Good morning ~ I hope you all are having a lovely day.
I thought I'd show something other than roses today. Some of these are just now leafing out, and I have to wait for this to happen just like you all do up north. It is a real treat to see the green appear, and later a joy to watch the buds turn into flowers.
Below is a dwarf white orchid tree,
Bauhinia Acuminata, grown from seed.
I have two of these.
Info for these can be found here.
Star Jasmine, Jasminum multiflorum.
Info can be found here.
Below are two pictures of my Queen Crepe.
I've been watching this for new growth and finally,
last week was rewarded almost overnight.
Below is another bloomer that I have to wait until spring each year
to enjoy the delightful blooms and their wonderful scent.
Yesterday, on the way home from work I passed some brush on a street
where wealthy people live,
between the intracoastal waterway and a main road.
I didn't stop because the two shrubs I saw were pretty wilted,
but as I got up to the corner,
I decided to go around the block and I'm glad I did.
I was 'hoping' they were gardenias, but they're not. :-(
But, they are nice shrubs anyway.
In the same pile of stuff was a really nice looking bromeliad,
so I stuffed it and the shrubs in the back of my little old Mazda wagon
and headed on down the road.
We do have an ancient shrub like these in the main garden.
They are Crepe Jasmine Tarbernaymontana divaricata or East Indian Rosebay.
Info found here.
I put them into buckets of water last night
and this morning they have both perked right up.
I also trimmed off the dead growth.
We are going to put them into the two shell flower pots.
This is the other plant I found.
The only thing the matter with it is the flower looks past it's prime.
That's it from Plum Cottage.
I wish you could all smell the wonderful scents that are filling the air.
Oh yeh, I did get a book in yesterdays mail that I ordered,
called The Embroider's Handbook.
It has detailed pictures and instructions of over 150 embroidery stitches.
Have a great week.
Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL
