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January: Is anything blooming in your garden now? Spring plans, etc?

sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)

2 months ago

What is blooming in your garden? Any projects or certain plants, you are planning to get this spring? Have you started any flower ir veggie seeds yet?
I am in a zone 8b now and with these crazy freezes this past month, not much is blooming here now. I have a pink banana that has a flower and a few "fruits", some Coral salvia, a flowering sweet almond and a few citrus that I protected and they are all flowing. My Meyer Lemon & Persian Lime (both potted) each have a little fruit started.
A lot of unprotected stuff got bit by frost like many roses and even the gardenia bush by our back deck.

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whgille

2 months ago

This plant was given to me by Mark , it belong to his late father. It went through hurricanes, cold weather and is still alive.

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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
Carol, I don't blame you for not pruning anything that is blooming right now lol. I love your bilbergia. Is that Queen's Tears? I used to have one called that. They sure do have fancy blooms.

Pink Turk's Cap sounds pretty. I was able to bring my plain red Turk's Cap to the new place. It is still pretty small and in a pot. It hasn't done much yet. I need to put it in the ground this spring. Do you have yours in full sun?
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2 months ago
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>" yellow senna is blooming in our butterfly garden" ___ Although I have not seen any recently, sulphurs typically come around all winter. (Not that any adult butterfly ever is interested in the flowers of any Senna.)

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>" feels like he has a feathery momma. He likes it " ___ A classmate in sociology class mentioned an experiment that he read, in which the baby monkeys that thrived were those that were given appropriately sized terrycloth-covered wire structures.
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
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I wasn't familiar with the name Queen's Tears - I like it!

My pink Turk's cap is in semi shade by a fence. It seems to want to take over the bed. It would probably be happier with more sun, I think. It periodically puts out some sports - either solid red or red and pink striped.

We get plenty of sulphur caterpillars and butterflies in the warmer months, but I never see any larva on the plants this time of year, tho I have spotted a few adults flitting around.

And baby ducks are adorable 😊
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
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I grew the Senna alata/candle sticks at our old place. They grew tall as a small tree. They are kinda weedy looking but I don't mind a few. I think I have a stowaway seedling in with another potted plant.

I did get caterpillars on them, not in winter, of course. I will have to look for my pics of them. We had lots of Sulphur Butterflies around.

Striped pink Turks Cap sounds really cool. Have you thought about cutting off the branch and propagating it? I wonder if the striped color would remain stable. I dont know that much about Turk's Caps.
14tomatoes_md_7a
2 months ago
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Milkweed!

Good looks and good medicine -- grandma used to fill boiling pot of water with milkweed stalks (dried for the winter) and hold our heads over pot with towel covering every time we got the coughs as kids. After 2-3 days of such vapor inhalations (3x daily) coughs were gone!

Still do it to this day -- folk medicine works.

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here are benefits explained:

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DunedinDan
2 months ago
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Loquats, mangos, turks cap, bush daisy, milkweed.

Considering trying to grow soy and black beans - probably in pots. I have the seeds and pots but not much real dirt.

First time trying some bare root plants. Bought 25 strawberries and made a homemade strawberry pot. 30 came and about 20 are currently green. Hoping for the best but not expecting much.

oh and the peach is blooming. it always seems too eager to start. We have frost on the roof this morning!
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four (9B near 9A)
2 months ago
>"vapor inhalations... coughs were gone" ___ As without milkweed.
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Dan, I love how you put holes in the sides. I do that with plastic hanging pots. I don't want to see pot, just plants. What are the bare root plants?
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DunedinDan
2 months ago
Tiffany, sorry i did not make it clear! they are strawberries. I have a few terra cotta 10 hole strawberry pots but the holes are too big so wanted to try this.
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
2 months ago
Excellent! I have a strawberry pot, but it's home to some succulents, mostly 'Francesco Baldi'
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
Tony, that is interesting about the milkweed. I have been trying to learn more about herbalism and natural medicine lately.

We have a bunch of Elderberry plants here.

Dan, I like that tall strawberry pot. That is a really good idea. I really should grow strawberries. I was thinking of getting some different sized kiddie pools and cutting holes in the bottoms and stacking them, kinda like a wedding cake lol. Which varieties do well in Florida?

