Thursday, July 05, 2007

Fast Growing Eucalyptus

Not only did it survive the winter, it is growing by leaps and bounds without supplemental watering! This tree has some potential. Of course, next winter might be colder, resulting in a dead eucalyptus, but that's part of the intrigue.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Epiphyllum flower buds

This cactus was nearly completely denuded by some type of illness that made most of the sections become brown and crispy. I removed the dead parts, which was most of the cactus. One of the few remaining sections looks like it might bloom. Does it have the energy?
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Kitchen garden

Tomatoes are starting to set fruit. Here is Lemon Boy with a marble sized fruit. The figs are also producing embryonic figs that I expect to harvest in late fall. here is Hardy Chicago. This tree is 3 feet tall and in it's 2nd year. An early producer.
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opuntia flower

Here is a better photo. Apparently the flowers last only one day., then change color to orange and fold up. Will there be edible fruit?
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Flowers

Ville de Bruxelles
Opuntia
Oriental Lilies
Angel Face
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Monday, July 02, 2007

hummer

They like the crocosmia more than any other flower in the yard.
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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Banana recovery

This banana looked dead. The "dry overwinter" method was too much stress for it. "Yes, we have no bananas" this year. But it is recovering. I read that they need a lot of nitrogen and a lot of water. It got a dose of fish emulshion today.
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Yellow Clivia

This yellow clivia was purchased as a SEED whcih cost about $8.00 via mail order. That was 5 years ago. This is its first blossom.
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Lilies

Unknown varietes of lilies. Most of there are Asiatic hybrids, with one Trumpet. Ning bought these as "variety packs" so they dont have names.


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More roses

"Peace". I had given up on this one. It looked "viral". This Spring it was cut back to about 1 foot, and it hasn't received any water. This is it's nicest blossom so far.
Beautiful in the garden and in a vase. "Fair Bianca." Very fragrant. The perfect white English Rose.
Symphony. This one is so-so compared to some English roses, but is reliable and hardy. This set of blossoms stuck up out of the ground about 1 foot from the main plant. It is own-root.
Scepter'ed Isle. Reliable, hardy, and very fragrant. There are a lot of pink roses around. I like this one a lot.Posted by Picasa