Very pretty! I love Spring!!!
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Very pretty! I love Spring!!!
Aw. . . now we're talkin' my language!
BUDS! I see BUDS!!!!
Just like last year at this time, I'm getting jealous as we're not even thinking of spring yet here in Michigan. 
You guys have some really lovely photos! That conservatory in San Francisco reminded me of the nearby Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, where I got married. Here's a few photos from the web:
They have a cactus room!
You guys have some really lovely photos! That conservatory in San Francisco reminded me of the nearby Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, where I got married. Here's a few photos from the web:
They have a cactus room!
Ahhhh! Lilacs!!!! I miss them so much!!!! The garden stores started selling some kinds of them in bare root form. I got couple of different kinds and planted them in my tortoise garden. I thing one has made it and already sprouting leaves. I doubt it is anything like a "normal" lilac bush but we'll see. Please post the pics of yours in full bloom
Ahhhh! Beautiful!!!!Just like last year at this time, I'm getting jealous as we're not even thinking of spring yet here in Michigan.
They have a cactus room!
I ordered some seeds from Thailand. Trouble is, I don't remember ordering them, so I don't know what they are. They came a week or so ago and I planted them in a plastic tub then put plastic wrap over the whole thing and set it up on top of my water heater. I remembered them this a.m. and took it down to see if it needed water.
The seeds:
I know it's a bad picture, but the little envelopes are only about an inch and a half long and filled with 50 or more seeds. The picture looks like dragon fruit cactus, but I already have several plants of that, so I wouldn't have ordered more seeds.
Here's what it looks like this a.m.:
So, not cactus for sure. The little leaf almost looks like Ginko. I wonder if it's Ginko baloba?
The seeds:
I know it's a bad picture, but the little envelopes are only about an inch and a half long and filled with 50 or more seeds. The picture looks like dragon fruit cactus, but I already have several plants of that, so I wouldn't have ordered more seeds.
Here's what it looks like this a.m.:
So, not cactus for sure. The little leaf almost looks like Ginko. I wonder if it's Ginko baloba?
This looks like a plant that grows in our "healing herbs" nursery here in Austin. That plant is a good size very attractive bush, 4-5' tall, with gorgeous big flowers resembling hibiscus flowers. I picked up few seed pods as well but haven't planted mine yet. I don't remember what it's called, I'll ask next time i go there. Their gardeners are very knowledgeable of their plants
Forgot to say that all those bushes were in full bloom very late summer/almost Fall. The fact that the plant is grown/cultivated there tells me that it has some great medicinal properties. All of theirs were grown in the area of full Texas sun if that tells you anything. The plant is either annual or tender perennial
Neat plant! Some kind of legume, maybe?
Wouldn't be surprised. They grow all kinds of unusual grains there like amaranth and such. You can buy Bodhi and Moringa and such all kinds of fruit trees that are not available at other places. All the plants you can buy there have some medicinal or culinary or health/beauty use. They guy who owns it does look like looks like a "survivalist type".
And this is what's opened up yesterday in my garden
i told myself i wouldn't plant any more Hybrid Teas, they are beautiful but I want more show of color from a distance, the kind that you see with Floribunda type roses. 
here is one that I just planted last year. 
little volunteer from last year plantings
perennial verbena is opening up
Texas Columbine, i have to dig out new plants every year and scrounge around looking for friends willing to take them
but it's soooo pretty! Not in full bloom quite yet.
little "lone star" none of the others have bloomed yet which is unusual, typically they start very early, like January
i don't spray my roses so they usually do not look picture perfect.
i told myself i wouldn't plant any more Hybrid Teas, they are beautiful but I want more show of color from a distance, the kind that you see with Floribunda type roses. here is one that I just planted last year. little volunteer from last year plantingsperennial verbena is opening upTexas Columbine, i have to dig out new plants every year and scrounge around looking for friends willing to take them but it's soooo pretty! Not in full bloom quite yet. little "lone star" none of the others have bloomed yet which is unusual, typically they start very early, like January i don't spray my roses so they usually do not look picture perfect.
My pictures can't hold a candle to all of yours, but I'm posting them anyway! It's still a bit early here.
My Iris bed. It used to be full with no dirt showing. I'm assuming all the bare spots are where my pretty colors were. Now it's mostly white and yellow:
You can see my favorite climber rose on the right. That's Cecile Bruenner, a miniature rose.
This is a Oklahoma Red Bud. It's not quite open yet, but almost:
And over the fence in my cactus garden the aloe or agave is blooming. I can never remember which one it is:
I forgot I had my camera on close-up when I took this picture of the peach tree. Oh well, you can see the pretty blooms better:
This is a type of Magnolia. Has such pretty, dainty-looking blooms:
This pot used to be planted in blue violas. They have all reverted back to their native color. Still pretty, though:
The begonias in the greenhouse are blooming nicely:
This is the Malva in the leopard tortoise yard. It always has flowers on it, all year long!:
My Iris bed. It used to be full with no dirt showing. I'm assuming all the bare spots are where my pretty colors were. Now it's mostly white and yellow:
You can see my favorite climber rose on the right. That's Cecile Bruenner, a miniature rose.
This is a Oklahoma Red Bud. It's not quite open yet, but almost:
And over the fence in my cactus garden the aloe or agave is blooming. I can never remember which one it is:
I forgot I had my camera on close-up when I took this picture of the peach tree. Oh well, you can see the pretty blooms better:
This is a type of Magnolia. Has such pretty, dainty-looking blooms:
This pot used to be planted in blue violas. They have all reverted back to their native color. Still pretty, though:
The begonias in the greenhouse are blooming nicely:
This is the Malva in the leopard tortoise yard. It always has flowers on it, all year long!:
Hi guys!
I'm kinda freaking out because it took forever for me to find this lavatera and it was growing great until it got infested with something!
What can I do?
Cut it back to the ground?
I'm kinda freaking out because it took forever for me to find this lavatera and it was growing great until it got infested with something!
What can I do?
Cut it back to the ground?
WOW!!! I wish I knew what to tell you, but I have no clue. Don't even know what lavatera is, I'm afraid.
I believe it's part of the mallow family.
Ooooohhhh!!!! Yes, you said that, didn't you!!! I looked it up: we call that Rose Mallow down here!!! I love mallows but have never had any.
I understand now what plant you have, but, sadly, I remain clueless as to what to do for it.
Is that some sort of insect? If it is, you could try dusting it with diatomaceous earth, or spraying with horticultural oil...I wish i knew what to tell you.
Do those critters on it move around, or are they stuck in place so that you have to scrape them off? If they're stuck in place, it might be scale insects. I've never had success getting rid of scale.
That looks like plain old mallow to me. If you'll look at my last picture above, that's malva or lavatera.
When I see those rust spots starting on my mallow plants, I cut the affected leaves off and toss them where the critter can't spread. I've noticed that if you catch it early enough, you can nip it in the bud. But if you allow it to start spreading, you might as well just ditch the whole plant.
It's rust or fungus:
http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden...t-by-rust-disease-needs-attention-3637832.php
When I see those rust spots starting on my mallow plants, I cut the affected leaves off and toss them where the critter can't spread. I've noticed that if you catch it early enough, you can nip it in the bud. But if you allow it to start spreading, you might as well just ditch the whole plant.
It's rust or fungus:
http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden...t-by-rust-disease-needs-attention-3637832.php
Thank you Yvonne! I'm so sad
I can buy another but this one has grown so nicely and now I have to get rid of it.
I think I may just cut it down to the ground and see what happens.
I'll also check my local nursery and see if I can plant another.
