A place to post and chat about plant pics...

Well if it's not a vine then I've never seen it before. Are you sure it is a weed in my area and not just in my zone, Lorax?

 

Blake your moon flower is Datura inoxia thorn apple is one of its names, it has been spread all over the world for so long that no one knows where it originally came from. Some people call them weeds others not. They should have a really strong scent which i love. Beautiful shots too.
moon flower is also the common name for a kind of morning glory Ipomea alba and I.violacea

All these chillis are making me crave food. lol

 

These seeds have ben pased down the family tree... and finally to me

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see, a bush... these are some of my moons, the bush is kinda bad looking but the flowers arnt.

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Those seed pods are poisonous, yes?

I think those'll do nicely next to my roses. :)

 

Here's my loquat seedling, Goji berry shrubs, and my baby Spider plant sending up a new baby spider plant! All of them are sucking up water and fertilizer...

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some wildflowers:

ps. nice pics HBL

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Oh my goodness, Blake! What gorgeous flowers you have there! That red one with the little yellow flowers in the center is stunning!

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Thanks for sharing with us. Wow.


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Lorax...


I was ecstatic to read this tonight! Thought Penny might be interested too since she has seeds as well...

Sounds like I am going to love this plant!

 

Can't say I like the fruit. Very well liked in New Zealand. Whenever I have had a Kiwi here and the fruit is on, they go away with bags. Goats love them too. They also sell them in super markets. Mine is too shelterd now and gets no direct sunlight. Any one know if cuttings would work? Mine is a small tree and was fine till we put a 2nd storey on the house. They are fine in plenty of sun and shelterd from the wind. Very pretty over winter with red fruit.
Liz

 

Gorgeous pictures Blake.
Thanks for the info on the tomato tree too Lorax, and Sherry.

 

Gosh Liz, now you've got me real excited! I love to grow plants over the winter also, and I have a very sunny spot for it. Sounds like an extremely ornamental plant, even if I don't like the fruits. I am hoping I might enjoy the fruit as well though.

Even though every seed I sowed popped, I thinned down to one tomato tree seedling. Here is is now...


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Love the flowers Blake,

My fav is image 466. Does that go to seed?

HBL, well done on the tomi tree.

 

Hey, I like that name - "Tomi Tree"!!!

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That's what I will call it from now on. Thanks Katalina. I am just tickled that it makes a good indoor houseplant as well.

I will show more peeks as it progresses...


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Here's my huge photo mass that I've been waiting to get online! The first pic's a view of half our yard, but she was mainly attempting to photograph the butterfly on the pink flower so make sure you find it.

My melon was difficult to handle due to the weight, and I was not able to get the pantyhose back around it, but the sling still works. ;)

My Ice Cream Musa Blue Java has sent up another leaf in just 3-4 days after the 2nd, and the E. Maureli is doing great along with the elephant ear.

My first and only pepper! It is difficult to pollinate each flower because some are opening right into another branch - and solutions/suggestions for this problem?

 

All your shots looks gorgeous, Zac!

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Everything is lush and healthy. Excellent gardening. Your banana plants and melons are terrific. Pretty Zinnia too.


Peppers don't need pollination. How do you think I grow them indoors all year round?!!! Just apply some feritilizer and let nature do the rest...


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P.S. I see the butterfly but she should have zoomed in! Pretty shots though, and thanks for posting.

 

tomi tree,

I am a lancashire lass HBL

http://dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/glossary_a.aspx

 

Cool list, Katalina!

Just glad you don't type that way, or I'd be wondering what the heck was being said!

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We refer to tomatoe as tommies.
Liz

 

It should, Ill keep my eye on it.

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Oh I just loved it when Katalina called it my Tomi Tree! How cute and catchy.

Neat, that you call tomatoes that too Liz!


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Are you sure they are self pollinating, or are they self fertile?

 

They are really one and the same.

All I meant to say ShearMe, is that you don't need to take a brush to your pepper blossoms - they will still produce lots of fruits - even if insects don't pollinate them.


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Worth Noting, ShearMe:




When pepper plants are grown together outside, the insects will pollinate the blossoms, mixing everything together, so that the next generation of seeds will not be true to the parent plant!

For example...

If you grow a sweet red bell pepper plant beside a hot red cayenne pepper plant and the insects pollinate the blossoms together, the seeds produced in the fruits will now produce red bells that have heat, and likewise Cayennes that are sweeter!!!

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If you want to produce and collect true seeds, you must isolate the plants - or grow them inside like me!


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Thanks Blake!

Tommies is another. yes Liz.

That lancashire dialect is dying out now HBL and worries I would'nt write like that. I used to put in posts the odd word like 'nowt' for nothing at another forum... or 'hasta' for have you etc.

Anyway back on topic

This week, and I don't know how it works out. First I buy that new succulent, thats appeared in this weeks Amateur Gardening mag as a topic of interest. Also in the same mag is celebrate Chillies as a topic.

 

Very neat - pass along any chili tips you read in your magazine, Katalina.


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