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They’re as big as her head!

We have this saying in our house … we describe things, like large pieces of food, by saying:

“It’s as big as your head!”
Like, that eggplant is as big as your head!
But today, it was true.
The amazing Hibiscus I’ve been posting about proudly displayed 7 blooms. 7 Gigantic blooms. (We think it is a Moy Grande, named after the San Antonio man named Moy who found it.)
I know it’s hard to get a frame of reference, so I dragged my 6-year old out there this morning, in her night gown, and made her pose for me.
(Can you tell how excited she is to be out there performing this favor for me early in the morning!)
And, as you can clearly see, the blooms are, in fact, as big as her head!
Stunning, they are. And happy in the hot sun.
Good thing, because we are going to get more of it next week…sigh. I’m tired of summer already and it isn’t even summer yet!!! (Just kidding — that was only a little smidge of pseudo-whining. The reall whining will come later!)

Wishing you blooms as big as your head!
By |2016-04-14T02:44:33-05:00June 21st, 2009|Blog, hibiscus, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments
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Feeling left out …


A few of my garden friends were feeling left out because my photo skills were lacking and I didn’t post them yesterday.

They gave me what-for today, so I decided I would show them off! Above we have one of my new day lilies – Grand Wazir.
And my Abutilon is still a steady bloomer — what a prolific plant she is.
The tropical hibiscus in the pots by the pool are blooming. Sadly, they are leftover from last year and really big. That’s sad because now I have hot pink Maggie Roses peeking up over the back of the pool wall and it literally hurts my eyes to look at them both in the same view. What to do, what to do…I hate to pull out those big hibiscus and have no where else to put them…

This pretty little vine (I think it’s a Clematis, but I can’t be sure and for some reason I didn’t write it down), is much more magenta, but my camera didn’t produce it true to color. I also have that problem with purples — they come out blue. Do you have the same problem with some of your colors? I’m going to have to go down to the camera shop and figure this out.
These coneflowers came back up again this year, pretty as you please. Their friend, the very expensive “Green Envy” that I ordered is still a tiny little patch of green. It should take note of the impressive growth of it’s neighbor!
And here we are back to the Hibiscus. Janet, the Queen of Seaford, is trying to help me figure out if it’s a Texas Star or a Lord Baltimore or something else. So, here are some more shots of the whole plant and the foliage and today’s amazing bloom. (I count my lucky stars for every one that the deer don’t eat!)

By |2017-11-29T23:27:42-06:00June 16th, 2009|abutilon, Blog, clematis, daylily, hibiscus, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments
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Sneaky…

Sometimes our plants are just sneaky.  This is my Saucer Hibiscus, foolishly planted in the front walkway bed, where the deer and the antelope play!  (Just kidding – but only about the antelope part!)

I periodically walk out front to find that all the new buds have been stolen and all that I have left are green stems, hastily chomped off in the search for a tasty green entree.
But today, my hibiscus was sneaky.  Somehow, she evaded those does, and burst forth with a bloom unequalled anywhere in my garden.  The sheer size of these just makes me shake my head in awe.  They are just stunning.  And even though they are few and far between, I love seeing them there, towering above the Lantana and the Euonymous and the Skullcap.
The Indigo Spires are very happy in the back yard – full of tall purple…well… spires!

And then, of course, are the reliable Crepe Myrtles with all their beautiful colors.  
Surprisingly, this exotic little bloom is a Morning Glory.
This trio is white Echinacea.
I realized that I totally ignore this Buddleia, because the deep purple color on my other two is just so amazing.  But this bush is tall and hearty and very pretty in its own right.
In spite of its strong aroma, the society garlics are all in bloom, though most of mine are lavender.
And this is a close-up of the Plumeria bloom.  Can’t you just smell it?  There, put your nose right up next to the monitor there…smell?   
We know what’s blooming all over — what smells good in YOUR garden today?
By |2016-04-14T02:45:09-05:00September 2nd, 2008|Blog, buddleia, Crape Myrtle, Eonymous, hibiscus, Morning Glory, plumeria, Sharing Nature's Garden, society garlic|0 Comments
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A few of my favorite things…

This is a little peek into the small bed I created this Spring for the Day Lilies.  It’s outside of one of our breakfast room windows, and shares the space with our air conditioners, but it’s turned out delightful.  The corner is nurturing three Cassia’s which will soon be in beautiful bloom.  In the center is a Hyacinth Bean vine, and the left corner is home to a Variegated Hibiscus.
On the lower right side are two Indigo Spires, trying to hide the lattice fence around the air conditioners.
And this is one of my two Durantas just across the walkway from the hibiscus.  

I have to say, the Lilies have not turned out to be what I imagined.  There only seem to be two colors, when I’d ordered 4 distinctly different colors and two heights of each, at that.  Just another reminder that I’m not in charge…when it comes to Mother Nature, or catalog orders, for that matter!
In spite of the heat and drought, I hand water this little bed frequently and it looks lush and lovely and makes me happy when I am sitting at the table.  It’s my little corner of paradise these days!
By |2017-11-29T23:27:53-06:00August 14th, 2008|Blog, daylily, duranta, hibiscus, hyacinth bean vine, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments
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A little bit of this, a little bit of that…

I bought this variegated hibiscus several months ago and have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of its mystery blooms.

I had no idea what color they would be, but I fell in love with the beautiful foliage. It’s in the corner of the Day Lily bed, which will soon be full of many different colors, so I figured it would go with anything.

And three of the lilies are about to bloom – I think they will be the lemon-yellow ones – yummy!
Wow. I was floored this morning when I walked outside and found that my Saucer hibiscus had produced not one, but two, beautiful blooms.
The deer will most certainly eat them, as this was a last summer experiment that proved that eat even our native hibiscus varieties, not just the tropical ones. So, I rushed in to get the camera and show you!
We’ve had a phenomenal heat wave here – 15 days over 100 degrees already and it isn’t even Summer yet. But today we got a break. Cloud cover and a few sprinkles came on the edge of a front. (The real rain missed us — again.) And it was 86 when I went out a little while ago. What a relief.

We’re sending prayers to our neighbors in the Midwest who are suffering in the rain and the floods. Our family up there had some flooding in their business and had to move horses from the barn to higher ground, but mercifully it didn’t last too long and the clean up is manageable so far.

By |2016-04-14T02:45:12-05:00June 20th, 2008|Blog, heat, hibiscus, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments
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