April in the Garden

Well, winter looks like it’s over, our temperatures this year are a bit warmer and very cold weather is history once again. 90’s are the norm and it is extremely dry, rain starts June 1.

Here are a few of the plants that are flowering this month:

Dendrobium aggregatum ‘majus’ North-East India through Indochina and Thailand.

Epidendrum hybrid

Clematis baldwinii Pine or Pinewood Hyacinth

Hippeastrum evansaie Bolivia

 

Zygopetalum hybrid.

Gastrophaius Micro Burst

November 14,2019

This day has brought rain to South Florida. It is on the tail end of a cold front that is freezing large parts of the country and raising havoc on our gardening friends up north.

To those in the cold we hope you were able to cover the plants that needed covering, bringing in everything that needed to come in and are comfy in the warmth of your homes.

Well here in South Florida we rarely see much cold, although over the years I remember seeing snow in Miami and heavy frosts that killed plants to the ground, with global warming, we now only see moderate winters without frost.

Today in the garden we have a number of items in flower, here are pictures of a few:

Sobralia decora

Pachystachys coccinea–Cardinals guard

Asclepias tuberosa-Butterfly Weed

Spathoglottis lobbii

Portlandia coccinea-Red Portlandia

Sobralia yauaperyensis-Brazil & French Guiana

This is our season for growing vegetables and I would like to show you a few picts of our tomatoes. They have yet to produce fruit.

Just transplanted and ready to go.

Second bed ready and willing.

Beginning of November

November, flowering and hope they set lots of fruit.

Winter is here, Thanksgiving is on the way and we have 40 days to Christmas. Any plants on your Santa’s list?

The Genus Portlandia

This summer I made a cross between two very nice shrubs in the hopes of creating some new cultivars. Please refer to my page: Hybridization in the Genus Portlandia

Portlandia proctorii

Portlandia grandiflora

September- In the garden now.

Here are some of the orchids flowering right now. All of the either are in the ground or mounted on the trees, very few are grown in pots. All my seed production focuses on multiplying more plants to put out in our garden.

Here are a few gens out there right now:

Oncidium hybrid

White Spathoglottis

Yellow Spathoglvottis In the garden

Sobralia macrantha In the garden.

Sobralia decora in the garden

Cattleya hybrid in the garden trees

Hello world!

Things change and like everything else my blog is transitioning. The site now will be devoted to botanical and horticultural information for the home gardener. It is my desire, that my experiences in the garden, may encourage and add to your passion and love of plants.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you find this a rewarding blog.