Tiffany, that's a nice looking plant. Do you ever have trouble growing succulents with all the rain and humidity we get in FL? I was growing some under the eaves of our old patio where the sun kinda slanted diwn on them but the rain was kept off of them for the most part.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Jasmine, Thank you! : ) Some of them don't like it, most of the Echeverias I've brought home didn't live to the end of summer. Too hot @ night, I'm led to believe. But so many others really enjoy it. Not all of them are desert plants. I think people probably generalize about them too much.
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
2 months ago
Mine don't.

I do have an annual blue mistflower that's beginning to bloom now and butterflies love that...
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DunedinDan
2 months ago
Our turk’s cap doesnt get much butterfly traffic. Not sure why but Giant swallowtails sometimes rest on the leaves. We do get Baltimore orioles this time of year. Looks like they eat the flowers. Squirrels also eat the flowers. And the occasional hummingbird. stops by.
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four (9B near 9A)
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>"blue mistflower that's beginning to bloom" ___ In January, that's great. I will try to get some. Before this starting, when had they stopped?
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They seem to prefer cooler weather, and die out when it gets really hot.
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So, they quit late last spring?
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I honestly don't recall - maybe by the end of June...?
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Narcissus got zapped by deep freeze a few weeks ago, but some new blooms have formed since then.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
Carol I like the Blue Mistflowers. Not a ton of blue flowers out there. I didnt know the butterflies liked them too! I need to add them to my list of things to plant!

Tiffany, I am glad your Narcissus is returning. Do you know what variety it is? Is it fragrant?
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
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Here are a few of my succulents/cacti etc. I am digging through my photos to find them all lol..

Monkey Cactus..

Selenicereus ..Queen of Night

A couple of variegated succulents

Epiphyllum

I will post more as I find them lol
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
Today pics...

Ember's Wish Salvia..I am surprised this is blooming now..its usually such a whimp. I dug up a clump and shoved it in a pot when we moved. It survived and my beloved Amistad didn't. So I will be buying a new Amistad this spring!

Meyer lemon babies amid sooty leaves.

Variegated Lemon blooming

Inspector Gadget following me around, doing his silly dance..making sure I dont do anything to "his" plants!
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I can give you some small Amistads now.
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Thank you, that is so sweet but I will be able to get some locally as many of the nurseries carry it here and you wont have to ship it lol.

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I was woke up by booming thunder shaking the house at 5am and I could hear the windchimes on the porch clinking & clanging like crazy so it must have been quite windy too! It has been absolutely pouring ever since. The goats are all hiding in the barns. They are just like cats in that they hate getting wet lol.

Is everyone else having crazy weather this weekend?
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Jasmine, they are scented. I don't know what kind they are, whatever kind grows wild around here. Those were moved from an empty lot next door so they would get to bloom.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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2 months ago
I've been trying to post some more photos but they don't seem to be loading with the storm. Our rural internet is kinda sketchy anyways, add storms and its horrid lol.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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What a remarkable Rhipsalis!
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Although not blooming, I post it because today I noticed that it is growing quite big. Some kinda Tillandsia, could be T. streptophylla.
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@SusieQsie_Fla , please tell us whether any of your firespike flowers survived.
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Sylvia, what a gorgeous and full lucious specimen that is! Does it ever flower?

Four, is your tillandsia mounted in a tree and di you have to protect it in the winter? It looks real healthy.
four (9B near 9A)
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It was on a 4' long branch that I leaned upright against the trunk-branch crotch of the thin tree that is visible in the photo. The protection owes to the forest-like microenvironment in that spot.

At the periphery of that narrow strip of ferns and young oaks, a large pot of tender Brugmansia cuttings was fully protected too, even though it is practically in the open. (It occurs to me that although my compost does not become warm, assistance nonetheless may have been provided by non-growing vegetation consisting of a pot of leaves and a large pile of leafless stems and thin branches.)
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dirtygardener
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Nothing blooming, but plenty of buds coming out. Spring plans are to completely redo all the garden beds, take things out, rearrange, put them back or move them. I'm creating a long bromeliad bed along the privacy fence in front of the apartment. I already have a few there, but a friend gave me more, so they'll go in there in the spring. Going to take everything out of the courtyard, pressure clean the porch, patio and walls, and maybe paint the inside walls white to reflect more sun. They're grey now, and starting to peel after 7 years of abuse by me and the plants. LOL It's a rental, but they let me do pretty much what I want with it.
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JoanM
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I took a few pictures yesterday when I saw this thread. There are still some flowers in Palm City. I shared the Yes, today, tomorrow and ixora in another thread but I have a few more.

