tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810140290873609412024-09-09T15:02:34.649-05:00My favorite gardening blogs are ones that have large pictures and little text. Here is my contribution to the garden blogging world! I've sort of set it up where I will update old posts frequently, so if I havent had a new post in a while, check the older posts. Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881014029087360941.post-32324123023313648522010-10-17T20:50:00.000-05:002010-10-17T20:50:27.595-05:00

Hello! I haven't posted in months but I finally have some pretty flowers to talk about. Shrimp plant. This camera doesn't do it justice (I won't be buying a Fujifilm camera anymore) but this flower is a pretty dark pink w/ a hot pink center. I love it. my only surviving Puya that I grew from seed  Close up of shrimp plant again  Chalk sticks! What a cool succulent  Now this is

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Sorry everyone, this is a test post. Please disregard unless you know what might be wrong w/ my boyfriend's avocado tree. Thanks!

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I'm not a bird-watcher, but when I see a Cardinal, I can't help but try to take a picture. Do you see him in the center on top of the carports? Here he is. This one's a cool shot. See him? Just barely caught him on camera. Aaaand... last one - I got his butt. I bought a yellow raspberry 'Anne' from Gurney's a couple months ago. I don't have many berries, but this one's furthest along. I

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Here are some July updates. After almost losing my deep, dark red Plumeria this winter, I've been pleasantly surprised with its growth. Here is a reminder of what it looked like after I chopped off the top. And here is what it looks like today! It has three branch tips, although only two are actively growing. I need to start fertilizing it so that it might bloom next year. Here is a succulent I

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It's been a pretty uneventful spring, flower-wise. I moved to Houston last June and have been working on my patio garden. I just now have anything to blog about! I had a TON of seeds left over from my 2008-2009 seed-buying spree. I was starting to get a little anxious that some of the ones I'd never germinated would no longer be viable, so I planted about 20 different types of flowers. Here are

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There was a post in the Garden Web Plumeria forum about companion plants for Plumeria that inspired me for this post. Enjoy!Lupinus texensis 'Alamo Fire' This plant has been sort of shaded out by the Laurentia and Petunia in the pot, but it's just starting to bloom and should look nice Yellow Petunias. I know that many people hate Petunias because they are so common, but I just love how bushy

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Well I decided that I have too many pictures to post to wait for 'Bloomin Tuesday' or GBBD. Here are my most recent pics! EnjoyThe cutest grass ever. Lagurus ovatus 'Bunny Tails' This plant is so easy to grow and it is a fast grower. As for texture - it's so cloud-like and soft. The whole plant feels like velvet. Salpiglossis 'Kew Blue' The color in this picture is actually pretty accurate.

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Here is what is blooming on May 12thLinaria. From seed White Petunias. Grown from seed. Helichrysum - Strawflower. The purple color is so interesting Orange lily. I bought this on sale at Home Depot/Lowe's for $3 last fall. I was surprised at how quickly it bloomed again - It's only May! Calendula I grew from seed. I started these earlier in the spring. Yellow Petunias.

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Here is what is blooming in my garden on this May sunday.Nolana This is a must have for next year Helichrysum - Strawflower, a purple variety. The color will be fantastically dark and sexy when it opens up completely. Emilia coccinea Tassel Flower. This was supposed to be Lavatera but I don't think that's what it is. Any ideas? Snapdragon bouquet

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I am thinking of moving my blog over to WordPress - does anyone have an opinion about this? I feel like I would be betraying Blogger, but I think I like the format better at WordPress. The only problem is, I want to give my blog a better name. I'd like it to have something to do with growing flowers, frowing from seed, it could be in French, Italian, or English since those are my favorite

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881014029087360941.post-31724054362128117172009-04-18T09:41:00.001-05:002009-04-18T09:49:14.653-05:00

April 18. I bought three Arabian Nights Dahlia tubers at Home Depot and I was very skeptical about them because I read that they were hard to grow, that you couldn't grow them in pots, etc. But - they actually were not hard at all! Here is the result - It took less than 8 weeks I would say from planting to bloom. Maybe longer though - I am bad at estimating time. This one isn't fully open, but I

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881014029087360941.post-39370473858413770032009-03-15T17:36:00.002-05:002009-03-15T17:41:02.838-05:00

I am afraid I do not have much blooming right now but my petunia bag and my 'Spooky Mix' Dianthus. Today we FINALLY got some sunshine in Austin, and no rain. So, I dug a couple holes in the backyard and planted some stuff. I am going to be sore tomorrow. The soil here is basically clay/mud, so it was hard work digging holes for Echinops, candlestick plant, sage, and strawflower. The beds

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Well I haven't posted in a while, but here are what I am looking at. A lot of my pictures have the same viewpoint, macro, so I need to get more creative, but I'll worry about that laterAmaryllis 'Lima' that I ordered from easytogrowbulbs.com. I got it on sale :-) Pink tulip from Home depot. It was small, but hopefully it will grow and have a bigger bloom for next year Amaryllis 'Papilio' also

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I haven't posted in a while, but here are some recent pictures I've taken of some flowers.This is from a mystery bag of hyacinths. I love the color Red Lion Amaryllis Lily that I ordered from Van Bourgondien. I'm not crazy about the color, but oh well! And lastly, white hyacinth!

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Winter is dreary for the most part. No one posts about their gardens because they're all covered in snow (no offense to those who don't get snow!) Amarylles (?) Amaryllises? Amarylli? are a real highlight for me. This the first one I ever bought. I bought it Dec 2008 at WalMart for $7.00+ tax. It is a pink surprise, and I'm pretty impressed! EnjoyIt was labelled as Pink Diamond, but I think

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The following two pictures are actually from December. I bought two new plants. This is Salvia - not sure what kind Shrimp plant. I am glad they are hardy here!And the following three are more recent Paperwhite blooms. When I planted the bulbs, they were very curved over from being pot bound for so long. However, they did straighten out eventually. Some people do not like the smell of

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I thought I would make a picture list of some of the plants that are on my 'buy list.' Picture lists are more fun than word lists anyway1.I cannot for the life of me right now think of what this is called. OMG I just did - Honey Locust. There we go. Thanks for being with me for that real-time typing/thought moment2. This is Strawberry Guava, Feijoa i think.3. OOOOO.... Rangoon Creeper. I have

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Here is an update on some plants I've started from seed.This is Adenium. The seedling looks like a wormy - haha I'll keep updating Freesia bulbs - ill make a post later dedicated just to freesias. I am a little concerned I planted them too shallowly. Thoughts? Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' As you can see (if you'd been tracking this plant through my blog), I cut it back heavily because it almost died

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I brought 3 of my plumerias to my parents house for overwintering. I knew we had a mouse in the garage we were trying to catch, but I did not put two and two together. At least now I know that rodents like to eat plumerias? We were having trouble catching it, and kinda of hoped it would die from eating the plumeria sap. That did not happen.When we caught the 'mouse' we actually realized it was a

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Here, I hope to show you two plants you've never seen before!Here is Silver Thyme. Because it's an herb, it's hardy from zone 4a to 10b (According to PlantFiles), so there is NO excuse not to go buy it! I bought this one at The Natural Gardener - it was like $2.00.  Here is a plant that took me a while to figure out what it was. It was very much an impulse by at Home Depot. I had never seen this

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My boyfriend and I went to Texas/OU weekend with his frat on the 4th of October, and at the Texas State Fair, there were BEAUTIFUL flower garden displays. Just thought I'd share them because it's been a while since my last post. go longhorns!

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Two months ago, I came home to my apartment and I noticed a frying pan sitting in a recliner in the living room. It was a strange place for a frying pan, so I texted my roommate asking why it was there. She didn't have any idea. She said she had cleaned it and put it by the sink, and I believe her. So what was it doing over in the chair? We decided that we had a ghost in our apartment.Less than a

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I am sad because my plants are sick :-( Here are 8 pictures of 4 plants with possible nutrient deficiencies. I'll post what's wrong with them as soon as I figure it out. Any input is of course appreciatedPlumeria seedlings - the one on the right has yellowish leaves. Could be too much water - not sure Coral Tree(?) Plumeria cutting that rooted - 3 of the leaves are curly Vigna Caracalla. This

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To my surprise, today I walked out to my garden after being gone all weekend and I found this! I was thinking all summer that it would never bloom - but today I got my first flower - and it's pink! So much cooler than the red ones. Anyway - I just wanted to share with you!Sorry the picture is not in better focus. I took 13 and this is the only decent one.

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