OOOH pretty, pretty. I like that last one and I should know what it is. I've never seen a variegated one though.

Jan, as usual, your flowers are awesome. I love them all. You have a 'really big' green thumb. I too, like the last one. Could it be a Euphorbia? It looks a little like Snow on the Mountain (common name) but the pink color throws me off.

jan:
they look so happy and healthy!

Mentha & Ima, thanks!
Ima, I think you might be right. They are very invasive, other than that I like it especially soon after I give hair cut. Did you noticed tiny tiny green flowers? you really have to look for them(near center left with green leaves).
Here is NOID very fragrant orchid, I wish you all could smell it.

Nice photos - I have those red ones in picture 5 too, the hummingbirds love them.

have no idea what this is, but it comes up like gangbusters every year after self seeding. My sister in law calls it a "spider flower" - the petals are dark fuschia pink when they first open. The foliage part of it kind of looks like a marijuana plant, not that I would know anything about that, I think I saw one once on tv or something...

Ines,
I know that one! It's a cleome! They're beautiful...a self seeding annual where I live. BTW, are you in need of the confessional forum? I don't know that gardenweb offers it....lol

Great photos, Jan!

I'd like to share some pics of the flowers around (and in) my home.

Enjoy!

Lavender rose, very very fragrant, smells like Lavender!

Another pretty rose, I just HAD to pick it...

My English Rose called Glamis Castle:

My former AV collection:

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My mini rose:

The Hibiscus bush:

More to follow ...

TammyPie

Beautiful blooms, both of you. I really enjoy looking at all of them. Thanks for sharing.

Jan, how long have you had that camphorifolia? It looks huge with so many peduncles! Do you grow it outside all the time?

TammyPie, you don't grow AVs anymore? What a pity, you have some pretty ones in there.

Xuan

Nice photos, everyone! Other than Hoyas, I've got a few bloomers myself...

Huernia, either schnideriana or pendula, not sure which...
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Ipomoea platense, a caudex plant...

Monadenium leave...
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A Phal (still going strong!)...
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Begonia...
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And a first time bloom from an old Aloe nobilis...
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Denise in Omaha

ines, that's very pretty!
tammy, beautiful roses! love the lavender rose.
Denise, nice flowers!!!
Xuan, I've had my camphorifolia for over 3 years. It was good size when I got it, made lots of cuttings. here is the full plant growing under a Grapefruit tree, the leaves turn reddish in more sun.

Haxuan, all mv AV's died after my move about 4 years ago. I have one AV left from that collection you see in the pic. It's shame, but maybe one day I'll revive my AV interest. TammyPie

Wonderful photos, thanks for posting, evrybody!

Hi,
what beautiful flowers you all have..I wish I had a pic of my cactus in front of my house, it has yellow flowers and it had at least a hundred this year..they come an go so fast..
TammyPie your av are beatiful I have never seen any with so many flowers..how did you get them to bloom like that?
and Jan1 what a great plant..
thanks all for sharing the pics
linda

Emerald, I made growing AV's my hobby. I followed the AV thread here at gardenweb. That meant using the recommended potting medium, repotting after so many months, monthly pruning, fertilizing, etc. AV's are easy to grow. It broke my heart when I moved to a small apartment that didn't have the light requirements, so my AV's all died. But that was the sacrifice I had to make. Now I'm into Hoyas and roses. Regards, TammyPie

Linda,

I love the winter hardy cactus, too. I have some out in a raised bed in front of my house and they typcially have lots of flowers for about 2 weeks in June. I have both the solid yellow and yellow w/red centers, and have planted a white one out there that hasn't yet bloomed. I was SO disappointed this year - not very many flowers at all. Maybe a dozen or so. I figure it must be that we've had a very, very wet summer. Oh well - I'm sure it'll be better next year...

