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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:38 AM Post #6090954
| Not out of the woods yet for an arctic blast, but after a relatively mild winter here, our gardens are poised for a robust season provided this very dry season comes to an end soon.
The first to awaken in the front garden is the pink magnolia 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:40 AM Post #6090957
| Rubber trees in the back garden are loving the dry weather 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:42 AM Post #6090961
| More pink are miniature azaleas that bloom faithfully year after year, a bargain brought back from the plant sales in my building at work. 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:44 AM Post #6090965
| Clerodendrum Wallichi going to seed 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:45 AM Post #6090966
| another, with Kitty stalking the photographer 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:46 AM Post #6090967
| another 3.00 buy from work 3 years ago..zebra plant 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:47 AM Post #6090968
| and pink seems to be the theme in bloom, more mini azaleas 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:48 AM Post #6090969
| amaranthus 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:49 AM Post #6090971
| close up of the clerodendrum seeds, who's looking at who? 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:49 AM Post #6090972
| colorful varigated ginger 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:50 AM Post #6090974
| bromeliad bloom 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:51 AM Post #6090977
| clerodendrum sahelangii going to seed 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:52 AM Post #6090981
| fern tree growing like a weed. Survives snow, hurricanes and a freeze..
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:54 AM Post #6090982
| Oak tree branch that overhangs the garden at sunset 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:55 AM Post #6090983
| tree fern frond unfurling 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:56 AM Post #6090984
| Japanese painted fern 
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:57 AM Post #6090988
| Wow! You have so much in bloom. Most of mine is still sleeping. I did have a small red tropical hibiscus bloom in the swinghouse the other day, and the yellow jasmine is budding.
Everything in the Jungle looks great as usual! Very nice! I'm very thankful that we have had a fairly mild winter so far!!!!! We definately could use some rain. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:58 AM Post #6090991
| Passion flower greets me on the green house door 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:00 AM Post #6090994
| favorite winter bloomer Blue Sage--
Yes Jean, lucky here in micro climate heaven
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:00 AM Post #6090995
| Yellow hibiscus..rose mallow 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:01 AM Post #6090996
| candy corn loves cooler weather 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:02 AM Post #6090997
| and this guy..syngonium...has morphed into it's jungle mode in 3 different locations. 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:03 AM Post #6090998
| Here it is in one of the locations under the eve of the house blooming 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:06 AM Post #6091004
| Ti Plant 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:06 AM Post #6091006
| more Ti's 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:07 AM Post #6091008
| varigated solanum 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:07 AM Post #6091009
| clover! more purple 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:08 AM Post #6091010
| aahh...not purple!
bromeliad
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:08 AM Post #6091011
| nanners from the nanner tree ripening in the green house 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:09 AM Post #6091012
| varigated Philodendrun -- and other stuff 
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:09 AM Post #6091014
| Love that syngonium! I'll take some of that please!
I also have little blue flowers in bloom...sage did you say? My camelia and azaleas should be blooming soon. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:10 AM Post #6091015
| and...Papaya soon this spring... 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:13 AM Post #6091022
| For Carol! I figured out a swing for her!
Blogs in the Chronicle...we gained some DG recruits on this one last week
Garden Gloves $1.99, Perlite $13.00, Online Garden Communities...Priceless!
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj...
This weeks blog
Zoning the Zone 9 Garden
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj...
Part II to be published on friday is:
Micro-Climate Exploration and Exploitation
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj...
Get ready Texas, we're phasing back in to sub tropical!
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
02:17 AM Post #6091026
| Blue sage is Eranthemum pulchellum
only blooms during the winter.
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Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
February 04, 2009
07:05 AM Post #6091239
| What a wonderful set of pictures, thanks for posting!! |
brical1
brisbane
Australia
February 04, 2009
08:32 AM Post #6091365
| Rj,All your pics are stunning! I just can't believe you are actually in winter there and that you had snow not that long ago.Obviously your plants don't think it's winter either.Just amazing!! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
09:35 AM Post #6091537
| Thanks !
Despite the one night of snow, it's been quite a mild winter here with multiple 80F weekends.
