are my kinfolk!!!!LOL
Never been there but would love to visit,I have a nephew who lives there and works for the airlines as a flight attendance,met a couple years ago at a family reunion.
Are you any where close to there Shari,and would love to see some pics of the island you live on.
Don |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 02, 2007
12:01 AM Post #3808215
| Don...just follow the links up above, and you will see more pics than you can dream of! Guam is not too far, about 3 hours by plane. It is part of our "in/out" flight pattern...going to the states we go through Hawaii on a plane that came from Guam...going to Australia we go through Guam. It is much more commercial than I like, but I met a Chammoro here that said the other end - away from the hotels is better, so I'm going to try that next time I'm there. You should definately visit it if you have ties like that! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 02, 2007
12:24 AM Post #3808264
| Don't see any links above .I hope to some day. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 02, 2007
01:07 AM Post #3808324
| Sooooo sorry! Thought they were there! Here's one:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/kwa/0pho_frm.html
and here's the other:
http://community.webshots.com/user/islanddood
enjoy! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 02, 2007
06:36 PM Post #3810934
| Just wonderful.
Love those plumeria trees,and that coconut tree!!!!
I n fact my plumeria is blooming today!
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 02, 2007
07:20 PM Post #3811101
| So glad you enjoyed the pics. What a gorgeous color on your Plumie!!! That is one we don't have out here. Beautiful! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 02, 2007
07:55 PM Post #3811224
| Shari ...now I know why I hear that lush tropical theme when I look at your name
Wow you really do have that paradise!!!:)
Texasgal77...77 sunset strip- Click click...*giggling*... I have a giant stand of the giant bird of paradise...the one with the navy and white blooms...heads about 18 " it is getting ready to flower right about now.Yes I have it's smaller cousin growing near it ...and they do take about 3/4 years to flower...but it is worth it!
Tropicman I am a little confused when I look at your name...hearing...Mariah...Mariah!...then it changes to" I can hear you through the wires "...then it Morphs into Adventures in Paradise ...I think you are a very complex character...oh how I miss my lovely frangipanni...how many do you have? Does that one smell of coconut? Roll on Summer I say...until we cop the
115 f...then I hide...tell me what goes on in your Winters...how cold does it get and what do you have to do to protect your beautiful garden?
Shari have a look at Adventures In Paradise ...on the web...I was delighted to find it on google ...Don they have the series on video!
oh and pepper I hear the theme from Policewoman when I see your name:) do you know that one? the star was Pepper in the show...sorry ...I am a sad and sorry case are'nt I ...this soundtrack thing runs runs in my family ...we often sing at each other instead of talking...now back to the gardens |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 02, 2007
07:56 PM Post #3811232
| Ha ha ha >>>SNAP! ...chrissy |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 02, 2007
08:42 PM Post #3811393
| Chrissy you are a musical wonder! Always so much fun wondering what you are going to come up with next! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 02, 2007
08:45 PM Post #3811403
| Chrissy you are so crazy! 77 Sunset strip...now you have me doing it! LOL
I have a bird of paradise I bought last year that I have no idea how old it is. Then I have the babies that I just planted...so maybe the big one will bloom by the time the babies do!
I have hibiscus that bloom but really need some other things that flower besides all of the foliage we have. Here is a picture of it below...
We have several plumerias, but only three of them have bloomed. I have a fuscia one that is about to bloom...kind of similar to Tropicman's. I'd like to have a red one!!!!!!!
My granddaughter's name is Mariah, so she was so happy that y'all were singing about her name!! LOL.
77 Sunset strip..."snap snap" see Chrissy... Craaaaa-zy Chrissy!!!!!!!!!
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pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
August 02, 2007
08:59 PM Post #3811468
| LOL!! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
August 02, 2007
09:01 PM Post #3811474
| Have any of you seen Cry-Baby? Watching that weird, crazy movie now. Makes me think of this thread. LOL |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 02, 2007
09:35 PM Post #3811628
| That's the one JD movie that I never did care for.. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 02, 2007
11:02 PM Post #3811917
| Chrissy,
I have had several plumies in the best years,but my favorite ones I had palnted in the ground,in 2004,then it happened,I had a heart attack,Halloween weekend ,the weather had been real warm for October,I was going to dig them up and give several cuttings away for they were over ft tall and 6ft wide,but now I was able to,after a 5 by-pass surgery,so I called the zoo,to come get all my plants,2 semi truckloads,and to put them in the jungle exhibit.
This included my large plants,bananas,palms brugmansias,several huge houseplants as well.I had a white one with a yellow eye,with a touch of pink in the edges that had a coconut fragrance,this red one has a fruity fragrance to me.
I have about 7 others that have yet to bloom,since I started most of them from seed.
Ok now,not sure if I'm actually correct on this,but put your thinking caps on,was 77 sunset strip,a spin off of Hawaiian Eye?????
Not sure about the video of the series,but would to see it again on reruns!!!
Texas gal,the double peach is one of my favorite hibiscuses.
Pepper wasas Angie Dickerson!!!!! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 02, 2007
11:37 PM Post #3812053
| Hawaiian eye was a spin off of 77 Sunset Strip. 77 was first (according to google). It's been so long ago I had to look it up!
The peach is one of my favorites also. I have some other's but the freezes really bit them back. They've come out of it but haven't bloomed yet. Two died, but I don't know which two as I didn't have them marked. I didn't take them in but will next year!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 03, 2007
12:00 AM Post #3812109
| I have the double red and peach,and now the white or ivory cream as they call it.
Doug Mc Clure and Connie stevens ,maybe Bob Conrad where in the series,I think!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 03, 2007
12:03 AM Post #3812118
| Okay you two...anyone remember "Cookie, Cookie, lend me your comb!" from Route 66? I don't, but my DH uses that line all the time! Me...I was madly in love with Maverick and Paladin!
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scooterbug
Tellico Plains , TN
(Zone 7a)
August 03, 2007
12:06 AM Post #3812129
| Almost fell off my chair when I dug up these lyrics ...
From 77 Sunset Strip.
Remembering the intro with Ed Byrnes combing his hair , a ducktail if I remember correctly. I think they tried to make that hairstyle against the rules when I was in Jr High in Miami Springs , FL.
KOOKIE, KOOKIE (LEND ME YOUR COMB)
Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens
CONNIE: Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
EDWARD: Well now, let's take it from the top & grab some wheels
& on the way we'll talk about some cuckoo deals.
C: But Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
E: Now you're on the way, miss, & I'm readin' you just fine.
Don't cut out of here till we get on Cloud 9.
C: But Kookie?
E: I've got smog in my noggin ever since you made the scene
C: You're the utmost!
E: If you ever tool me out...dead, I'm the saddest, like a brain
C: The very utmost. Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
E: Man, I got my bruise lighters in my flapsy-colored pen
You're gonna send me to that planet called...you know it, baby, the end!
(sax solo)
C: Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
E: If you ever cut out, you might be a stray cat
'Cause when I'm flyin' solo, nowhere's we're on that!
C: Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
E: What's with this comb caper, baby? Why do you wanna latch up with my comb?
C: I just want you to stop combing your hair...& kiss me. You're the maximum utmost.
E: Well, I beans & I dreams goin', I'm movin' right now
'Cause that's the kind of scene that I dig...baby, you're the ginchiest!
roflol ... ginchiest ??
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/cops/77sunset.htm
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scooterbug
Tellico Plains , TN
(Zone 7a)
August 03, 2007
12:08 AM Post #3812135
| Sorry shari,
As usual , I took too long to send my post and did not intend to post on top of you.
☺ |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 03, 2007
12:12 AM Post #3812140
| And I too, love the Double Peach. 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 03, 2007
12:16 AM Post #3812150
| No problema scooter! Thanks for the lyrics! Now, I wonder if that had any influence on the name of the "Stray Cats"? Hmmmm...
Here we go...off on another tangent! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 03, 2007
01:47 AM Post #3812283
| Well now ...I can see I have started some sort of riot here...sorry folks ...will they throw me out of here?
Don (Howard:) )...now I know why I saw you in that scene from carousel...walking along the beach sing "walk on ...through the wind ...walk on through the rain"...It seems that you really had to walk on through some very hard times...a heart can be hurt in more ways than just physical...it must have come nigh on to broken- having all of those wonderful and much loved trees and plants taken away as well as almost losing your life. I hope you are loving every minute of your life now and we can see you have a paradise once again ...you are some kind of someone.
Now who mentioned a movie called Cry Baby...no I haven't seen it ...I am scared to ask about it though...yikes!
Yes I miss the Hibiscus too...some lovely ones there!
Now scooterbug...why am I hearing -Yo Rinny!...and the theme from Rin Tin Tin ?
I do have a blood red Plumeria...it was given to me and I have forgotten the full name but it was ...Something... Blood. Oooooh here it comes again ...Theme from Ben Casey...back later ...I have given myself a headache! :)
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 03, 2007
12:55 PM Post #3813658
| Tropicman, so glad that you are doing so much better these days! I'm sure it was hard to lose all of those plants! Your garden sure looks fantastic now! You are quite the gardener! It really does look like a tropical paradise! Hard to believe that it's actually in Kansas, Toto!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 03, 2007
10:34 PM Post #3815545
| Though your dreams be tossed and blown,walk on walk on! what a song!!!!!
I'm doing fine,if I could only get the diabetes,under control!!!
When I'm out in my garden,I honestly feel like I'm in heaven!!!
Hi Scooter!!You staying out of trouble!!!LOL
Hmm don't remember the theme to rin tin tin!!!!
But I do to Circus boy!!!!!
And I never never missed a episode of Tarzan!!!!
Had the biggest crush ever on Maureen O'Sullivan!!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 03, 2007
10:37 PM Post #3815551
| This thread has turned into a combo of tropics, music, old tv shows...we cross all the forums out here in the tropics! I just love it!
Anybody remember that show about a guy and his elephant? He was a teen I think...can't remember the name of it...but a part of me has always wanted my own elephant...thought that would be the absolute coolest! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 03, 2007
10:42 PM Post #3815563
| TexasGal,Yes they here my babies!!!
But it was fun getting more plants!!!!!
One of these days I'm gonna make a trip to N,californy to go plant hopping with Kell,that
gal has the best luck of finding new plants,in fact I've heard her say they just jumped out at her!!!!LOL
Then I'm going to head south to see my girl friend Claire In Carmarillo ,she has taken care of me in my time of need when I need a plant fix!!!!
There is so many nice people here at Daves,your included,group hug!!!!
Don |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 03, 2007
10:55 PM Post #3815586
| Group hug to you too! I know...everytime one of my seeds comes up I just talk to it and brag over my new baby! It is fun to get new plants! My back yard can attest to all of the fun that I am having! LOL. I do have room for a few more plants, but I've barely started on the sides and the front...so we have lot's of room to go! I'm going to plant some of those seeds I have.
Good luck with the diabetes! Hope you can get it under control. Will keep you in my prayers.
Keep on gardening!!!!!!!! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 03, 2007
11:04 PM Post #3815611
| My mexican bird of paradise is blooming again. 
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 03, 2007
11:07 PM Post #3815617
| Thanks TG77,
Find my house!!!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 03, 2007
11:08 PM Post #3815621
| Here it is! 
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 03, 2007
11:14 PM Post #3815630
| Don that Mexican BoP is gorgeous! I don't like BoP's but that is to die for! Funny - I seem to always love the flowers from Mexico. I had the front of my house in Colorado covered with Mexican Primrose from March to September. People would stop and ask what it was and could they have some. After 10 years of that, my neighborhood started to have a distinctly pink caste to it during the summer. Where, how, what...details, I need details...I just gotta get me one of those! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 04, 2007
12:27 AM Post #3815812
| Well maybe I can get some seeds from it,this is the 3rd time it has flower this summer,it has grown a lot taller than I was told it would,they said 3 to 4 ft tall and wide,well this is about 6 to 7ft tall and wide,putting on lots of buds this time. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 04, 2007
12:28 AM Post #3815814
| Shari now you have trod on my toes... Sabu was my first crush as a kid!(mine))))
About the elephants...once I took a wheel barrow up to where the circus has been to scab the elephant dung (the size of footballs)...under cover of darkness
sneaking back home...hubby was out -I piled it into the boot of an old chevy in the driveway...Hubby sold and wrecked American cars.I figured I would go out very early the next morning and quietly hide these footballs in the compost...I was so excited at the thought of having Elephant poo in my garden...that I could barely sleep as I hugged this terrific secret all to myself...early in the morning I awoke to chains rattling and a noise I was familiar with. A Tow Truck.I quickly dressed and ran outside and it was gone!!!...the old chevy with a load of those wonderful "footballs "...evidently Hubby had sold it and it had been waiting to be towed away to the new owner...never told hubby ...don't know what they thought at the other end when they opened that boot...but to this day I still feel ripped off...and think of it as the great Elephant fertilizer heist! #^*#**.I think an elephant ...besides being a great pet- would keep me in all the" you know what "that I could ever use...So yes I would love an elephant...would have liked Sabu too...now Corky went on to become one of the Monkeys didn't he?
and Howard (Don) didn't Mareen go on to have a little girl called Mia with a fella called Farrow? or do I have her mixed up with another ...Tarzan was something no one missed ...but I wanted to be Sheena ...queen of the Jungle...figured I might run into Sabu I guess.I love that tree but can't grow your Mexican "Bird of paradise" ha ha ha...Howard (Don ) you take care of the diabetes...my husbands family is riddled with it ...want or need recipes or advice...just sing out won't you...uh oooooo -in the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight...
sorry Shari but I guess...I am a lost cause * giggling*
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 04, 2007
12:31 AM Post #3815820
| Snap Shari ha ha ha |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 04, 2007
12:52 AM Post #3815871
| Hey hey were the Monkees,yep!
Until he took the last train to Clarksville!
And he is a Avid gardener as well,saw him on one of those Gardner shows celebrity gardening on HGTV!
Yes Mia married Frank Sinatra.
Then woody allen.
Also had crushes on Myrna Loy,June Allison.
