Plants I want eventually

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 anyway

1.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 moment

2. This is Strawberry Guava, Feijoa i think.

3. OOOOO.... Rangoon Creeper. I have been looking for seeds of this, but I can't find any. Isn't it beautful?

4. This last one is some sort of Clematis. Prettttyy

Stuff I am growing

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 on my parent's back patio. I saw a BEAUTIFUL specimen at Green 'N Growing in Pflugerville - it was so nice and bushy. Sorry I did not take a picture

Poppies. My mom says they look like weeds. I am REALLY crossing my fingers that they make it through the winter. I started these from seeds

This is also a poppy - california poppy, I believe

Petunia in a babylon bag. I bought these bags on amazon for like $4.00. Good deal. I hope these bloom - I had to bring them inside because it was too cold out. It should be very beautiful when it comes into bloom

Lastly, here is the view from my parent's back patio.

Rodents + garages + Plumeria = disaster

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 rat that was over a foot long. ew.

Here is the damage:

Hey, maybe at least it will branch now. I have no idea how a rat that big could climb up this plant without breaking it. Somehow, it completely left the growing tip. Miracle of miracles

New Plants

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 color magenta before in a flower, let alone paired with yellow. I also really liked the leaves. Only about 2 weeks after I bought it, did I figure out that I overpaid for it by about $4.00. Lessons learned. It is Linaria - Toadflax

Isn't it beautiful? I have hence found that it is sold quite commonly online - haha

This summer, I planted morning glories. In November, I looked down and saw this beautiful light blue flower. What a surprise, since I had planted purple and pink morning glories. Unfortunately, I didn't get any seeds from it, but at least I got a picture

I think this next one is pretty common. It's a blue lobelia. I love the texture.

TX OU weekend (this post is not about football)

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!

Creepy Shadow

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 week ago, I was laying in my bed on the phone and I look up at the ceiling and I see this:



My roommate thinks that this is our ghost. Kinda looks like a little boy doesn't it? Haha she doesn't really think its a ghost. You can clearly see that it's my dress on a hanger making the shadow - but it's still a little creepy!

Diseases!

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 appreciated

Plumeria 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 plant his mystified me since its day of germination. It grew fast for a couple weeks but S L O W E D down after that. It wasn't doing well outside, so I took it inside, and it still wasnt doing well. I've since put it back out side in the shade, and it seems to be actually growing from the tip - the leaves still fall off with the slightest pull. :-(

Allamanda - Cherries Jubilee. All the websites online mention a nutrient deficiency in which the veins are green surrounded by yellow, but here the veins are yellow surrounded by green - What gives!? It's still flowring beautifully right now though!

My First Ipomoea Cypress Vine flower!

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.