I hear Australia is having quite the heat wave. Hope your all coping alright. |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
February 04, 2009
12:20 PM Post #6092159
| Wow! Hard to believe that you have so many pretty things in the garden in February! It all looks lovely RJ, a real garden of Eden - thanks so much for posting the pics and brightening up our day. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
February 04, 2009
12:38 PM Post #6092260
| Randy...GORGEOUS!!! That yellow Ti is 'Miss Andrea'...watch her closely as she will morph into other beautiful leaf coloration with new keikis...
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
01:08 PM Post #6092382
| Thanks ! It's alot weather luck!
Thanks Carol, that was the one I needed the name for. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
February 04, 2009
02:05 PM Post #6092624
| Randy...I have started mulching with Coffee Grounds...and the tropicals love it...the worms love it...I bring home about 10 gals. every week...
Your garden is lush... |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
04:07 PM Post #6093150
| Wow...I just sprinkled some around this morning...but 10 lbs...! wow.. |
phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
04:31 PM Post #6093244
| Loved the pictures and still coveting your mini azaleas. I have been on the lookout for a pretty pink, but I only see the regular sized and I want a dwarf that I can keep in a pot. You ever seen any in your nurseries? The blue sage is pretty too.
I just put some coffee grounds around a couple of my jatrophas; I'm hoping that it proves to be a bug deterrant like the article I read here on DG. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
February 04, 2009
05:26 PM Post #6093465
| I'm sooooo jealous!!! You have color while we have brown up here. LOL. Your garden looks great even in the middle of winter!! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 04, 2009
05:54 PM Post #6093567
| It's a lucky winter...
Patty, I have been watching for the azaleas for you..and will be watching again as I bought them here at the office, and in fact have never seen them anywhere else, except...1 time..around Vallentine day...keep an eye out at those flower stands... |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
February 05, 2009
12:35 AM Post #6095333
| A privilege to know such a person who obviously has magic in every finger tip.
aaahhhhhh |
phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 05, 2009
09:31 AM Post #6096086
| My sister received a white one from her daughter for Valentine's Day I think about two or three years ago. She planted it in a pot and it blooms beautifully at least twice a year. That's another reason why I want one. She's not a gardener but she can keep it alive and well so surely they are easy to grow. She feeds hers MG acidic after it blooms and that's about it other than watering it. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 05, 2009
04:22 PM Post #6097875
| exactly..I've not repotted them..nothing..throw coffee grounds on them now and then...I'm going to be keeping my eyes open. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
February 06, 2009
03:54 PM Post #6102519
| Hey Randy, does that Magnolia make seeds?
The "variegated ginger" is Ctenanthe oppenheimiana 'Tricolor'. |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
February 06, 2009
04:00 PM Post #6102529
| Thank you , David. I also have that same ginger and it is pretty much dragging this winter in the greenhouse. The leaves curl.
Christi |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 06, 2009
04:10 PM Post #6102570
| Thanks David.
I've never seen it go to seed, but it does grow alot of shoots from the base. Shall I snip one for you?
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phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 06, 2009
04:22 PM Post #6102628
| that just looks so weird to have those beautiful colored blooms on bare sticks. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
February 06, 2009
04:23 PM Post #6102630
| Certainly! Can you send them and have them survive?
Would you like something from here? Cacao seeds? Betel Nut Palm seeds? |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 06, 2009
04:34 PM Post #6102678
| I'll root them first to enhance survival, and since I work for Continental, I get a great fedex shipping rate!
Believe it or not I have Betel Nut Palm, Cacao seeds sound intriguing. Let me try to root them first. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
February 11, 2009
08:27 PM Post #6126093
| Randy...you have magic fingers!!!! So beautiful! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 14, 2009
12:52 AM Post #6136346
| Thanks Carol, especially coming from the most magic of fingers!
Chalice vine bloom..boy..the opposums liked the buds..and nabbed alot, which didn't make me too very happy!
Been out of commision nasty flu all week ...better today! 
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AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
February 14, 2009
02:47 AM Post #6136593
| Mine are all blooming 50feet up in the trees!!!! can't even smell them!