Denise in Omaha

Thanks for the photo, Jan. I should have asked before but I forgot :-(... do you plant the hoya directly in the ground under the shade tree, or do you plant it in a basket/pot and hang under the tree? I ask because I've been wondering if I could plant a hoya outside for it to climb onto one of the shade trees in my garden. I'd appreciate your sharing experience.

TammyPie, I grow AVs too I have posted occasionally in the AV forum. Allow me to share a photo of one of my AVs here.

Xuan

Xuan, that is a beauty of an AV.

My all-time favorite AV is Optimara Modesty. It's in the picture, on the far right side. TammyPie

Xuan, that's a nice AV. Mine are not doing too well. The most of the hoyas I have in pots hanging under the trees but I've planted 2 australis in the ground and 1 kq about 2-3 months ago. These plants are little sun burned because Florida sun gets pretty hot but looks ok. As long as you don't have frost it should be ok to plant them in the ground, we get frost once in a blue moon. I know some GW members in CA plant them in the ground and some people in HI plant them in the ground as well.
Jan

Xuan, if I was in your climate, I'd sure be planting some of mine in the ground! It would be so great to see them growing as they do in habitat.

Jan, that camphorfolia looks great. I just got a small one from CBFM and I hope it looks like that someday! Is it a fast grower? And is that an orange tree it's hanging in?

Denise in Omaha

Denise, Camphorifolia is fast grower and I love the foliage on it. It's a Grapefruit tree.

Denise, I've noticed in the wild (around my town, not in the deep jungle though) that hoyas grow "on the trees" not in the ground. They get moisture from the dew and rain. So I thought maybe it wouldn't be suitable to plant them directly in the soil/ground.

I use tree-fern to grow my hoyas in, there's absolutely no soil in the mix and my plants seem to like that. This very fact has deterred my wanting to plant them in the ground. But maybe I will try with a cutting to see what happens.

Thank you for the info, Jan.

Xuan

Wow!! Everyones pictures are so beautiful!! I really enjoyed looking at them all. Thanks so much for sharing...

Nice plants Jan, I like the soft pink rain lily.
Denise I love the Ipomoea platense did you get it from Shoal Creek Succulents?

Mike,

No, but I've gotten things from SCS before - even a few Hoyas back when they used to sell them. The Ipomoea I got at one of my C&S meetings where they give out free plants at each meeting. It's really grown impressively this year, that's for sure!

Denise in Omaha

It's really nice seeing what others have blooming.
Here are some of mine.

Bouganvilla
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Dipladenia
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Ornamental Peppers

Mike, thanks!
Jo, Great pictures!!!
I love seeing everyones photos too.
Jan

Wonderful photos! was glad I surfed on by.

The NOID variegated with pink plant looks like Breynia to me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Breynia

H lobbii & pachyclada in bloom again. My bird eat some of the pachyclada leaves.

MG picote

Jan, I really like that MG picota, I've not seen that one before.
I put some growing up the lattice on the side of my shade house in red, white and blue but they don't get enough sun so I only get a couple blooms at a time and not all three at once. Oh Well, the vine looks cool.
Jo

Jo, thanks! it's my first time growing MG from seeds. I have a tomato cage & some sticks for support, I hope it doesn't colapse. Both plants(4-8) are in a same pot(huge pot).

Thanks you everyone's pictures.
Jan- Do you have MG picote seed? It's so beautiful, I'd like to trade some seed, and will plant it for next year.
Ks-girl, look I have double mandevilla vine too

Suetran, beautiful flowers! I'll tried to collect the mg picote seeds.
Jan

Here are a few shots from my yard.
This is a plumeria I grew from seed. Since those are basically hybridized by the person who grows the seed, I got to name it, LOL. It's called "Vampire's Blood"
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Bihai,beautiful flowers!
The vampire's blood is a beauty!
all your plants and flowers look so happy.
Jan

sue, I've not found the double mandevilla around here yet. Lovely flower, it looks like a rose. I'll be on the look out for that one.
I injoy seeing what others are growing. Jo

My rose Pride of England, from 3 different angles: