BajaNomad - July flowers in my garden

July flowers in my garden

BajaBlanca - 7-13-2011 at 01:51 PM

please share more of your flowers/plants too !!

I'd like to know the name of this one, it is sold all over Baja ?

Now, PROBLEM !!!!! yesterday the hares ate some of the plants in my garden - does anyone have a natural solution for avoiding this ??? I am livid at them .... Les is going to build a picket fence around the garden but that does not happen overnight and I love my plants ... I did put chicken wire around some of them but maybe someone has a good solution ??????????????

any suggestions greatly appreciated.

wessongroup - 7-13-2011 at 01:52 PM

That's some nice "color" ... thanks for sharing...

Natalie Ann - 7-13-2011 at 02:41 PM

Blanca.... Some folks spray their plants with a mixture of water and hot sauce. Doesn't seem to hurt the plant, but most bugs and critters are put off by the taste. Might help with the hares and is cheap and easy to try.

You've got some beautiful plants for sure!

nena

I love white flours

mcfez - 7-13-2011 at 06:10 PM

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Eli - 7-13-2011 at 06:14 PM

Beautiful! I love yellow roses, they were my Dad's favorites, can't see one and not think of him.
Also, the red one is rich, almost as good as eating chocolate. Thanks for the visual treat.

[Edited on 7-14-2011 by Eli]

woody with a view - 7-13-2011 at 06:21 PM

the last one is the world famous "rubber tree" grown indoors and out..... we once had one 18' tall in the house.

BajaBlanca - 7-15-2011 at 06:24 PM

thanks woody !!

in the second plant photo - does anyone know if it is a flower or fruit coming up ????

bajajudy - 7-16-2011 at 07:02 AM

Spectacular!
Thanks for a wonderful morning wake up!

Mexitron - 7-16-2011 at 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
thanks woody !!

in the second plant photo - does anyone know if it is a flower or fruit coming up ????

Looks like both (the flower will come first but is attached to the immature fruit). I've got one of those plants---some kind of Epiphyllum that I've never figured out---but mines never flowered, so looking forward to yours!

BajaBlanca - 7-16-2011 at 08:21 AM

Mexitron .. thanks ... I think the plant is QUEEN OF THE NIGHT or epiphyllum anguliger ... since itis native to Mexico and I got this one in San Ignacio. I guess we can see better when it flowers. this will be the first time, I think I have had the plant for 4 years now.

Do you work with plants ? You are so knowledgeable !!

[Edited on 7-16-2011 by BajaBlanca]

Ken Bondy - 7-16-2011 at 08:31 AM

Beautiful flowers BajaBlanca. Here's a pretty California Columbine:

BajaBlanca - 7-16-2011 at 08:36 AM

wowwwwwwwwwwww that is amazing ..... send me some seeds !!!

:bounce:

toneart - 7-16-2011 at 10:43 AM

Beautiful garden, Blanca! Sorry about the bunnies.

I know there is a commercial product to deter them, like Liquid Fence for deer.

Did you ever get in touch with Theresa at the East Cape RV Park in Las Barriles? As you remember our conversation, she has each space surrounded by exotic plants and she has ID'd them with plaques.

Mexitron - 7-16-2011 at 11:17 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Mexitron .. thanks ... I think the plant is QUEEN OF THE NIGHT or epiphyllum anguliger ... since itis native to Mexico and I got this one in San Ignacio. I guess we can see better when it flowers. this will be the first time, I think I have had the plant for 4 years now.

Do you work with plants ? You are so knowledgeable !!

[Edited on 7-16-2011 by BajaBlanca]

Good to know that name finally...I do landscape design/install but I've always been interested in plants (got my BS in Botany/Horticulture at Cal Poly SLO)

BajaBlanca - 7-17-2011 at 08:49 PM

landscape design .. when when when are you coming to la bocana to go fishing ?????????

and let me pick your brain on landscape design ????? :yes:

that epiphyllum is indeed about to flower, just as you predicted - I can't wait.

Mexitron - 7-18-2011 at 03:34 AM

I don't fish much but I'll swing thru on a surf trip!

woody with a view - 7-18-2011 at 05:49 AM

got this beauty from the Caracoles restraunt (sp?) last march before a whale watching trip with Shari and Co. his brother didn't survive. this one is occupying a spot in my baja garden.