Carol |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 14, 2009
04:18 AM Post #6136687
| Yeah...had a ladder set up for these when they bloomed..so alls I had to do is climb 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
February 14, 2009
05:52 AM Post #6136722
| Wondered where you had been. Sorry you have been ill. The flu is making its way through my daughter's family. Take care of yourself. It is quite a while before you will get your strength back.
Hi Carol.
Christi |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 14, 2009
07:01 AM Post #6136757
| It's strange...I went down fast last sunday and was crap until today, and then as fast as I went down, I'm going back to fine..strangeness! |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
February 14, 2009
08:05 AM Post #6136818
| Randy, pace yourself after this illness - you may have a relapse if you overdo too quickly! Continue to drink lots of water and fruit juices, because your sense of feeling good now could change and knock you off your feet really fast! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 14, 2009
10:58 AM Post #6137332
| thanks..I took all week off from work ..was in bed 4 of those days..and requested cranberry and orange juice and drink 1/2 gallon a day...!
shrimp plant
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KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
February 14, 2009
11:49 AM Post #6137517
| Randy, I was amazed that the cold weather knocked 95% of my plants to the ground, but my red shrimp plant is still going and blooming - WOW, this is one hardy plant! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 14, 2009
12:15 PM Post #6137647
| Randy, I'm sorry that you have been ill. Do take it easy for a few days!
Jeanne |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
February 14, 2009
12:47 PM Post #6137790
| Lookin' good, as always Randy! Get well soon!
Jenn |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
February 14, 2009
12:52 PM Post #6137825
| Jenny, where were you last Valentines? |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
February 14, 2009
05:01 PM Post #6138892
| Randy, take care of yourself!! I had the stomach flu several weeks ago and it took forever for it to go away it seemed like. That stuff is horrible!! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
February 24, 2009
10:51 PM Post #6186376
| Randy...gorgeous and inspirational as always! You really should write a book..."Adventures in Jungle Heights". Hope you have completely recovered and are back in the glorious garden.
Yokwe,
Shari |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2009
12:03 AM Post #6186774
| Hello Shari...
thankyou! I am back out in the garden, and really didn't stick to my project agenda!. I'm trimming lots of stuff!
This is a weeping bottle brush...it's first bloom. I put it behind the pond where the big brug use to be
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Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
February 25, 2009
05:03 AM Post #6187350
| I'm surprised you replaced the brug with the bottle brush. We used to have a lot of them in San Diego...quite messy! The brugs are so nice and tidy that don't you find yourself cleaning up a lot more than you used to? But they can be a strikeing site when in full bloom, I'll give you that.
Take care my friend,
Yokwe,
Shari |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2009
01:17 PM Post #6188615
| Hi Randy! Hope that you are feeling better! Beautiful colors in the bottle brush!
Jeanne |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
February 25, 2009
06:04 PM Post #6189760
| oh my goodness, my spelling is atrocious! sight...not site. and how do you spell strikeing? It really looks dumb. I HATE getting old!!!
Howdy Jeanne!
Yokwe,
Shari |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
February 25, 2009
07:54 PM Post #6190224
| LOL!! Don't feel bad Shari cause I didn't even notice!! And I always notice stuff like that. |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2009
08:20 PM Post #6190347
| Hi y'all! Good to see you Pepper! I didn't notice either, so don't worry about it!
Jeanne |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2009
10:15 PM Post #6190906
| al a contraire!
The brugs are messy, disease magnets, grow huge and giant..shade everything. The weeping bottle brush are trees..they get sizeable |
lourspolaire
Delray Beach, FL
(Zone 10a)
February 25, 2009
11:03 PM Post #6191197
| Randy, your garden is a joy to see. Keep up the good work.
Sylvain. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
February 26, 2009
01:48 AM Post #6191836
| I agree... Beautimous, Randy!!! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 26, 2009
02:45 AM Post #6191946
| Randy, now you tell me about the brugs...haha! Of course mine may not get as big as yours did since I don't feed them like you did! haha! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 26, 2009
04:04 AM Post #6192029
| I don't feed the ones in the ground.
You know after unloading litteraly truck loads of brugs...
