Its going to be very warm here tommorrow, 87F!! Looks like we will have 4 days in the 80s in a row (monday-thursday). So far the lowest temp of the month is 44F and the lowest in the forecast is 44F. The lows for tonight and tommorrow night wont even get out of the 60s! Greg... Glad you like my camellia and the new spots for my staghorn ferns. The butia is growing slow, but it is really healthy. Laura... Cant wait to see some pics of those plumeria blooms. My divine has an inflo comming up and its really liking the sun too (but is burned a little from the heat). I thought that my area would be cooled down really significantly, but I guess not because we are in the 80s. I saw 3 bees and many other wasps out today as well as a moth, a butterfly, and I noticed my variegated vincas are blooming now. All the street trees (bradford pears) are blooming now and the forests are getting green. Spring is here for sure, but I think this weather is more summer-like. 87F is about average for july in my area. I cant believe you got to 90F already. Sounds like beach weather to me! And you can tell the birds are making there nests now since half my spanish moss is gone. So I had to take the rest off the tree for now and I will put it back on when there nesting season is over. I really hope there arent any frosts, its still kind of early to have all these plants out, but its just so warm! The AC is now on! Good luck and enjoy the heat!

Thanks usmarine! Im glad my yard looks warmer than a zone 7, I wish it was! Hunter, I have lots of different plumerias. Some dont have names. The ones that do have names are my Plumeria Obtusa, Plumeria Pudica, Plumeria "Maya", Plumeria "Califronia sunset", Plumeria "Scott Pratt", and Plumeria "Divine". I have 2 with no name. One of them makes gigantic white flowers and the other makes smaller red flowers. All of them have a great fragrance, except for Pudica which has no scent, but blooms more vigorously than all the others. Jacklord, I overwinter all my palms with christmas lights, a frost cloth, and a garbage bin. My Med fan palm just had christmas lights and a garbage bin and my frostproof gardenia just had christmas lights and a frostcloth. One of my Trachycarpus just had a garbage bin. All my plants survived with no problems with this protection, except my Sabal Domingensis. S. Donmingensis is definitely a soild zone 9 plant, and it did look good right up until March so I give it credit for that! Thanks for looking! The deck is just about finished. I just have to move the plants and then some more pics will be up! -Alex

Cambodia- Here is a good general comment. When you buy a cutting, if from a good source, the cutting is about a foot and a half long and an inch to one and a half inches in diameter. A grafted cutting is usually smaller in diameter because greener cuttings are easier to graft. The main idea is that a grafted plant is on an established root system often from a seedling which has a better root system than a cutting. This plant is ready to grow and often flowers the first year because it has already been on the grafted roots for a year. If you are a good rooter, the cutting will be a bigger base and plant than the grafted plant but you will take a year to get to the same growth level as the grafted plant was when you started. On the down side, some grafts grow at different rates than the root stock so you can get a big base with a smaller upper stem growing out of the graft. You can also buy already rooted plants that are a year old and are not grafted. Florida Colors and Buds bud and bloom are good grafters. Maui plumeria gardens have good rooted plants. I tend to buy grafted for hard to start or very rare, rooted for those I can find and cuttings for anything else. If you are paying $15 for a cutting but can get it rooted for $30, how much is a year worth- I would pay the extra to get a year up on the plant. For cutting to grafted I ask how hard is this to start and is a thinner plant ok for me. It is a personal choice, but I have many of each kind. I have rarely lost a grafted plant or rooted plant the first year so getting going is better. After a few years, it is a matter of taste as some do not like to look at a graft. Some grafts are almost perfect and some are miss matched. Hope this gives you an idea of my thoughts. Bill

Asparagus- think it is Martha Washington... Asparagus fern Canna's Firebird Maudie Malcolm Orange Beauty President Rosemond Cole Ajania pacifica Baby Jew- Bromeliads- Bulbine- Crinum, not sure what color as they have not bloomed yet Iris- white Iris Purple Tall Mexican Petunia Pink Tall Mexican Petunia- Purple Morning Glory Tree (Cuttings) Mother-in-laws tonge- Oleander Red (Cuttings)- Oleander White (Cuttings) Philodendron Xanadu Ponytail Palm Red Sister Ti Plant Syngonium-Pink Texas Rock Rose Toad Lily- Turks Cap Would love to have canna's that I don't have Hoya's philodendrons different aloes daylilies Brugmansia iris shrubs vines plumeria's roses ferns heliconias Banana's Gingers Elephant ears Crinums Thanks, Trish