This is one spoiled tortoise. Love it
I'll have to check out the banana plants -- they sound great although I do have the dreadful Michigan winter to consider... Thanks for the tip!Thanks to @Turtulas-Len mentioning cold hardy bananas over here http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread...d-hardy-perennials.110773/page-2#post-1146170
You just know I HAD to try it! 3 new basjoo banana plants just delivered and planted today! So excited I can hardly stand it!
I have my concerns about their hardiness in Minnesota also, but I'm excited at the possibility!I'll have to check out the banana plants -- they sound great although I do have the dreadful Michigan winter to consider... Thanks for the tip!
Yeah...it's almost embarrassing.This is one spoiled tortoise. Love it
Aww, Odin is just such a doll!! He's been added to my list of photos to gaze upon when I'm feeling blue!Another happy day in the Minnesota sun!
I hear ya -- all the way from Michigan! XD Stevie has been enjoying a bit more sun before it disappears... and who knows how much longer? I think he discovered the last cucumber in his garden too. What a beautiful Hibiscus! Are you growing those yourself? I do know of one species that's hardy to the cold climate as far north as Minnesota, the Hibiscus moscheutos, which Steve has in his garden. You could try it and see if it makes it? I'm hoping mine does!Trying to eke out every last moment in the playpen before the deep freeze.
That is from my big tropical that I bring in and out of the house every year, it has been blooming non-stop for weeks! I was going to bring it a week or two ago but I knew if I did I would lose all those wonderful blooms so I keep putting it off. Maybe this weekend?What a beautiful Hibiscus! Are you growing those yourself? I do know of one species that's hardy to the cold climate as far north as Minnesota, the Hibiscus moscheutos, which Steve has in his garden. You could try it and see if it makes it? I'm hoping mine does!
Odin is starting to look more like he knows he's got it made!
I look forward to your responses! They always give me a much needed laugh!Wait until he gets into his greenhouse! He will be impossible to live with.....
I am debating whether or not to plant the small hibiscus directly into his greenhouse or not. I worry that it will get too big and need too much pruning and/or that the roots will eventually choke out all the other stuff I plant. Maybe sink a pot into the substrate so it stays more contained and can be removed if necessary? Can't decide.I look forward to your responses! They always give me a much needed laugh!
As for the Hibiscus moshcheutos, I'm surprised mine hasn't really seemed to grow much larger after it finished blooming this summer. It took root really well though so I'm less worried about it. I'd be out in my garden more often if I only could!! The important thing is that I already have more plans for next year. XD
All of the ones I have looked up so far are only hardy to zone 5, and I am just a quick drive to zone 3.I don't know how I know so much about Hibiscus! I just wanted a perfect one for my Stevie! XD
Aww, this one is native up into Canada!! http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HIMOAll of the ones I have looked up so far are only hardy to zone 5, and I am just a quick drive to zone 3.
Now, that is not to say I may not be able to make one of them work, I am kind of a plant ninja, or goddess, or bridge troll........