The one in the fourth pic looks to be a tangled mess with excess fruit. Does it bloom all year or just hold the fruit a very long time?
I can't help with your question, but maybe they don't produce seed pods on new growth like my mulberry trees don't get berries on their new growth. Thats why I cut them way back to the trunk every other year or 2 and just trim them to a manageable height in the between years. This year the trees I didn't cut or trim back so I would have plenty of leaves for early spring feeding are loaded with berries which is unusal. Today I had to cut a mulberry tree at ground level when I tore down an enclosure that hasn't been used for several years and the tree was growing to close to a needle palm and Walker couldn't fit between them without destroying the palm. When he found that new area with a large Hosta he didn't waste any time to start eating the hosta. He usually doesn't get fed Hosta until late fall when they start going dormant.Last time my tortoise partner, William, was here I had him cut down the Empress Tree as close to the ground as the saw would fit. I figured that would kill it. It's a beautiful tree, and it has very pretty flowers, however it also has hard shelled seed pods that could choke a tortoise, and it's in the Babcock tortoise yard.
This Spring it came back bigger and better than ever! The leaves are about 2' across at their widest point. I really hate to cut it down, so I'm asking all you gardening officionados if there's a way to keep it from making seed pods?
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The golden barrels are about a foot across at the widest point. The picture doesn't do them justice.
@Yvonne G, what does your tortoise warning sign say?
Awesome barrels! I just love 'em!
@Yvonne G, what does your tortoise warning sign say?
I've been busy this late winter and early spring investigating our new yard, which includes an old orchard. We had lots of daffodil blooms when everything first started to warm up. We had some irises and globe thistle in the backyard. In late April, I found some lovely native trout lily growing near our driveway:
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I also found some orange poppies that bloomed recently, but the wind from a rainstorm promptly blew their petals away.
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Within the last few days, we've found some fruit growing on apple (or possibly) cherry trees. It's kind of exciting to see what grows the first year you're a new homeowner. So far, we've planted a dawn redwood (metasequoia) tree, a sycamore tree, and started our very own pawpaw patch! We also have some spicebush and viburnum to plant. And my husband couldn't go without his columbine flowers and some ferns, so I'm sure next year we'll be seeing some nice colors around the property.
I LOVE Clematis...Your's is a great color. Didja see mine?Just want to share a few flowers blooming in my yard. Have to move the clematis but the cactus are looking good.View attachment 292823View attachment 292824View attachment 292826View attachment 292830
Mail me one...my big one rotted away deadWow!
I just love them!! Our real estate agent gave us one as a house-warming gift:This one is on Dudley's fence:
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And here's a close-up of the one you were asking about:
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This one is in the SA leopard yard:
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No, you are correct. Steve had a great outdoor enclosure for about 6 years, but we really wanted to get out of the suburbs. We got out just before this lockdown, thank goodness. And now Steve's new enclosure will be 5 times as big!Love your plant pictures! Do you mean to tell me you spent all that time making a tortoise garden and then you moved house? Or am I getting you mixed up with someone else?
You should actually reduce the light transplants get for a week or two to give them a chance to reestablish. Keep them in the shade until they perk up, then move them to sunnier locations. Another common technique is to reduce the amount of leaves so the roots have an easier time. The leaves produce food for the plant, but they draw a lot of water so if you've ripped off a bunch of roots digging them up you have to adjust the balance.
Oh I see! Thank you for this!! I'll leave the plant lights off of them, then. Do you think the loose plastic wrap around them would be helpful?
I removed several leaves and pieces that were damage or icky looking on these first plants. Do you think it's beneficial to remove the flowering buds that are growing? I know they take more energy to focus on growing them, though with more foliage removed it may be too hard on the plant I'm thinking...?