Hong Kong Orchid tree
Bauhinia blakeana
Ok, so no more whining from me about the heat for a while. The long anticipated cold front blew into the islands Saturday night, bringing the temps down to a frigid 65 degrees. How sweet it was and thus you haven’t seen my smiling face writing any blog posts, oh no, this old boy was out in the gardens, diggin’ and plantin’ an prunin’…wearing blue jeans and jean jacket no less. Sweet!!
Dioon edule female cone
In the evening I was foolin’ around with my pix trying to make some sort of order out of them. All of you blog photographers out there know my pain. Of course I haven’t been smart enough to mark any images I’ve already posted…sigh, that alone could take hours to catch up on.
Baby Hawaiian Wood Rose
Argyreia nervosa
I’ve noticed that in the comment section of Liz and the Prof. you fine gardening folks ask me to identify various plants that I have posted images of, I will try to rectify that oversight in the future by captioning each pic (or at least most of ‘em).
forground Song of India-Dracena reflexa
background Lady palm-Raphis excelsa
Let me take a second here to thank everyone who takes the time to pick a post, fave my blog, become a follower or leave a comment. That few moments of time it takes to provide some feedback is what makes this blogging stuff worth the effort and I will try to comment on others blogs more often.
Nerium oleander-double pink
So after a weekend of heavy duty gardening, evidenced by a sore back and a bunch of new fire ant bites let me get to the posting of some images.
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21 comments:
That is a splendid pink for your Orchid tree! Glad you were able to enjoy your garden chores...although they are not chores to gardeners. Thanks for the comment you left on my blog. I want to try that cinnamon butter. It sounds divine!
Rosey
Scott, thanks for the comment. Glad to have found your site (though I will seldom look at it without becoming jealous of your weather!).
Hey Scott,
Love this post. The Hong Kong Orchid tree is one of my favorites. I saw a beautiful one when we were in Southern China a few years ago and it was in full flower.
I hope you are able to keep 'warm' during your cold weather.
Just found your blog,and I love it!
The cool front was delicious, wasn't it?
All your flowers are lovely -but I do have to say the neurium olendar is just beautiful. Your happiness is contagious about being outside!
vickie
Great to see the names of the flowers. They deserve that so that we can try to grow them if we can. Your garden is so beautiful.
gorgeous pink oleander. I bet it was great to garden in the 60's! Unless you were cold and couldn't find the scarf and ski hat. I love to see that tropical foliage and beautiful exotic flowers.
Argyreia, Nerium oleander and buahinia are all native to our country pakistan and are found wild. Beautiful pics specially bauhinia. Now can you believe that i am yet to find a plant/seed for Argyreia!!!!
I feel so at home whenever visiting your blog as all the plants are very familiar to me.
Congrats on the cooler temps! A welcome change, I'm sure, after the past week! I love that orchid tree and the oleander. What wonderful plants to have growing!
Is the Dioon a cycad? If so it is in a genus we don't have in South Africa. Or is it a tree fern? (It takes blogging time to learn to value comments. And to learn to take the time to leave comments)
Rosey,
yep, beautiful tree but man the leaf drop is fierce.Cin. butter rocks!
Jennifer,
Thanks for dropping by, c'mon back often.
Noelle, HK Orchids are just starting to bloom< I'll try to catch a tree in full bloom for ya.
oh i so envy your tropical garden! how gorgeous. we can grow oleander here (nc) - it's especially common at the coast, but i'm not sure i've ever seen a double like yours. beautiful.
Chris,
I'm so glad ya dropped by, always love to find another Fl. garden blogger.
Vickie,
Oleanders are pretty, best thing is the deer and iguanas won't touch em.
Mary Delle,
Thanks, Sometimes I forget others don't know all the tropicals. These images come for many gardens, I'm not shy about taking pics of others plants, made a few garden friends that way.
Wendy,The cool weather was the BEST! C,mon back anytime for a warm tropical breeze.
MK, Glad ya feel at home! See around the Blot.
Jan, Sigh...It's starting to warm back up but at least not in the 90's
Diana, yep, Dioon is a cycad. we have a real problem here with a scale insect that attacks cycads.
I remember the first time I visited Florida (way up north compared to you down in the Keys) from Toronto in November. My friend and I spent our days in our bathing suits by the pool, while all the locals were passing by in their jackets. One fellow said to us: Y'all must be from Canada. How could he tell?!
Enjoy your cool weather. Fall really is the best time to get things done in the garden.
I have to say I'm jealous of your big tropical blooms - our summer-dry Mediterranean climate doesn't generally support those luscious leaves and blossoms. Thanks for dropping in on us meeces - it certainly is wonderful to explore the variety of native plant communities that are cherished by their local gardeners and botanists and others with an interest.
You have those awful fire ants, too! I am allergic to those terrible things and swell up. On another note...I love the Hawaiian wood rose! The colors are great...it looks very delicate.
Helen,
Glad you made here. I do love this cool weather for working outside(makes Liz happy went I get more done, too).
Darsia,
Double oleanders rock. For some reason "Calypso" is stuck in my mind as the cultivar(but I could be wrong)
Mice,
We have the tropical blooms but ocean views are a pale 2nd to your rocky vistas.
Amy,
Death and Doom upon fireants.
Remember the BABY Hawaiian Wood Rose is diff. from the H. Wood rose. Darn common names.
Glad to hear you are enjoying cooler weather. I enjoy seeing what you grow in your garden, it's so different from what I can grow in the Midwest. Your garden is a tropical paradise.
I like the pink hues of the Orchid and you have double petal oleander. That's pretty. I have seen these here. I wonder if they are available in our tropical region.
Gorgeous photos..what beautiful flowers! Love the closeup!! Wonderful post!
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