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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on July 13, 2025, 10:22 pm Back in the spring, I posted pics of the currant and gooseberry, when they were blooming. Well, it is harvest time, now! Really have to reach in carefully, with the gooseberries, because their stems are full of needle-like thorns, lol. Here is a pic of a picking... https://photos.app.goo.gl/M5ndsx4V1Wf3fN9s5 Could you believe my REAL culinary Ginger, Zingiber officinale, roots are JUST NOW beginning to grow. Anybody else growing edible ginger? https://photos.app.goo.gl/VjVYoFa8PJPZqZtx9 The HARDY TAPIOCA, Minihot grahamii, is setting flower buds... https://photos.app.goo.gl/5wA59yqWwVoFMGDL9 The SWEET WILLIAM, Dianthus barbatus, is blooming... https://photos.app.goo.gl/TEEHQ9NNkmYibSHP9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/ov77ehrsJTZ4XY6AA Here's a pic of my PawPaw, AKA "Michigan Banana" Asimina triloba. It has been in the ground, maybe 6-7 yrs, but still not blooming/fruiting age. The tropical fruit tree relative is native to the Great Lake State. There is even a Michigan town, named PawPaw. Anybody else growing PawPaw, in their garden? https://photos.app.goo.gl/RX9NkGBbHYoLWNgi8 More Camellia japonica flower buds are setting... https://photos.app.goo.gl/fx9ozcBinpWREESy8 Here's a pic of a bareroot Starkspur Golden Delicious Apple (from Stark Bros), that I planted, leafless, last month. Now look at it! There are actually a few flower buds that are opening. I don't expect these to produce any fruit, this year, but I am impressed with its precociousness. I have other fruit trees, in the ground, for a few years, that have not bloomed yet. Maybe, next year, for this one... https://photos.app.goo.gl/tSMQD9y9Vh1eqCt87 CUPID'S BOW, Achimenes, spp., is starting to grow. These bloom in late summer to frost. These are stored DRY, in a dark place, in my basement, over the winter, in their pots. They return, and bloom, reliably... https://photos.app.goo.gl/LRke7BShCicvRCxb9 The WAFER TREE, Ptelea trifoliata, a plant I got from Mail Order Natives, years ago, is blooming near my Mimosa tree... https://photos.app.goo.gl/xxQfgJx9azsoHTXP6 - NEW PLANTS - Here is a PAPERBUSH, Edgeworthia chysantha 'Heaven Scent', I got from Nurseries Caroliniana, in S.c. Its a gallon size, but about 2 ft tall... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zv63mMPSVrgbhYfdA Here's a little FUCHSIA GARTENMEISTER, I got from an Etsy vendor: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4rc9YjhFxGWoSxbR6

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Keith N. IL on July 14, 2025, 2:10 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" I grew gooseberries before. Too tart for my taste. Never grew a paw paw although my wife’s parents lived there.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred Sc on July 14, 2025, 3:03 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, I have seen that Fascia in California! Beautiful in bloom. Your Edgeworthia foliage is more narrow than mine. I love Edgeworthias! My mom had Achimenes. She stored them in her basement over winter . I did have but I gsve my PWpaws to my daughter. You need two to set fruit.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on July 14, 2025, 9:51 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" They ARE tart or sour, Keith. I don't eat them out of hand. Over the years, I have used them, along with currants, with sugar of course, in jam. Currants are naturally high in pectin, so less store bought pectin is needed for jam. Otherwise, the jam could turn out "too stiff or hard to spread". In recent years, I juice my currants and gooseberries, with sugar of course. The sweetened juice, is kinda like a "currant-gooseberry ade", and like lemonade, has a sweet-tart flavor. Pawpaws are slow-growers. Earlier, in the spring, I posted a pic of a paw paw tree, I started from a seed taken from a fruit Rob sent me, over 20 years ago. I planted it in my next door neighbor's yard. I'm hoping that tree will pollinate the tree, in my yard (they need cross-pollination), one day. The seed-grown tree took 10 years to begin flowering. I've heard that grafted or air-layered pawpaws will fruit sooner. Pawpaws have been dubbed "bananas", because, when ripe, they taste like really ripe bananas.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on July 14, 2025, 10:01 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" I agree, Fred, the Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister' (I guess, German for Gardenmaster), is beautiful, as a larger plant in bloom. Hopefully, this one will get jarger, in time. I often buy smaller starts, because they are cheaper (especially, if you maintain a large variety of plants, like me), for building a collection with. Yeah, I'm hoping the seed-grown pawpaw I planted in my neighbor's yard, will one day, pollinate the tree in my yard. Achimenes are easy to grow, as a hardy outdoor perennial. Only difference is that their winter rest period, is indoors. They require zero care, over the winter months.

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