The CHITALPA 'Pink Dawn' is blooming. Unfortunately, the flowers are so high up, that I would need a ladder taller than 6ft, to take shots of its blooms. For those unfamiliar with the Chitalpa, it is a rare hybrid cross between the Eastern-native Catalpa tree, with the western native Desert Willow or Chilopsis. The cross resulted in a tree fully hardy in z6, but able to put up with more summer moisture, than the xeric Desert Willow.


ANTHURIUMS rock !!
For anyone unfamiliar with this tropical plant, this Columbian-native has become super popular in the State of Hawaii. So much so, that this plant has been dubbed, "the Heart of Hawaii". The flowers do have a heart shape:


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The first GARDENIA flower of the season, and boy does it smell great. If you have never inhaled the scent of this flower, you are missing a treat. I grew this shrub from a two-inch pot start, last year. The cultivar is, 'Pillowtalk'...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/PWQ1e6dR9xL9Ek3S8


Another TETRAPLOID DAYLILY is blooming. My tetraploids were started from seeds, years ago. Took them 3 yrs to begin flowering:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/yZoPsxBBNdft1DWr6



Here's a pic of a new LOQUAT start I got. For anyone unfamiliar with the loquat, it is a subtropical, evergreen tree, that produces an edible fruit..


https://photos.app.goo.gl/hbLxMRJuHhYu3Ck3A


Here is a pic of another tropical tree I got. it is an AFRICAN Tulip Tree, or Spathodea campanulata. This one is grafted, and it is possible that it can bloom in a large container. The blooms are normally a fiery orange color, but this is the 'Aureus' strain, which has orangey-yellow flowers. Here, it is putting on new foliage..


https://photos.app.goo.gl/nVg2miFbuEUQ96gv8



Any idea why this flower was named, 'Red Birds in a Tree'? What "red bird" could they be referring to?


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TROPICAL HIBISCUS

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YESTERDAY, TODAY and TOMORROW, or Brunsfelsia pauciflora, is blooming. The interesting part about this plant, is that its blooms change color, each day, over a 3 day period..deep purple, then lighter purple or blue, and finally, white...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/V3WXgL9Q4JPuXsm39


FOXGLOVE
This plant is usually a biennial. Sometimes, they can bloom the same year planted, though...


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Here is a new shrub I got. It is a SKIMMIA. For anyone unfamiliar with this plant, it is an evergreen subtropical. Usually, the sexes of this plant are separate, as in hollies. However, this is the REEVE'S cultivar, or reevesiana. This is a self-pollinating plant. So, just one plant is necessary for fruiting. Actually, this plant already has some green berries on it already. They should turn red, this fall:


https://photos.app.goo.gl/MNqrQzxm8XbL6rpC8



The EVENING PRIMROSE or Oenothera biennis, is blooming. Just as its botanical name indicates, it is a biennial, or blooms in its second year. Since this flower blooms after dark, and pollinated by moths (night-flying butterfly-like insects), I had to use a flashlight for illumination, take the pic...


https://photos.app.goo.gl/mTCCbE7J39FebZQP6