BajaBlanca
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My flowers Jan 2021
I have been spending a lot of time planting and re/organizing my Garden during the pandemic, or pandemonium, as my Mom says.
Some plants are flowering and this one is the MOST beautiful!
Here is the flower from my algodon or cotton tree. Starts out orange, turns yellow and quickly falls off.
Here are the flowers on a plant that grows like weed in my garden, I do not know what it is called.
I have a birdcage to be used for a plant but a bird decided otherwise.
Here is a tiny flower on a tree that was given to me about 8 inches tall that has grown into a full sized tree, quite wide, and this is the one and
only flower on it!
This is the damage done by the awful, horrid, cruel gophers.
And to end on a high note: my baby toes flowered for the 1st time too!
[Edited on 1-21-2021 by BajaBlanca]
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TMW
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Do you have humming birds. I have a feeder but I see them also at my flowers.
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BajaBlanca
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We do have hummingbirds but every time I go to take a pic of them, they fly away!
Everyone, please post pics of your flowers too!
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pacificobob
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i think that algodón is a bit uncommon. normally they start off blood red rather than orange. they are great trees. easy to propagate from a
branch.
i had a beauty. it offered excellent shade. so nice was the shade that a local worker [ who has an english nickname...ready? ....F........Y.....yup
thats what he answers to]
decided to mix herbicide beneath that lovely shade...then the drum he was using tipped over.. dang.
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BajaBlanca
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Those algodon do provide lovely shade and I cannot wait until ours grows enough to do so.
What a nickname! jeez.
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surabi
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BajaBlanca- love seeing photos of plants and flowers. Am an avid gardener myself.
Fyi, there is an app called plantsnap where you can upload a photo and it will tell you what plant it is.
Are you sure that's gopher damage? It looks a lot like what the Agave Snout Weevil does. Burrows into the root, climbs up tbrough the center of the
plant, and the top of the plant falls off and you see a big hole underneath.
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BajaBlanca
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They have eaten many different types of plants, not just the agaves. I am pretty sure it is the gophers, but I really do not know.
I will try plantsnap!
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We have a couple that make a nice hammock spot.
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A bit past her prime, this one's from south africa. I had a hell of a time getting her past the border guards.
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An aloe that looked better last year.
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BajaBlanca
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Those trees with the hammock are so big and shady! Ours is small still, no real shade.
skipjack! I need need need cuttings from those gorgeous plants!
Thanks for sharing, I am so impressed.
This bromeliad blossomed for the first time today! It's called the Queen's Tear. I had no idea it was going to produce such a pretty flower and I do
not know where I got it from.
More photos please if you have them!
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Skipjack Joe
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I'm not sure you can grow these from cutting but you're welcome to try.
And if you're successful let me know how you did it. I don't want to go through this again.
PS. My neighbors think I'm crazy to plant this in my garden. They prefer my hibiscus.
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BajaBlanca
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I do think they will grow from a cutting.
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