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Bob H - 7-18-2011 at 07:17 AM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
the last one is the world famous "rubber tree" grown indoors and out..... we once had one 18' tall in the house.

Woody is correct.... rubber tree. And, planted outside they can become enormous and have lots and lots of huge roots.

Rabbits will jump over chicken wire. They can hop really high to get to whatever they want to eat.

I'd mix some ground chili pepper with water and spray it all over the place.

Bob H - 7-18-2011 at 07:29 AM

Iris from my back yard...

Hibiscus bloom!

Clivia blooming....

Blooming Cactus!

Purple Hibiscus

Mexitron - 7-18-2011 at 11:14 AM

Nice pics Bob! Nothing like that San Diego climate for growing.

Bob H - 7-18-2011 at 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
Nice pics Bob! Nothing like that San Diego climate for growing.

That's for sure. Thanks for the kind comment! :tumble:

BajaBlanca - 7-18-2011 at 06:43 PM

BOB - those are GORGEOUS flowers !! wow....can you tell me the name of the one above the purple hibiscus ???? I have that one but it has not flowered yet ...

and the blooming cactus is unreal .... thanks so much for sharing, i so enjoy seeing the beauty of nature at it's best.

woody - that one is beautiful and I have one too ..

mexitron - come surf in Abreojos and visit us here in Bocana. YOUR garden must be outrageous ... some pics perhaps ??????

[Edited on 7-19-2011 by BajaBlanca]

Mexitron - 7-18-2011 at 07:11 PM

Blanca---its a Texas garden so pretty rugged what with the weather conditions out here...but here's my website with mostly California landscapes in it (the Pizza Oven yard is mine in TX):

www.stevemudge.biz

Ken Bondy - 7-18-2011 at 07:58 PM

Baja flowers:

mulegemichael - 7-18-2011 at 08:05 PM

blanca...everyone is right on with the chili spray...mash a bunch of the nastiest chilis you can find up, mix with warm water, and a raw egg,"which will allow the solution to stick to the plant", then filter through an old sock into a spray bottle...doesn't take much if the peppers are strong...lemme know. m.

shari - 7-18-2011 at 08:05 PM

Blanca...maybe try planting nasturtiums all around the perimiter...i did that up in BC and it kept the deer at bay....they dont like the peppery taste and smell...I have some woderful dark marron nasturtiums and will pass on lots of seeds for ya...did you know you can make capers out of the seeds and put the flowers and leaves in salads?

Mexitron - 7-19-2011 at 04:29 AM

Beautiful photos Ken...nice to remember that Matilija Poppies are native to Baja too.

Bob H - 7-19-2011 at 08:12 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca
BOB - those are GORGEOUS flowers !! wow....can you tell me the name of the one above the purple hibiscus ???? I have that one but it has not flowered yet ...

and the blooming cactus is unreal .... thanks so much for sharing, i so enjoy seeing the beauty of nature at it's best.

[Edited on 7-19-2011 by BajaBlanca]

Thank you ... but, sorry, I do not know what that cactus is called. It does have very long thorns though. Blooms that beautiful little flower now and then.

Mexitron - 7-19-2011 at 08:53 AM

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Thank you ... but, sorry, I do not know what that cactus is called. It does have very long thorns though. Blooms that beautiful little flower now and then.

Looks like some kind of Cholla....

Bob H - 7-19-2011 at 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron

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Originally posted by Bob H

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Thank you ... but, sorry, I do not know what that cactus is called. It does have very long thorns though. Blooms that beautiful little flower now and then.

Looks like some kind of Cholla....

Mexitron, I think you hit the nail on the head.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/storm_front/539641724/

Eli - 7-20-2011 at 05:56 AM

Wonderful to come back after a couple of days and visit all the beautiful flowers everyone has planted in this thread.

BajaBlanca - 7-20-2011 at 09:02 PM

I put chili powder mixed with water before I read about adding egg to make it stick. tomorrow I shall redo.

those Baja flowers are so pretty !!

shari - i will take you up on seeds

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