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A few things that are blooming now ...

roselee z8b S.W. Texas

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

This NOID euphorbia not only is blooming now, but has been blooming for months. The foliage is beautiful even when not blooming. Got it from Patty ...

Rosa Pat Austin. Love the color variations of each petal. Lovely fragrance too ...

Planted the barbecue grill pot. What are these little mini petunia type plants called? The hanging basket they came in wasn't labeled, but love how they mixed the purple in with the tangerine color...

Byzantine glads, I think. Thank you to whoever passed them along at a swap ...

Red honey suckle. Love the little painted house received from Sylvia at last fall's SAPS Shhhh, garden fairies are sleeping inside ... :-)

Soap aloe has several bloom cycles. This is only the first ...

Wooly bee brush. Blooms all summer. I sometimes offer it at plant swaps, but no one seems interested. Can't imagine why not ...

Always dependable bougies are just beginning their summer long bloom ...

Loving how things got an early start after the mild winter. How about you?

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dwgreen2006

8 years ago

You have a beautiful garden! My Peggy Martin rose is blooming! :)

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annieinaustin
8 years ago
What a wonderland of plants you have! And you sure do know how to place them.
I'm pretty sure your little petunia relative is Calibrachoa - maybe Conga Orange?
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ruthz
8 years ago
All are beautiful.
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Bossy, I Still haven't cleaned up 8 trees from a mini tornado a couple of years ago. I have killed some similar to those bromeliads by leaving them out years ago in the bad freeze in 2010.I think it got to 13 . I moved it close under the eves. Not enough . Second might , I moved it in but the shop got under freezing too. I just got these as a replacement from Blue Girl a couple of years ago after years of looking for them. The ones that I killed have even broader leaves and longer blossoms. I just visited a old girlfriend that I gave some to before I killed mine. I had forgotten that I had given her some. She lives in Houston off of the Katy freeway just outside the inner loop. She puts hers under the eves and they have made it. She repotted and saved me some. They were given to me as 'Queens Tears'. Maybe 'Queens Tears Gone To Heaven'.
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loreleicomal
8 years ago
Is the wooly bee bush in a hanging basket? Everything is so pretty!
MsRed Byrd
8 years ago
That purple and orange combo is striking! The Rosa Pat Austin is gorgeous... so soft appearing. Really beautiful placement of everything. Love it!
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
8 years ago
Your Euphorbia is a Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi possibly. Definitely a Kalanchoe. Whatever it is , they are all pretty. I guess we are even in supplying IDs between the two of us.. HA!
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jardineratx
8 years ago
Everything is beautiful, but I especially love your "bougies", especially since I have never grown them successfully...groan.

Molly
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abarbie4me2
8 years ago
I love the Wooly bee brush don't know that I've actually ever seen it anywhere. I'm also beginning to fall in love with aloes; never realized there were so many beautiful ones. You guys are really getting me into trouble cause my wish list just keeps getting bigger and bigger. :-) As always your flowers are gorgeous!

Went to Phoenix early March and the bougies were breathtaking.
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roselee z8b S.W. Texas
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you to everyone who looked and commented. Thanks to Annie and Mara for naming my plants! I'm adding those names to my plant list.

Wooly Beebrush is a tall, narrow evergreen shrub for me in San Antonio. I cut my two plants back a little in late winter to keep it at about 6 or 7 ft tall. I like it so much I've planted two more.

Molly, so sorry you've not had success with growing bougainvilleas. I've found they are easy to grow in pots. In 2 to 4 gal. pots they like full sun, rich soil, plenty of fertilizer and in hot summer they need watering at least every other day. So the frequent watering is the only downside that I know of. Well, that and having to protect them from freezing in a normal winter.

Abarbie, yes, they are breathtaking in warm climates where they can grow in the ground. They are also pretty darn breathtaking on the south side of San Antonio after a warm winter.

Happy gardening everybody!
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
Original Author
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Oh wow dwgreen. After just commenting on the bougies growing on the south side at first I thought your Peggy Martin rose was a bougainvillea! Gorgeous! Thanks for posting the picture ... :-)

I would love to see some photos of all of your gardens posted here or on Mara's thread about what's blooming in her yard.
dwgreen2006
8 years ago
Red fountain climber (last fall's blooms) that I rescued from a neglected box at the local Dollar General. Have looked everywhere I can think of for more but to no avail. :/
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mamachile
8 years ago
Always beautiful and colorful Roselee!
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