Ah! The tokens!!! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 04, 2007
01:25 AM Post #3815932
| Tropicman, those plants are gorgeous! I told my friend the other day that it was going to happen to us, but I was just kidding!!!!!!!!! Those really have covered your house!!!! LOL If you don't mind I'd like to borrow the picture to email, my friend and say, yep see, you waited tooooo long to come visit. She'll get a kick out of! We were co-workers before I retired!
Chrissy...Crazy Chrissy!!!!! That is hilarious! That is the funniest gardening story I've heard in a while! I was about doubled over in hysterics!!!!! ***giggling!*****
I'll have to tell my Mom that one. She used to always be doing crazy things when she was young. I'm forever dragging something home, but never elephant poo!
That is a riot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you ask your husband who he had sold the car to or if it was to be salvaged...etc? I would have been dying to know what happened to it...on the other hand...maybe best left alone! Are you sure he doesn't ever read these posts? LOL! Chrissy you made my day! They say that laughter is the best medicine!!!!!!!!! Well I really had my dose today! HAHAHAHA
Now it's going to take a while to calm down to go to sleep...That is soooo funny!
Yep, Craaaaaa-zy Chrissy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Snap Snap 77 Sunset Strip!! Oh elephant poo...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 04, 2007
11:03 AM Post #3816674
| Mexican Bird of Paradise-Yellow. I wasn't aware there was a yellow. I bought the red and the pink seeds. Red germinated, pink didn't. Will have to look for yellow seeds. Tropicman, are they easy to germinate or did you obtain a plant. Very lovely. |
scooterbug
Tellico Plains , TN
(Zone 7a)
August 04, 2007
04:29 PM Post #3817593
| turn up the vibes on your hi-fi and take a trip into your past
'Cool Daddy-O'
http://objflicks.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 04, 2007
04:49 PM Post #3817635
| Cool site scooter! Vossner - do you know where you got the seeds? I would love to try to grow those!
Oh my gosh elephant poo!!! ROFLMAO!!!!
I liked Sabu too...but this wasn't him...it was later...60's I think. Oh well. Did not mean to tread on toes...can't we share???
77 - Me too! almost spewed coffee all over computer! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 04, 2007
05:06 PM Post #3817683
| Vossner,
I bought it as a plant,and it's suppose to be hardy here!
Where as the red isn't,and I didn't know there was pink!!!!!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 04, 2007
05:10 PM Post #3817698
| Hi guys - check out my article on the home page about Orchids - now there is a tropical beauty! |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 04, 2007
08:02 PM Post #3818172
| there was a DGer in the classified ads selling the seeds, in fact she had a pic of the pink one.
I think I got mine on ebay about 2 years ago, may have been from the same person, I don't remember.
I want a yellow and a pink one!!!!!! |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 04, 2007
08:05 PM Post #3818181
| here is the ad
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/754027/ |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 04, 2007
08:14 PM Post #3818210
| and on this other classified ad this seller has seed of the red one. Click on seeds, then trees/shurbs
http://www.plumeriagallery.com/catalog_c261573.html |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 04, 2007
09:00 PM Post #3818366
| Tropicman I have heard of secret gardens...I think you have a secret home...
great privacy ...such lovely privacy...did you always love the tropical theme or did it just evolve? Did you work to a plan or was it (like most of us) ooooh just gotta have it?...if you could save only one treasure what would it be?...hmmm so ok that is a cruel question ...I take it back.If you could save only 5 what would you save.I am being very quiet and will try not to wander off away from your lovely
suburban nest ...I love to think of you sitting in your secret magical home...looking out of the windows and being able to go to any tropical place in the World that you care to imagine... (firmly keeping the mouth shut)
It has taken me a couple of hours to get over that amazing site scooterbug my husband has sold a lot of those cars (those models) and even though I am an Ozzy I drive "yank tanks"...my first a big black batmobile dodge all chromed fins
and push button gears...I also had a "nipple pink" * blushing* 59 caddy that had a massive engine ...a convertable...all fins and pointy bits...hubby sold it to a "big Pop group" and regrets it now because they are worth a small fortune
...the songs on that site really ...messed with my head ...it was like the ongoing soundtrack that plays in my silly head...what a spin out...my sister lost her hubby about 4 years back -he was a big wheel in the hot rod club scene out here...he would have been looking on down with a big smile.He
had over 300 of those hottys turn up on the day of his funeral...(don't smoke folks)
Those mexican birds of paradise...what are they? our birds of paradise are the strelitzias...I went to the site...with no luck (or my head is still not working)...but couldn't see a name (botanical)
Shari home page? ...do you mean your personal site or somewhere here on DG
that I haven't found yet...still exploring.:)
Got visiters coming... back later...See I can be quiet! not a peep...not even one song from American Graffiti...:) |
scooterbug
Tellico Plains , TN
(Zone 7a)
August 04, 2007
09:18 PM Post #3818418
| *snort*
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 04, 2007
09:47 PM Post #3818499
| Chrissy, Shari's article is on the DG Home page under Today's Article, just caddycornered to the right of the Logout. You have to click on the title and then it opens up the whole article. Took me a minute to find it! It's worth reading!
I'm so proud of you Chrissy. You were sooooo well behaved and stayed focused on the subject! I'm sure it must have been difficult for you, but you did a good job!
My GD thought it was so funny that she insisted I tell her other Granny when I took her home this evening!!!!!! That is just hilarious...you can tell us your stories anytime!!!! We all need humored! Snap Snap |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 04, 2007
11:25 PM Post #3818849
| Oh Chrissy!!!!!
Yes I've always love the tropical theme.
I
As I weld every day at work,I picture my gardens,and what I'd like to plant every year,and how I would change the design,in which I do every year to some degree or another.
Nothing says Bora Bora,more than a banana,a palm,a hibiscus,fragapanni,and the tahiti
gardenia!!!! I have to add one more the giant Taro!!!
I can picture myself day dreaming of being with Charles Laughton,and Clark Gable,The famous Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian,collecting the breadfruit trees,and potting them up to take back to Merry Ole England!!!!
Yellow bird of paradise also known as The Pride of Barbados!!!
Caesalpinia Pulcherrima.
Grown usually in the west indies.
Scooter my first car was the 49 chevy coupe,push button ignition,sky blue was the color,girls love that car,then I moved up to a muscle car,58 olds,big powerful engine,gas hog too!,Then I moved up to one of the cars in the web page right down to the red color,the 63 impala chevy convertible,now that baby pick up the ladies!!!!!
What I'd give to have those cars back!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
12:35 AM Post #3819043
| Chevy Impala !!! WooHoo! That was my baby! Loved that car!
If you don't see the Articles Header...you may have to go to your preferences page and sign up for it. No big deal. But you may want to do it...some of the articles are great! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 05, 2007
08:20 PM Post #3822022
| We still sell those cars ...the last one sold went to a company doing an ad for optus (big computer broadband supplier joint)...most of these cars go to people doing videos for pop songs...move makers...advertising...etc
I am still getting over people laughing about my stolen elephant poo story... here I was telling a sad tale ...of my treasure being swiped from under my very nose and everyone laughs...
Oh tropicman ...love those old black and white flicks and I remember as a child being terrified of that awful Captain Bligh...
I am afraid that all though I adore the tropics...I get very seasick- my father is a prize winning Fisherman ...but I just can't do boats (even threw up on the Sydney Ferry as a child)...he fishes in Botany Bay and has a secret place (over an old shipwreck) ssshhhh...I grew up 10 mins walk from Brighten Beach...(Botany Bay)...spent every weekend swimming...a lot of time playng under the Norfolk Island Pines that line the sand overlooking the Beach ...When the sharks came too close we would have to leave the water. We used to slide down the old mounted cannons there...so even though I did not grow up on an island I was a child of the sea. All of those characters in your imaginings were part of my childhood too... my dad used to imagine himself to be Loyd Bridges...in Seahunt...who knew that he would one day have all of his sons go on to be so successful in the movie business.Well then where would we be without all of those ships that bought back all of those wonderful things from places far and near...not only foods but the flowers too!...I remember reading somewhere that tulips were so highly thought of -that a rare one could cost cost the price of a grand castle...but they evidently went out of fashion after a big frenzy.They must of been amazing times...all of those new things flooding in (what do breadfruit taste like?...is it because they taste like bread or just because they look like one)...and all the funny ideas that people had about the various new objects.
Your choice of your 5(6) plants are the tropics as you say...we can't get the tahitian gardenia in NSW but I grow the Gingers instead...and lots of the Professor Pucchi gardenias (huge flowers...huge fragrance to match)
No one else has chosen their five to save...come on folks...you can only save 5 of your plants which ones?...mine my Charles Austen Roses (sorry not very tropical but love them too much) what do you mean I can only have one...oh well ok... Celebration...happy golden colour... heavenly fragrance strong healthy rose.
My peach Angel's Trumpet...White ginger...my mandavilla Laxa (perfumed)...my kentia palm ...whew that was hard!
Borra Borra ...(hmmmm theme from Wipeout...only thinking... not singing :)
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 05, 2007
08:48 PM Post #3822174
| The Sydney ferry...can you imagine anyone getting seasick on it...I did 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
08:55 PM Post #3822209
| No... Moorea...like it much, much better than Bora Bora. Hmmmm , sad elephant poo story? Uh Huh! Like you didn't enjoy sending us all into gales of laughter! Right!
5: My double peach hibiscus, Pikake, Bird's Nest Fern, Alamanda Cathartica, and my orchids. These are just my fave 5 today. In another month, if all goes well, I may have blooms on my Aphelandra Sincariana and my Pacystachus...in which case all bets are off.
We always called it Sea Grunt...but my fave was Flipper. Wanted a pet dolphin to play with my pet elephant! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
08:56 PM Post #3822220
| Singing "Bali Hai will find you, anytime, anywhere. In your mind you hear her call you, come away, come away...Bali Hai, Bali Hai, Bali Hai"... |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 05, 2007
09:03 PM Post #3822259
| Can't beat that one...beautiful!
Yes I love to make people laugh...but I am still miffted !
Dear Flipper...I love dolphins too
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
10:00 PM Post #3822538
| Okay, okay. When I finally get my pet elephant, I will freeze dry some poo and send it to you...will that make up for laughing? |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
August 05, 2007
10:03 PM Post #3822547
| Sorry chrissy but I am laughing my head off over that story too!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 05, 2007
10:21 PM Post #3822624
| Freeze dried Elephant poo ...YES PLEASE *tears streaming down my silly face*
maybe we could go into the fertilizer business!!! ...SUPER DOO for Super gardens...organic magic...Well what do you think...ha ha ha |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
10:58 PM Post #3822779
| YES!!!! Wealth, Fame and Fortune will soon be ours! Now, all we need is the elephant. Hmmmm, tis a poser... |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 05, 2007
11:05 PM Post #3822800
| Yoo Hoo Elephant boy where are you?...elephants live a long time right?
Hatari...Hatari...Hatari...only suggesting an ad grab.:) |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
11:10 PM Post #3822814
| Oh no! Baby Elephant walk is now running through my head! Chrissy!!!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 05, 2007
11:12 PM Post #3822822
| Sorry! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 05, 2007
11:20 PM Post #3822853
| :-) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 06, 2007
12:15 AM Post #3823004
| Love the beat to Elephant walk!!!!
Professor Pucchi gardenias,thats a new one for me!!!
Shari,I can't tell you how many times I've killed alamanda cath.
I love the color yellow!!!!!
Chrissy,we have something in color besides tropical plants,I too,get sea sick,went sea fishing off the coast of florida,40 years ago ,never forget that day!!!!
How about Captain Blood with Errol Flynn,and the very pretty Olivia DE Havilland. |
jimrader
Rancho Cordova, CA
(Zone 9a)
August 06, 2007
12:33 AM Post #3823026
| I am just starting with a new greenhouse and am in zone 9
http://www.rader.org/garden/greenhouse.htm
Tropicman in your Wichita, KS (Zone 6a) greenhouse. Would you please advise me on the air conditioning of your winter greenhouse to save all of those great plants
Tropicman in your Wichita, KS (Zone 6a) greenhouse
what temp do you keep your greenhouse heated to ?
do you keep several fans running for circulation
thank you
Jim Rader from Sacramento CA
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 06, 2007
12:46 AM Post #3823036
| Hey Jim,
With the palms and foliage plants,I keep the temps 55* at nite,75* during the daytime hours.
About the same with flowering hibisus and passion vines,maybe a little warmer during the daytime,they love the heat.
Crinums and other bulbs,bananas ,roots as gingers 45* to 70*
Always keep fans 24/7,and keep the floors wet most of the time to keep the humidity high,
I use the rubber roof liner,that they also use in ponds on my floors,the black attracts the heat
keeps the greenhouse warmer.I try to mist the plants as often as possible,every day
if I can.
I really just want to keep the plants alive and healthy and not so much the growing aspect.
Don |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 06, 2007
12:46 AM Post #3823037
| Aha...here yall are...found you! Tropicman, have they been behaving over here?
Oh elephant poo! HAHAHAHA! Elephants live in Florida at the Ringling home.. So if you get someone from there, you can get some elephant poo! Or at the ZOO...see that rhymes!
My favorite five tropicals are #1 Plumeria for sure, #2 my Darla Anita daylily,
sego palm, hibiscus, and banana trees. I have others, but those are my favorites.
Wipeout was a favorite tune of mine! My very first teen years were on Oahu, so surfer music was my favorite, beachboys, Jan and Dean, The Righteous Brothers. My first date was to Waikiki Beach. We had to double date, and we remained friends for quite awhile. Oh the memories!!!!!!!!!!! That is why the fondness for tropicals still to this very day.
Tropicman did you ever have any tropical experiences to inspire that gorgeous garden of yours? |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 06, 2007
01:26 AM Post #3823088
| I thought mine had died, but then it came back bigger and bolder than before. I just love it! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 06, 2007
01:31 AM Post #3823092
| Boy...I get timed out, and the conversations just zoom right on by...I thought my Alamanda had died...not my surfing experiences...ha. Don, I sure hope all your gorgeous plants appreciate all the trouble you go to on their behalf. Talk about labor intensive! Jim...welcome to the tropics! Sorry if our silliness got out of hand. Just finished listening to Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"...I love that CD. Now I'm back to jazz - Sidney Bechet for any of you jazz fans...the caladiums love him...dance away to the beat! |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
August 06, 2007
01:37 AM Post #3823094
| Jim, that looks like a great greenhouse! What are you planning on overwintering?
Don, your gardens are wonderful, I think you have as many varieties of tropical plants as we have on the whole island!
Jenny |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 06, 2007
01:39 AM Post #3823098
| Jenny - I think you're right! He sure has me beat! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 06, 2007
10:38 AM Post #3823907
| And I think that all of you wonderful people babying your beloved plants through the Winter like that are amazing...I won't complain about the cold again...Bravo!
I am falling asleep back tomorrow to stir it up! (had lots of visiters and it is way past bedtime for me at 12.20 in the Am 7th of August here and 12c ...Spring fast approaches!
I will dream no doubt of Beach boys singing and Captain Blood (our very own Errol Flynn)...waving a sword at them! lol...and of my first date walking along the sand at Cronulla Beach on a beautiful spring night (my choice)...life beckoned with endless promise and the World was my oyster...I was 15
and it was 1965...we married in 1967...no muscle bound man could take the place of my guy...no handsome face could ever take the place of my guyyy...I"m stickin to my guy like a stamp to a letter ...like birds of a feather we stick together...Yawning with a smile goodnight...counting Elephants instead of sheep :)
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 06, 2007
10:29 PM Post #3826799
| Hey TM (Howard) this is Professor Puchi an Augusta hybrid with flowers the size of a bread and butter plate- mine (trees) are taller than me and you would adore them...as an aside do you see the mayham your wonderful garden has caused *giggling* it even inspired some dear british person to build a little fantasy island at home (nooogo away Gilligan!) hope you are chuffed because you should be ! 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 06, 2007
11:53 PM Post #3827109
| Gorgeous Kukaburra! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 07, 2007
12:38 AM Post #3827200
| I think my head is starting to swell!!!LOL
It only looks like I have as many tropical plants as you all,that are living my dream in the tropics!!!!
My first corsage I ever bought was a huge Gardenia,and we slow dance to Love me tender
until I smelled away all the fragrance from the flower!!!!LOL
Texas Gal,
You bet I did!!!
We were visiting Florida,and they had the Cypress Gardens,where the ladys wore those petticoat dresses,and the umbrellas were a twirling over there heads,oh and the fragrance of there perfume ,let me tell you love was in the air,the gentle breezes,swaying the palm trees leaves back and foruth,the colorful flowers of the hibiscus,the smell of the ocean,the sound of the waves,almost thought I was in the movie From here to eternity,and I was Burt Lancaster,swooing Debra Kerr...
Wow,Will I dream tonite!!!!!!
Ginger,Maryann...Hmmmrs Howell!!! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 07, 2007
12:58 PM Post #3828769
| Yep Tropicman, I bet you could be quite the swooer! Such a romantic! Loves gorgeous flowers, appreciates good music, what a catch! Can you cook, too?
AH, you did mention a girlfriend...lucky girl, she is! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 07, 2007
03:28 PM Post #3829264
| Don, I just think its fantastic that you not only grow these beauties in a place where "they said it couln't be done", but that you encourage others to do so as well. Keep up the wonderful work! |
vs71099
Osage City, KS
(Zone 5b)
August 07, 2007
03:51 PM Post #3829340
| TropicMan - As always your garden is impressive... wish I was coming to Wichita to check out your yard... Mikayla still talks about your birds from our last visit and my yard didn't reach near the lushness your yard appears to have achieved. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 07, 2007
03:56 PM Post #3829352
| Hey who is calling their garden a yard!- shame on you ...garden ...garden...*grin* |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 07, 2007
04:04 PM Post #3829377
| That's right "garden"..."garden"...! LOL |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 07, 2007
04:22 PM Post #3829441
| G'Day Shari! just after 6am here...weds., 8th August...8c temp.
It's a bit cool but the day will be beautiful...Hi and Aloha all...just love your description of what a gardenia means to you TM...in a way it seems a shame that we have lost some of the elegance of yesteryear...but I must be frank...I don't miss the whale bone corsets...the suspender belts and stockings...having to starch all my petticoats ...to wear on Saturday night to the dance. I Think the ladies will agree that although extremely strange looking- things called pantyhose were a revolution and whew comfortable...guess it was a downhill slide from there...Don't we all still envy the elegance of the past...but then I enjoy the freedom and comfort of the present ...still we have our
meeeemories misty watercoloured memories... of the way we were...*grin* |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 07, 2007
04:32 PM Post #3829467
| Wow, y'all are all jolly festive on this thread...lol!
Tropicman, just wanted to say that I'm quite envious of your zone 6 garden, you've done a marvelous job. I am going to try stealing some of your ideas...I had blown off plumeria completely, as I figured it would be too hard to grow, for example.
I have a semi-tropical garden here in 7b, but it's basically new. Trying to focus on the hardiest stuff first and going from there...I'd post a picture but it won't be too impressive...lol |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 07, 2007
04:41 PM Post #3829490
| Hey Chrissie...yes, I'm sure most of us would agree that it is great not to have to wear all of those petticoats. Here the younger generation doesn't even wear the pantyhose. They wear open toe shoes and go bear legged with skirts, shell tops, jackets for business!!!!!!!!! Or sundresses with little jackets and sandals. And yes I caught ...the way we were...It is much better today!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry Tropicman for the girltalk! Gardenias are still some of my favorites, Southern Magnolias, also! Have two small trees in my front yard. They smell soooo good!
This message was edited Aug 7, 2007 2:51 PM |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 07, 2007
04:48 PM Post #3829513
| Tropicanna, sure you can grow plumies there, you just have to take them into the garage when it gets below 40 deg. but they will make it. Even here in 9a we still have to protect them from the cold. Per Southeast Texas Gardening they say 40 deg. I had read 50 somewhere.
We used to lived in NC...family in the Marine Corps before moving to Texas.
This message was edited Aug 7, 2007 10:02 PM |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 07, 2007
04:57 PM Post #3829566
| Happy day everyone! It's not quite 9:00 am here...getting the day going...Sunny for the last couple of hours, but the rain is looming. I really need a dry day to get some sand under my patio slats. Arrgh. Plumeria really shouldn't be a problem Tropicanna - and they would give you a tie back to here! That would be cool. I used to have a Magnolia tree outside of my apartment back in the dark ages when I lived in San Diego. I just loved the fragrance that would come through the window of an evening...better than any candles, or incense that's for sure...and I like both! Never could grow it anywhere else I've lived though...much the pity. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 07, 2007
05:11 PM Post #3829617
| I have the Southern Magnolia in the smaller form it is called Little Gem and it has that sames delicious lemony fragrance...and the lovely flower as it's larger cousin...shiny laquered leaves with lovely chocolate velvet underlay...love it and you have two? *green*...I have Spanish moss draped under the boges and roses ...all dripping down almost to the ground...they love the constant drip drip drip after watering or rain ...I find them very Southern indeed ...and get excited when I see them hanging down from every branch of all the trees in the Movies...while the others are watching some kind of maneater (crocs/gaters piranahs etc devouring the cast ...I am looking at the grey whisps gently blowing in the breeze...
