The BLACKBERRIES are beginning to ripen!



https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dfk75EjojwqXvJT37



Back in early April, I posted this pic of my Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web', and Podocarpus, right after I removed their winter protection. Both are subtropical plants, growing in the North...



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Here's a pic of the plants, in mid-late summer. The Fatsia is about the height of a nearby Ostrich Plume Fern ..



https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bqws2a8LG45GR71CA



Anybody not know that a SILK FLOSS TREE, Ceiba speciosa, has a spiny trunk? Here is a shot of the trunk one of my trees. I have been accidentally cut from these, in the past..



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The RED Mexican Petunia, Ruellia elegans 'Ragin Cajun', is blooming...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/FBqfJG924yPNnXWTA



The ASIATIC LILIES are blooming! Unlike other lily types, their blooms face upward. The cultivar of this one is, 'Grand Paradiso'...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/wwG99268Lt1h3Q93A


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- NEW PLANTS -


Here are a few plants I got from Santa Rosa Farms Nursery. Pictured below are: a GAURA lindheimeri Crimson Butterflies, a Lewisia cotyledon Rainbow Mix, and a Salvia g. Mirage™ Cherry Red...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/VtFAbe55SK4GVpcn8



Here is a small PRIDE of BARBADOS, caesalpinia pulcherrima, plant I got. This is a PINK flowered variety, which is not the common red variety...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/JH2LNAvt4sUUCtoL7



Here is a little bare-root JOSHUA TREE, Yucca brevifolia, I got. Oddly, bare root is the preferred way to plant, or pot up Cacti and succulents...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/gMinGpjeTCFRnFjf8



Here are a couple of new APPLE trees, I got from Stark Brothers Nursery, and One Green World Nursery. One variety is 'Pink Lady', and the other is an heirloom variety, 'Cox's Orange Pippin'...



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