Here's a white shrimp plant
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KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
February 26, 2009
08:05 AM Post #6192201
| Hmmm, the shrimp plant blooms look yellow to me - is it my computer? |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
February 26, 2009
01:05 PM Post #6193393
| The flowers are white, the bracts are yellow. I think the cultivar name is Justica brandegeeana 'Yellow Queen'. |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
February 26, 2009
02:03 PM Post #6193629
| Beautiful! |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 26, 2009
05:27 PM Post #6194581
| My brugs aren't messy. I love them! |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
February 27, 2009
06:59 PM Post #6199392
| Interesting about the differences on ones take of plants. I haven't noticed a "messiness" about my brugs either...but then they are in pots and not doing real great as of yet. Whereas my memory of the bottle brush was as a kid, not a gardener. Regardless, Randy, you know I adore your beautiful garden, and meant no disrespect nor disparagement. The shrimp plant is waaaay cool!
Yokwe,
Shari |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2009
10:02 PM Post #6204427
| Oh heck Shari of course I know that..!
Brugs are what got me into gardening in the first place..The pest love them too much here..and then they spread to surrounding plants. I still have a couple of 15 foot brugs in the back..I just had way too many berfore. |
mpabbott1
(Mary) Poway, CA
(Zone 10a)
March 06, 2009
06:00 PM Post #6230640
| Brugs led me down the gardening path too. Right now I couldn't care less about them because I take winters off and just keep them alive but not thriving. Cooking/baking becomes my obsession every winter. I went a week without even looking in the Brug forum. Soon my attitude will change because Creamsickle is full of buds. My co-workers will go into mourning when I make my switch and don't bring them in homemade baked goods 2-3 times a week.
Mary |
Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 06, 2009
06:52 PM Post #6230772
| LOL! I would go into mourning too! My winter obsession is dollhouses and miniatures which I am still doing while I housesit my granddog and cat this week!
I don't have as many wonderful things in bloom at home this time of year as Randy does. The azaleas are starting to bloom, and camelias. The jasmine are still in bloom. They are sooo pretty and smell sooo good! Can't wait for the others to start also!
Jeanne |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:06 PM Post #6277571
| bromeliad and varigated shrimp 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:07 PM Post #6277576
| brunsfelsia yesterday today and tomorrow 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:08 PM Post #6277581
| Solandra Maxima-
Vine has been blooming for a couple of months now, but twosies and threesies at a time
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:08 PM Post #6277583
| black eye susan light rose/orange 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:09 PM Post #6277585
| datura 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:10 PM Post #6277590
| more datura and shrimp plants 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:10 PM Post #6277595
| front side of datura 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:11 PM Post #6277599
| david in the flora 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:12 PM Post #6277604
| Iohchroma plum 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:15 PM Post #6277621
| Drimiopsis maculata. Also called "African hosta 
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LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
March 16, 2009
08:32 PM Post #6277718
| Makes me soooo envious. Everything here is still mostly dormant. AAAAHHHHH!!!! |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
March 16, 2009
08:34 PM Post #6277728
| Randy, those are gorgeous - we appreciate you posting pictures for us to drool over! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
08:50 PM Post #6277840
| It will be lush soon Christi,
I see our rain is headed your way to Panama City...the plant is re-potted and tucked in the greenhouse for enviornmental control until it's stabilized. It might go live at zone9 green house for a week or so during recovery, although it doesn't seemed phased a bit. |
phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
09:00 PM Post #6277895
| Remind me never to have a blooming contest with you RJ. Despite the rain, the blooms on my YTT have not opened like yours. I just have small corner that is blooms. 
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phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
09:01 PM Post #6277903
| Upclose it looks pretty. Wonder how long it will take for the rest of the plant to open it's blooms 
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KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
March 16, 2009
09:07 PM Post #6277938
| Here's mine today - it smells SO GOOD - spices up the whole block!
Randy, I'm happy that you're happy!
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phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
09:11 PM Post #6277962
| Wow that's how I want mine; covered in flowers. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 16, 2009
09:49 PM Post #6278130
| cool...Grandson?
I do nothing to it all year until I know it's going to bloom, then fertilize it every couple weeks |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
March 17, 2009
08:16 AM Post #6279569
| Yes, my youngest Grandson - he's Gramma's sweet pea! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 18, 2009
09:40 PM Post #6287673
| For your reading Pleasure
Fridays Blogs Mar 20
"Off The Shelf" tips and remedies for the Garden
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj...
