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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on December 2, 2024, 8:50 pm While out in the yard protecting some of my plants, I had to remove about 6 inches of top growth from my Bay Laurel, Laurus nobilis 'Sicilian Sunshine', so it could fit under its cone. This will provide bay leaves for meats, all winter. The pruning should encourage compactness, branching, and more golden new leaves, next year... Here is a pic of my FATSHEDERA 'Angyo Star', before getting its winter covering: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7FcoUJT4N2UVHw7y5 Here is a pic of my HARDY CAMPHOR TREE, Cinnamomum checkiangiensis, before getting its winter covering: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tvki2FeNFxTpLATs6 Here is one of my FLOWERING MAPLES, Abutilon hybridus, before coming inside. This plant can bloom a long time...well into fall, if mild, even here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kQZ7sFbGJcgv8rX46 - NEW PLANTS _ Here is a pic of a bare root dwarf Apricot I planted. The variety is 'Moorpark': https://photos.app.goo.gl/yQE2dzzoAEkJvJFb9 Here is a dwarf fruiting SWEET TAMARIND, Tamarindus indica. These plants are related to beans, peas, Mimosa, and even peanuts. They are also known to fruit in containers... https://photos.app.goo.gl/2nLZEVKjrixafwsr9 Here is another tropical fruiting plant. This plant is known as the LEMON DROP MANGOSTEEN, Garcinia intermedia 'Lemon Drop'. Despite its name, this fruit is not related to the mango: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MkSMhGfJtZgNNjWk9

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on December 3, 2024, 11:41 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, the variegated Fatshedera is nice. Is it invasive? That is a nice Abutilon. I don’t grow any, but I did in Greer. I do like the Tamarind foliage. Only Mangosteen in Michigan, for sure.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Jason Western PA on December 3, 2024, 6:43 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" The flowering maple is cool. Is it not hardy? That would cool if it was.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on December 3, 2024, 9:26 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Fred, Fatshedera is not invasive, to my knowledge. It grows kinda like a shrub, but also somewhat like a shrub, sharing some qualities of both parents..the Fatsia and English ivy. It doesn't run nearly as much as straight English ivy does, nor is it as upright as Fatsia. The leaves look like large English ivy leaves, though. Tamarind leaves do resemble those of Mimosa and Calliandra. I could have the only Michigan mangosteen, lol.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin z6 on December 3, 2024, 9:36 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Jason, the flowering maple is hardy as a die back perennial, in z8, and up. I had my frst z9 minimums (under 30 degrees), of the season, just in the last week, though. Fall has been quite mild, this year. That Abutilon just came inside, days ago. I have had it for several years. I have a yellow flowered one called, 'Little Sunshine'. Logees and Woodlanders sell these plants, but they can be grown from seeds, too.

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