Belated GBBD October 2010

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 exciting for me. This year I have seedpods galore on my Snail Vine, Vigna Caracalla. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the flowers - they sure were pretty. I was told these seeds were rare so I'm excited I have several pods.

 

End of season Basil. I got tired of deadheading the plant, so I just let it bolt. Quite pretty.

 

blurry macro.

 

Shrimp again!

 

updates on the patio garden

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 ordered off of Etsy. I think it's Senecio mandraliscae. I like its cool, chalky blue color

Next is one of my most prized plants that I almost killed when it didn't get any water while I was on my cruise. It's Quisqualis indica - google it. BEAUTIFUL flowers

This plant is really neat, I'll be sure to take pictures of its flowers once it blooms. It's Snail Vine, Vigna caracalla.

Two new additions, boxwood basil (front) and lemongrass (back)

Unknown gladiolus. Beautiful peach color

Purple basil. Most recently used in a delicious pesto I made last night :-)

Ornamental Black Pepper. you do not want to eat one of these. Here are the leaves.

Windowbox planter. From left, Shasta Daisy, petunia, some type of chrysanthemum

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!

Seedlings

Statice seedling. I've never grown this before, and this seedling is about a month and a half old - I guess it's a slow grower

Two Vigna caracalla seedlings. These seeds ran about $0.75 to $1 each, they were a little pricey, and for a while I wasn't sure they were going to make it, but they seem fine now! If you have never seen what this plant looks like, its BEAUTIFUL

Plumeria seedling. this one has two odd leaves. Look at the top left corner, it has a little ledge on it where it folds down. Also, bottom right corner, its hard to see, but its very deformed.

Puya caerulea. Sapphire tower. Another interesting plant. Left of center are week-old seedlings. All the bigger ones are about 2-2.5 months old. Very slow grower

Snow-in-summer seedlings Melaleuca linariifolia. Yes, these are really 2 months old also. They are tiny and very slow growing

I just wanted to post some pictures of seedlings because I think they're interesting