My day bloomers in the Koi pond.

Pretty yellow flowers reaching for the sun.

The shrimp plant is totally shot from the cold but from a distance I still see color. Also, check out the size of this thing!

It is huge!

The orchid that never stops coming back.

My front deck is very sunny.

The Jasmine has baby white flowers all year.

And lastly, not blooming but check out the size of this Staghorn! Based on photo albums of this property we believe that someone stuck a Staghorn on this oak tree around 1980ish.

Crazy pretty.
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JoanM
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Do patio plants count?

I am a sucker for purple plants.
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>"The Jasmine has baby white flowers all year." ___ Do you often see butterfiles drinking from them?
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dirtygardener
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Everyone's pictures are so pretty! I have a few things coming into bloom now, so I'll post pics soon.
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four (9B near 9A)
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This morning two photos

Salvia coccinea

Passionflower Lady Margaret
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JoanM
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I see a lot of butterflies, and tons of critters. I live on 2 acres in the woods and try not to use poison so they are everywhere. I have an abundance of bunnies and squirrels but the squirrels can’t even eat all of these pinecones. This yard is a learning experience for sure.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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Joan I love your Waterliles. Do you know what variety they are? I grow some waterlies and lotus in water tubs. I used to have a pond at our old house plus some patio ponds. Our new place has a cypress swamp (I call it lol) and then two other ponds but I wont be keeping koi out there, lord only knows what's out there lol. We are putting a small pond for koi or goldfish in closer to the house. We have it partially dug already.

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I have a red version of that ground orchid and it's blooming now too. Seems to thrive on neglect 🙂

I think I have the same type of jasmine and tho it has the best fragrance, IMO, butterflies seem to ignore it.

They do like firebush, tho.
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JoanM
last month
We bought this house in 2019 and the pond had a day blooming lily in lavender and a night bloomer in hot pink that is stunning. I have no idea what varieities they are but the hot pink(magenta really) flowers close around 8 am and the lavender open at that time. The hot pink doesn’t bloom as much in winter. I thought I lost it completely last year but it came right back in the spring.

Make sure you build rock caves big enough for very large koi. The birds randomly find the pond and they need to be able to hide for long periods from predators.

The leaves are a little darker on this night bloomer. If you find this one, get it for sure.
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four (9B near 9A)
last month
>"jasmine... butterflies seem to ignore it." ___ Thank you, Carol.

>"They do like firebush" ___ Why the mention of it? I can't imagine that yours is blooming now.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
Original Author
last month
I do have a hot pink night bloomer. I cant recall the name if it..it might be Red Cup ir something similar. It is a tough lily. I also have King of Siam & Miami Rose. I had a few more but they havent bloomed since the move so I am not sure if they made it.

I was thinking of putting the deepest part of the pond 5 ft so the tall birds cant stand in there and planned a few ledges that stick out for fish to hide under. Someone gave me an idea of sinking a large pipe so fish could hide inside of there too. I want to kinda make a sort of uneven figure 8 shape (much larger on one side) and have a bridge of some sort across the center..that would give the fish more shade and another hiding spot.

I have seen herons in our cypress swamp area so they would def try to get the fish!
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
last month
That magenta lily is so pretty!

I thought of firebush because it's near my jasmine.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
Original Author
last month
Miami Rose

King of Siam

Not sure which one this is..its bluer in person

lotus

Red night bloomer

White Super fragrant daybloomer..bees are very attracted to it.
JoanM
last month
I need a lily with varigated leaves now. Thanks LOL I will start a koi pond thread so we don’t hijack this one.
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four (9B near 9A)
last month
This one should be closed (is it possible?) for commenting, given that it no longer is January. And a February initiated.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
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last month
Someone can go ahead and start a Feb Thread and we can just post there. No clue on how to close a thread lol.
four (9B near 9A)
last month
Ok, new thread is titled "February: Your flowers that appear this month" https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6346242/february-your-flowers-that-appear-this-month

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