Tropicanna ...shelter is the key ...lots and lots of plants grown close together...they greenhouse themselves that way. Put the Tropical "looking" ones on the outskirts and in order of tenderness on the inner plantings and understories.You know all this already right...sorry! ...TM knows his craft and I am sure he will guide you well.:)
77 I know that TM would not mind hearing about what it took his charming companions to look so fine for all the guys...getting ready would take all day!
Wella... wella... well...tell me more tell me more ... Summer days drifting away
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Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 07, 2007
05:54 PM Post #3829777
| Texas77-where were you? Ft. Bragg or Camp Lejune...lol---I grew up on the coast, close to Cherry Point and Lejune.
actually, chrissy, I didn't know all that about plants greenhousing each other, but I am erratic about what I'll run a hardiness trial on and what I won't. I'm pretty new to all this, so trying to be my normal adventurous self while also maintaing touch with reality in there somewhere.
But chrissy, where are all the guys TM's plants are waiting for? I'm missing them this way..lol |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 07, 2007
06:54 PM Post #3830071
| I hope we didn't frighten them away :O...we are just having some fun while we talk gardening...so I hope they will come on back!
Where the boys are...la la :) |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 07, 2007
07:31 PM Post #3830217
| Troppicana, We were at Cherry Point for 8 years. Where on the coast were you? Sounds like you were very near!
This message was edited Aug 7, 2007 5:53 PM |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 07, 2007
10:13 PM Post #3830839
| Haha...Atlantic Beach is where I grew up, surely you visited there. Had lots of friends in Havelock, too
I miss the coast sometimes, that's why this forum is so cool |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 07, 2007
10:41 PM Post #3830973
| Oh yes, been there many times! Loved the beach!!!!!!!!!!! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 07, 2007
11:03 PM Post #3831073
| Some one mention Connie Francis!!Wow she was a hot looker!!!!
Sad though,how her life turned out to be,she went thru a lot of bad luck!
But on the other hand,I'm watching Jane Russell tonite with Robert Mitchum,in Macao.
Ok here's my take on the years of time gone by.
Todays ladies no longer leave the thought of imagination !!!!
people don't day dream like they use too!Thats what made the old movies so enjoyable!!!
Where are the Rita Haywoods,Lana Turner And Ingrid Bergman!!!
Today there is Paris Hilton.Nicole Ritiche and Britney Spears,Madonna,don't do a thing for me or any red blooded male that I know of!!!!
Where are the movie stars of today!!!!!
Tropicanna,thanks for the kind words,you to can grow anything you set you mind to grow,I didn't grow everything on the first try,took time and time again before I learned the likes and dislikes of a certain plant!!!
Vs 71099,you and your daughter are always welcome to come get lost in the gardens of Babylon!!!
The parrots always love playing with the kids,there just big kids themselves!!!!
Shari,like you the fragrances can over whelm the heart and sole,the lure of a womens
perfume,can drive a man wild!!!!!
Lets say your in a crowd of people,you might not notice the beauty of a women,first hand right away,but the fragrance of her perfume,will make you take notice and go looking quickly!!!!
Every morning this week ,before I leave for work,I tour the gardens in the dark,with only the garden lights to see,and I've been smelling a fragrance that I normally don't smell,well tonite as the wind was blowing quite hard I got the glimpse high up,and it a bloom from my white wisteria,that april freeze,froze all my flower buds,before they had a chance to open!!!
Just one long spray of flowers,just about to dry up,would have never thought of the wisteria blooming in 100* heat,in the middle of the summer,when they normally bloom in the coolness of April!!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 07, 2007
11:13 PM Post #3831111
| Don you are a bit of a poet, my friend. And Wisteria! Now that is one lovely, old-fashioned beauty. And I always loved the fragrance...not many people grow it anymore, but I have heard that it is on the way to being "in" again. I certainly hope so. Even just the name makes me think of simpler times.
And I agree with you completely about the starlets...but my question is why are the ones you mentioned even names we recognize? What have they done besides get themselves into one scandal after another. At least Madonna has talent. But PH, NR and BS are pretty much just that...BS! |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 07, 2007
11:21 PM Post #3831127
| heehee...you two have a crush going...lol...duck and run time! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 07, 2007
11:29 PM Post #3831149
| nah...I'll just tell your dad to spank your backside! My DH is about the best guy in the whole world when he's not bein a dork, or a potty mouth, or a grump. Wouldn't trade him for anything. But when I see artistic talent like Don's I admire it...isn't that what we all have been doing? |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 07, 2007
11:31 PM Post #3831153
| LOL, Shari, I knew I could stir you up...I needed one good laugh before I went to bed. Take care, sweetie. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 07, 2007
11:32 PM Post #3831156
| Pleasant dreams, kiddo! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 08, 2007
12:08 AM Post #3831239
| Definately Islandshari! There is alot to admire about Tropicman! One in a million!
And parrot...you have a parrot! Wow! We need to see some pictures! I love parrots! I would be happy with an imitation one in the garden, much less a real one. Tell us about your parrot Tropicman. Sounds like a great new thread. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 08, 2007
12:44 AM Post #3831338
| Texasgal,your something else,remind me of a time when I was young!!!LOL
Parrots I have 5 some can talk,and they all make lots of noise!!!
Spike a sulfur crested cockatoo.is right behind me in his huge cage,talks to me all the time,
He like to flirt with the women,I took him outside the other day and the new neighbor lady came over and said I knew by the cage you had a bird,and I just could hardly wait to meet him,first thing spike says was hi baby!!!!LOL
He had her heart right then and there!!!!
Shari I agree with you on the stars that are in one scandal after another,or rehab time.!!!
Thats all they have for our children and grandchildren to look up too,same with some of the sports players,I'm ashamed to see them take the steroids just to make them get the fame and big bucks!!! |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
August 08, 2007
12:54 AM Post #3831355
| Don, post some pics of the birds, you really are tropical all the way!
Shari's right - you have the soul of a poet (and a green thumb!) |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 08, 2007
03:56 AM Post #3831480
| Oh yes, please post some pics of the parrots! I really wish we had some here, but nope...just fairy terns (pretty!) and plovers (dumb)! |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 08, 2007
07:49 AM Post #3831658
| I like the bird idea, too...was going to get some cute lovebirds...but then remembered the prize-hunting cats I have, and it just seemed like a cruel thing to do for the tropical look..lol
Here's a view of my favorite bed, most everything is in it's first year...notice the hot chain link fence.
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Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 08, 2007
07:52 AM Post #3831662
| And last weekend I found some reed fencing to cover the chainlink...not perfect, but a slight improvement. In the afternoon, the sun shines thru the reeds and you can still see the other fence behind it...but at least we aren't staring directly at our neighbors. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 08, 2007
08:10 AM Post #3831698
| HeyTM( Howard)...Wisteria does spot bloom ...my beautiful purple on does that...what does yours smell like mine smells of sweet peas and orange flower water...about the perfumes right on! love my smelly ...just out of interest which fragrances rang your bell? We gals would love to know what men appreciate...my hubby had a broken nose years ago and can't smell anything any more...but prior to that he always told me how nice I smelt...I sure do miss that but then I have always worn it for myself...not for anyone else although it is nice if others like it.I honestly thought that most men take no notice ...that is very cool...so go on try to remember what perfumes rocked your world...by the way your cheeky cocky came from Ozz it explains a lot about his character ha ha ha
About modern stars...well the real star thing does not exist any more...it went the way of the corsets and stockings...but they had their scandels too but the studio bosses would buy silence.Being famous takes it's toll on many.
is it taking it's toll on you yet Don?...:)
As fall is approaching soon what will you be looking forward to in your tropical paradise...what lovely flowers will be there for you to enjoy?
Shari do you have a fall (Autumn) or does it stay the same all year...anyone else looking forward to cooler times in the garden...even though we are being tropical
that would be interesting... some mentioned the lack of men on this thread...since it may be my fault I will refrain from singing in case...it is me scaring people away...hummming...walk like a man ...walk like a man...:) |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 08, 2007
08:22 AM Post #3831724
| chrissy, you're cracking me up with the singing...so I found a tune that hopefully y'all will remember (this is about as mainstream as I know)---the video is pretty much nothing, so just turn up the volume and get ready to prance around...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj2ceTbz3JY |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 08, 2007
08:51 AM Post #3831805
| Thanks Mate ...love all good music from any era as you may have guessed
Love big band era Benny Goodman...etc...rock and role...some good jazz ...the blues...mod -hippy- disco-hymns-...anything that is
Outa sight ...baby yeh it's outa sight...every thing is alright...so ok don't know if you know who I am talking about but as a very young teenager I would dance all night at a place called Surf City (Kings Cross Sydney)...and I knew a lot of stars
to be...many just beginning their careers...we were all so innocent then all having an orange juice and chatting in the breaks ...I knew the Bee Gees when they had short back and sides hairdoes...I think you folk know Billy Thorpe...
the Easy Beats and many others that you wouldn't know...always have loved to dance and sing...and now there's people swayin and music playin theres dancing in the streets...they're dancin in...Chicargo...down in New Orleans...Oklahoma City ...all we need is the music sweet music ... |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 08, 2007
03:13 PM Post #3833388
| Tropicanna - your tropical bed is great! Love the Cannas! and all...! If those do okay through the winter, you won't have to worry about the fence this time next year...it won't be seen, ha ha. But the reed does look better than chain link. You did a good job with the whole thing. |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
August 08, 2007
03:22 PM Post #3833419
| Thanks so much Shari, it is a constant work in progress. Most of the stuff in that area is hardy, so most will be back and I do hope they will cover more of next door's view. It takes awhile to research and acquire hardy tropics for here...people like Tropicman have it really rough...I thought I had serious zone denial. :)
chrissy, glad you enjoyed the song...for a second anyway...lol |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 09, 2007
07:48 PM Post #3837990
| Hey Tropicman, how was your day at work? Be careful out there in that heat welding! Be sure to get enough fluids, and take care of yourself!!!!!
Here in our Texas "Bora Bora", the banana trees are starting baby bananas, the palms are growing, hibiscus are blooming, frangipani are smelling delightful with their sweet fruity fragrance. We only need the tahiti gardenia and the giant Taro!!!
Still waiting on those pictures of the parrots! See ya!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 09, 2007
07:56 PM Post #3838019
| Did someone accuse me of having a short attention span...ha ha ha...don't know why?...have a great day everyone it is warming to a 24c today and it is really starting to look like the tropics are a coming this way...using artistc licence here cause spring is September...June is busting out all over ! all over the countryand... ha ha ha! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 09, 2007
08:57 PM Post #3838261
| Oh dear you know what ?Tropicanna I forgot to explain why I didn't dawdle at the site you sent me...I don't know what it is- but this new fangled Broadband thingy only lets me see videos in Blips...so I can't understand them...so sorry I meant to explain that...I so appreciate the trouble everyone takes to send the links ...wish I was clever too! but not there yet...I think I bit off more than I can chew launching into a place where everyone is geek genious!
wait for me... wait for me... Johny please wait for me ...I'llgrow up just as fast as I can...wait for me...wait for me...ha ha ha! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 09, 2007
11:14 PM Post #3838861
| I'm Baaaack!!!
Typhon Charlie,came thru lastnite with winds around 75 miles an hour,what bananas leaves didn't get shredded to pieces got uprooted from the ground,Like a nut I was out there trying to keep the bananas upright thru the wind and rain,staking and tying them up.then the electricity went out,had to find the hurricane lamps,them fill them up with lamp oil,then find some candles too.
I just now got back on the internet,been down for about 24 hours.
I'll see if I can find some pics,may have to take more of the birds,they were on old computer that crashed and lost everything.
Chrissy the white wisteria,to me has the smell of the draceana in flower,very very sweet,almost burns your nose when up close ,better at a distance..
My snail vine is just starting to flower,that smell,is one of my favorite fragrances,ok my mother always wore channel no.5 perfume,so I've been trained to that fragrance first of all,but I'm lured to the gardenia fragrance,it drives me wild,one of those smells you just can't get enough of!!!!.
Then comes the citrus flower,the orange fragrances is very luring,and gets me in the romantic mood!!!!
As far as being a celebrity,,just finished giving a tour of the garden ,some people all the way from Durango,Mexico,they just loved the tropical plants,and they grow a lot of them down there.My Spanish not quite as good as it once was,so communicating was a little difficult.
Tropicanna,your plants are doing just great for there first year,quite the collection of plants too!!!
Thanks Texasgal,for worrying,yes it gets mighty warm,wearing those leathers,and am soak and wet,10 minutes after I start work,and lucky me I work right next to the water fountain.
Shari,here's yummy!!!
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 09, 2007
11:17 PM Post #3838876
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 09, 2007
11:19 PM Post #3838884
| Don, Yummy is so cute!!! Hope you guys are all okay! If you are taking the time to post us pictures, then I guess you are, but be careful out there! Plants are replaceable - people are not!! Has anyone heard if Charlie went through the Caymans? I haven't heard from John for a while, and I'm starting to worry. |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 09, 2007
11:20 PM Post #3838887
| Just saw Tango! Yes, my dear you are so cute too! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 09, 2007
11:33 PM Post #3838928
| Gee I am glad you are all ok...I thought you may have had enough of a bunch of sheilas hijacking your beautiful thread...*Green *re the snail creeper and gardenias ...still Winter ...no I mean't perfume from a bottle.
Riders of the storm ...riders of the storm into this World we're born...:) |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 10, 2007
12:05 AM Post #3839023
| Don, gee whiz, here I was worried about the heat getting you, and you're about to be done in by gale force winds! I thought I was the only one that crazy about banana trees! I know it's disheartening when their beautiful leaves get damaged, but they'll grow back...you won't. Do take care of yourself! You can't hardly kill a banana tree.
Who would take care of Yummy and Tango? They are adorable! How old are they? How did you acquire them? Thank you for the pictures!
Visitors from Mexico? Very impressive! I'm sure they loved your gardens!
Back in my Mom's younger days she used to wear Chanel No. 5 also. Now she has a chemical sensitivity and can't be around any strong chemicals, including perfumes. My favorite is Pleasures by Estee Lauder, but I can't wear it near her. Even the smell of new clothes can upset her eye and make it burn really bad, so I hardly ever get to wear it. I like to get a good sniff now and then. I feel that way about the magnolias. They smell sooooooooo good! Good to have you back! Take care of yourself!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 10, 2007
04:21 AM Post #3839336
| Black Rose was my first...flirted with Miss Dior...intimate...lotus...lots really including chanel if someone bought it back duty free...but I settled on Youth Dew
for about twenty years ...Ivoire was a very special treat! on special occasions but these days it is Private Collection for going out or just a lift and Colognes...various kinds depending on the weather mostly Tosca in the heat and gardening...Ahhhh love my fragrances...gardening is a big part of it of course...Gee Howard (don ) I have visions of you hanging sideways off your palm trees...with your dear little feathered friends squarking May Day.. May day
man overboard! glad you and yours are ok :)
Mexican guests? wow!
La la la la la la la lala la...you'd better go home Speedy Gonzales! |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 11, 2007
12:25 AM Post #3843316
| After getting the garden standing back up,took a few pics,hope you enjoy them,and I never get tired of the sheilas,talking to me!!!LOL
Texas,bought the birds at bird fairs,where people who breed birds come to one place to sell them.
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 11, 2007
12:29 AM Post #3843329
| 3,for some reason pics are not coming up 
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Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 11, 2007
12:32 AM Post #3843336
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Wichita, KS
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Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
August 11, 2007
01:24 AM Post #3843456
| Don, your birds are lovely and the flowers in your "jungle" are gorgeous! Thanks for showing us!
Jenny |
terriculture
london England
United Kingdom
August 11, 2007
08:48 AM Post #3843848
| Fabulous tropical garden , wish I had one! Well done with all your hard work, it looks great. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 11, 2007
04:34 PM Post #3845338
| Tropicman, those are absolutely gorgeous pictures! Like heaven on earth!
Which plants produce the largest foliage?
I recognized the plumeria, snail plant, and passiflora, but what are some of the others? Do you have any idea how many actual plants you have?
It is so lush! Love it! I have a start, but it doesn't look anything like yours!
Yours is just Fantastic!
I'm sure it is very peacefull to focus on the garden when you are at work. It is spetaculiar! You should be very proud of it! A job well done!
I hope mine looks like that one of these days! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 11, 2007
04:52 PM Post #3845396
| Me too! I have a problem getting that lush look, since everything is in pots...but I know it can be done! And now I am striving to grow as beautifully as the Wichita tropics. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 11, 2007
05:00 PM Post #3845434
| Maybe we could Chrissy to write a new song about Tropicman and the Wichita Tropics instead of the Wichita Lineman...Never know it might be a best seller, Top Ten hit! Grin! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 11, 2007
05:13 PM Post #3845466
| He's a Tropic man! ...Sung to the tune of Rocket man...by Elton John
that's for youTT...*grin*
...love you all...but can't play today ...near the end for my dear sister in law...must stay by her side...mind my garden for me ! keep playing while I'm gone!
My song ?...when I look at this post? Dream a little dream with me...stars shining bright above me...la la la... dream a little dream with me...
Hugs Chrissy... |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 11, 2007
05:16 PM Post #3845495
| Chrissy - you have all our warmest thoughts to carry with you to her! |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 11, 2007
09:40 PM Post #3846380
| Tropicman how come you have such pretty rice paper plant and I dont? no fair! |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
August 14, 2007
06:43 PM Post #3857288
| Tropicman,
Wow, you garden like that in a zone 6! My husband thinks I am out of control in zone 8.
You have inspired me to only get more tropical!
Beautiful gardens, what makes you think tropical in Kansas? Just wonder what inspires some peoples garden styles.
Gk
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Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
August 15, 2007
12:54 AM Post #3858431
| Tgal,banana ,has about 10ft long leaves,Alocasias,4ft x 4ft,same with the Castor bean
and rice paper plant,huge leaves.
The yellow 4 o clocks are very fragrant,purple in the bouganvilla,makes my eyes go blurry if I look at it too long!!!!
Those honey hostas are very fragrant almost have the gardenia fragrance.
About every 10ft you walk in my rainforest you get another complete fragrance,falling all over you,it's almost feels like the perfume counter at Xmas time at JC Penny's!!!LOL
Chrissy,hey that has a nice sound do it,Tropicman to the tune of rocket man,I like it!!!
You know what they saySIL will love heaven,from What I've heard tell about it!!!
Vossner lots of compost and water and not much wind,and morning sunshine!!!
GK,
I'm dong my little share to save the rainforest,only if it lives in my mind only.
And if that ain't enough,stopping point for the the monarchs on there journey back to Mexico to rest for the winter!!!
Lasst but not least,pollen for all the honey bees,and hoping to bring back there numbers,for we need them to survive!!!
Your landscaping is wonderful,looks like Fiji!!!! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
August 15, 2007
09:59 AM Post #3859140
| Hi TM and all...being a cheeky Ozzy I been naughty and opened a thread no 2 for the lovely Kansis garden ...somone said this thread was too long and I think it won't be finished until episode 99 so hopefully it is ok to have done that if not you have my permission to "flame'' me...someone told me that can happen ...so I am taking a chance...I know you are too modest to do so TM being the gentleman that you are so on your behalf...it is not my thread but yours see part 2 :)
OOOOOh ooh oh I'm on fire!... ha ha ha chrissy :) |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
August 15, 2007
03:35 PM Post #3860381
| No flaming - great idea! You go Kookaburra! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 15, 2007
05:23 PM Post #3860762
| Thanks for the info Tropicman! Appreciate it! See ya over on It's Beginning to look alot like the tropics 2 ! |
lalushc
Kitty Hawk, NC
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2007
01:56 AM Post #3934963
| Tropicman - this is amazing! Great pix!
Hoping to create something like your garden on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. For those plants you do bring inside to overwinter, do you provide artificial light?
This will be a Zone 9a garden (I think). Do you use any dwarf date palms? East too grow - difficult? I've started with some windmill palms and they're doing pretty well.
What kind of jasmine do you prefer (and do you know a good source?) |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 04, 2007
05:54 AM Post #3935079
| Hi Lalusc,
I too have trachycarpus fortunei palm and trachycarpus waggie palms in the ground,that are hardy to zone 6,also have a pindo palm in the ground to overwinter .
I have Canary date palms and regular date palms,I started from seed,put I don't think they would make it thru the winter here,so I have a greenhouse and sunroom,I overwinter these in.
I grow Carolina Jasmine here,and bring inside for winter,but I like the indian jasmine,with the nice size leaves,I also find the wedding jasmine stephonotis a very good jasmine and very fragrant,I believe Plants delight is a good source for getting plants in your area. |
Tropicanna
Clemmons, NC
(Zone 7b)
September 04, 2007
08:43 AM Post #3935353
| When you're a millionaire...lol. PDN is great because they research stuff we can grow, I use them as a resource and try to find the plants elsewhere (not trashing them but they are a bit pricey). They're having an open house next weekend-that way you could pick out the bigger plants (the prices in their catalog is for 4 inch pots! yikes). Their gardens are beautiful. |
Tropicman
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 04, 2007
06:04 PM Post #3937212
| Thank goodness,I'm lucky enough to have a son that is! |
