photo upload
Trying another way to get a photo inserted in my post.
Well, what do you know? It worked! If all else fails…READ the INSTRUCTIONS! Found some info that helps.
Aloe 'Pink Blush'
Stained glass Dragonfly in my garden
Let’s see what these last 2 look like!
What First?
What to do first? I’m torn between my Wants & my Have To Do items on My List these days. Still working on: finishing up our tax returns; looking after a sick teen ~both kids have another week of their month-long spring break, bowling tourney coming up with brother; whacking back the jungle; installing linoleum in son’s new closet; catching 1st-time bloomers & installing a new window (in our bedroom this time). We’re also waiting on delivery of a sliding patio door. Prep for that required me chopping down a massive clump of Alpinia zerumbet (Shell Ginger). I left a few standing, but I’ll dig out tubers asap. It was sad to take them out.But eventually, we will build a deck outside this door, so I need to relocate all the plants I have in this area. Yikes! I had to find space to move all my sux that were on a tabletop that we made on our fig tree stump. It started to tilt. I think the stump is rotting. I didn’t want my sux crashing all over. Also had to move all plants outside our bedroom window. What fun!
Boring pix of a really ugly area…but here is the Ginger Whack project (before & after-well, not finished yet). I had whacked it back once already recently. The plant just about covered the whole door then!:
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- Echium fastuosum w/ Freesia ‘White Lace’ behind
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- Shell Ginger after whack
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- After whack job – Alpinia
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- Shell Ginger covering patio door
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- Alpinia zerumbet
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- Stubs left after chop
Just about every day–or every other day, you can find me taking pix of my plants & their blooms…among other things, like our remodeling projects. The time it takes to process these is getting out of hand. I no longer give them filenames in a timely manner. It’s getting more difficult just choosing which pix I want to post. Eek! I hope to get a bunch more spring bloomers up very soon.
Haven’t figured out how to get a single pic posted without having it included in the gallery of pix (like above). Oh well-more to learn later!
Echium fastuosum w/ Freesia 'White Lace' behind
Back when I’m able! I have to run…yet again!
I have a bowling club meeting & games after.
Succulents & Bloomers in the Garden
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- Mammillaria humboldtii
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- Pleiospilos nelii ‘Royal Flush’
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- Freesia ‘Oberon’
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- Aloe humilis
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- Lavandula ‘Linda Ligon’
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- Pelargonium ‘Mrs. Henry Cox’
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- Nemesia w/noticeable fragrance
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- Gasteria liliputana
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- x Astroworthia bicarinata
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- Freesia ‘Purple Star’
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- Viburnum tinus ‘Spring Bouquet’
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- Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’
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- Osteospermum
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- Haworthia pot + Grapto. hit by hail
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- Aeonium arboreum ‘Atropurpureum’ flwrs
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- Florists’ Cyclamen
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- Echinofossulocactus erectocentrus
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- Clivia miniata
Hard to choose just a few pix to post, so I’ve tried to get a variety of what’s blooming right now. Well, some are not blooming, but look great! Clicking on one pic should take you to the gallery to see larger views.
I suppose that ‘s enough for now! Have to go cross something off the list!
Signs
Warning sign
A friend gifted me with this…one of my favorite signs! I’ve seen many with sayings I love. What’s your favorite?
Clematis ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’
Trying another way to post pix…didn’t work…so back to what I know. Well, I forgot what all I did yesterday & today my external hard drive does NOT want to cooperate, so maybe later!
Back to edit, trying something else!
Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchaud'
Bit into my past
Back yard, pool facing NE corner - rainy day
I started gardening a dozen yrs. ago. We cleared our yard back then, beginning with a clean slate (so to speak), save a few fruit trees my Dad planted many years ago. We installed this pool in ’01. I’ve leaned more toward my cacti & succulent addiction the past couple years, so much of the garden has suffered. Need to get back to basics!
My best buddy, Woody, below:
