I had to get on a stepladder, to get closeups of some flowers on this tree, that is blooming, because the tree is getting tall. This tree was created by making a rare hybrid out of two trees that are native to areas, thousands of miles apart, and from two different biomes...even though they are related, botanically.
The two trees used to make this cross, are the Desert Willow, Chilopsis linearis, and the Eastern Catalpa, Catalpa bignonoides. The resulting hybrid was given the name, CHITALPA, and combines a part of both trees genus. There is a white flowered form, too, but my tree is the pink-flowered form, and has the cultivar name: 'Pink Dawn'...



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Last fall, I took some cuttings of my ROSEBUD DOUBLE Impatiens, before frost killed their mother plants. They rooted in water, and after a month or so, rooted. The rooted cuttings were potted, and grown on, over the winter, indoors, under lights. In spring, they were set out. Here are the plants now. The original plants were purchased about 5 years ago...



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Here is a pic of a PINK CALLA Lily, in bloom...



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A real hummingbird favorite (as well as bees), is blooming now. This plant is called, BEE BALM, Monarda didyma. These plants are related to mint. The cultivar of this plant pictured, is 'Jacob Cline'...



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Recently, I posted a pic of the tubers of a tropical MORNING GLORY, Ipoemea andersonii, I had been growing in a large pot for over a decade. The former pot they had been in, completely fell apart. The tubers had to be planted in a new pot. Here are the vines, today. They didn't skip a beat, after the transplanting...



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Here is a pic of a blooming WILD DAYLILY. This type is always orange...



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- NEW PLANTS -



Here's a pic of a MIRROR BUSH, Coprosma repens, I got from an Etsy vendor. The cultivar is 'Evening Glow'...



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Here is a little Camellia japonica, I got from an Etsy vendor, by the name of: Old South Camellias, located in Louisiana. The cultivar is 'Red Velvet'...



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Below is a pic of a tropical fruit tree, I got, called a WAMPEE, Clausena lansium
, that I have added to my collection. Anybody else growing any tropical fruit trees?



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