Next Mondays Blog Mar23
Volcanoes and Potting Soil
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj...
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Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
March 19, 2009
12:23 PM Post #6289969
| Great reading RJ - thank you!
Off to add some HP to the ponds before work this morning. Any idea how HP will react with the EM (effective micronisms) that I usually use in the pond? EM's work anaerobicly (sp?) and I wonder if the HP will kill the herd...??? |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 19, 2009
01:40 PM Post #6290289
| From what I've read, scientist aren't quite sure how the inhibitor works. It doesn't bother dragonfly larvae, fish, snails..the water plants love it, just not the algae. As far as the other organisms go...it shouldn't as the barley bales don't affect them either |
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)
April 07, 2009
07:24 PM Post #6379515
| Randy...so gorgeous. I know I owe you a story for your blog...I am so very sorry. Would you believe I got talked into helping out with the Theater they are trying to re-start out here...been taking up a lot of time!!! And to tell the truth, the way my garden is behaving these days, I should not be telling anyone anything!!! We'll talk my friend...
Yokwe,
Shari |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 07, 2009
07:56 PM Post #6379658
| LOL, no worries - I've managed to keep it busy!. I even have 3 written ahead right now and working on the 4th. I bet your busy with the theater..everyone needs that!!!
Here is this weeks blog : 50 ways to leave your trellis) do you hear a tune yet? lol
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj... |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
April 07, 2009
08:14 PM Post #6379723
| Randy, that is a great article - thanks! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 07, 2009
09:36 PM Post #6380048
| your welcome, and thankyou! |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
April 08, 2009
01:14 AM Post #6380921
| Wonderful article, as usual - thanks for the link Randy. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 08, 2009
04:03 PM Post #6383085
| You bet..fridays post is going to be Alohahoya Garden Tour |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 10, 2009
02:13 AM Post #6390199
| This weekends blog will take Houston Chronicle Gardeners to Hawaii over the Easter weekend to visit none other than Carol in Hawaii.
AlohaHoya Gardens
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj... |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL
(Zone 8b)
April 10, 2009
07:53 AM Post #6390482
| Randy, we excitedly await the next segment of your blog/visit to Carol's house! |
lourspolaire
Delray Beach, FL
(Zone 10a)
April 10, 2009
10:38 AM Post #6391028
| Great reading and candy for the eyes. I can't wait.
Sylvain. |
extranjera
Mérida
Mexico
(Zone 11)
April 11, 2009
01:10 AM Post #6394394
| Beautiful! I think I saw a lipstick palm in one of the pictures from Carol's. I so want one of those and I can't find it down here.
I love the trellis article too, especially using a chain with the vine running through the air. Such great ideas. |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
April 12, 2009
12:56 AM Post #6398290
| Great! Can't wait for chapter two! You have a wonderful home, Carol! |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 13, 2009
06:01 AM Post #6402497
| orange black eyed susan..but notice? no eye.
Todays Blog: The Gardens Inner Child
http://www.chron.com/channel/houstongardening/commons/person... |
phughes
Portland, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 13, 2009
08:18 AM Post #6402755
| Hi Rj enjoyed the article; nephew is cute. Did he visit you recently? Who's garden were you touring??? |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 15, 2009
02:09 PM Post #6414509
| It was Mike's garden in west Houston. I've been wanting to take you thru there..it makes me look like a novice. He was here last spring.
beaumontia Murtonni, cousin of Beaumontia Grandiflora or easter lilly vine
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 15, 2009
02:13 PM Post #6414524
| this is the beaumontia grandiflora which is blooming now in the front garden. It's flower is more sculpted and tubular 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Texasgal77
Baytown, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 15, 2009
08:41 PM Post #6416229
| Great article Randy! (As I sit here in my muumuu that my daughter brought back from Oahu, feels right at home! haha!)
My "Little Hawaii" is in desperate need of weeding and repotting. Lots of daylilies have scaped. Another amaryllis is about to bloom. The peach hibiscus are blooming as well as the double red. The plumerias are leafing out. All is good. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
May 06, 2009
06:47 PM Post #6514121
| Pestilence Control Patrol
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rj... |
