The flower buds on the HARDY TAPIOCA, Manihot grahamii, have begun opening. I'll see if they get pollinated, and form any seeds.



https://photos.app.goo.gl/jE66Sony26Uc9Ym58



This tropical variegated RUBBER TREE, Ficus elastica 'Ruby', I got from Brian's Botanicals, last year, is putting on new foliage...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/wdncDqGst1Z2Re1Y9



Another of my FLOWERING MAPLES, Abutilon hybridus, is blooming. After looking at it, you'll probably see why the cultivar is named, 'Little Sunshine'. This plant came from Logee's, two years ago...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/KsF2Bn99A6stirRM7



https://photos.app.goo.gl/3Nni48EdY8XG2hee8



The HIMALAYAN KNOTWEED, Persecaria affinis, is beginning to bloom. It begins in mid-summer, and continues to fall...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/4YS9KCTeRcV2o7hz9



Fred, if you see this, the Clivia miniata 'Solomone', buds have opened. This plant was grown from an "accidental cutting", made several years ago...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/MVQosUd4kTTMbyP46



A somewhat unusual orange color in a Geranium, I think. This one seems to have a clearer, brighter tone to it...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/8cbRxbC7RVc1tBHe8



OLEANDER is beginning to bloom, in the garden!


https://photos.app.goo.gl/bwaXSWMGhvRkCxuk9



The ORANGE JASMINE, Murraya paniculata, is blooming. From its common name, you can probably guess what these fragrant blooms smell like...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/wLRCxLtgrBPWSSdP7



- NEW PLANTS -


Anybody else growing tropical fruits, in a temperate zone? Below is a pic of a new PAPAYA plant I got. The cultivar is 'TR Hovey'. This variety stays shorter than other papayas, but yet produces full-size fruit. Usually, produces its first fruits, within a year...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/7Esjv5zpv9n65uGh9



Here is a pic of a MANGO TREE, Magifera indica. This cultivar, dubbed 'Carrie', belongs to a group of mangoes, described as, "condo mangoes", because they grow to be smaller trees, and/or are easier to keep no taller than 6-7 ft tall, YET produce full size fruit. Byron Martin, of Logees, has an online video of a mango they are growing, at their greenhouse, that had two very large mangoes, on a small, but POTTED tree. The condo variety they recommend, though, is 'Pickering'...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/qrvf3j8QKdnHfRTZA



Here is a BOUGAINVILLEA plant, I got, from an Etsy vender. Supposed to have 4 major Bougainvillea colors (red, white, pink, and orange), growing in the same pot. Although on of the cutting-grown plant seems ready to bloom, I'll see if there are any other colors. I bumped them up to a slightly bigger pot...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/mHhDUcwfeReuF1tu6