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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on July 25, 2025, 10:11 pm 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'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/z5kSyi7FFgS4LWA9A https://photos.app.goo.gl/mtxXKMHnS5RRK4z59 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... https://photos.app.goo.gl/yvdWQz44S9tLzhHZ6 Here is a pic of a PINK CALLA Lily, in bloom... https://photos.app.goo.gl/UR1bNm9on59qmkv89 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'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/yTtRCiTd7Qne41xa9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/LjcFBfvqxLTawfW79 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... https://photos.app.goo.gl/o2zeAeba5g4qj1WM7 Here is a pic of a blooming WILD DAYLILY. This type is always orange... https://photos.app.goo.gl/XQr32vovyHXDLX976 - NEW PLANTS - Here's a pic of a MIRROR BUSH, Coprosma repens, I got from an Etsy vendor. The cultivar is 'Evening Glow'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Mf7PMAAS4f3gjkFV6 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'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/7fs5piXFP8fUYhKF6 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? https://photos.app.goo.gl/TtZG6dfTxcK9j1UF6

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on July 26, 2025, 6:12 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, the Chitalpa bloom is beautiful. I like the bloom snd foliage of the Native Catalpa as well. Not many people seems to plant Catalpas any more, although a neighbor does have one, only one I have seen here. I pulled up several little impatiens last Fall and grew over winter in the greenhouse. I planted in ground snd in a large pot, they are still beautiful. Here is a picture of it at end of dry creek. I have 3 or 4 different ones. I will pull a few seedlings this Fall as well and over winter..the Wampee has nice shiny leaves. Your collection of tropical fruits is second to none outside of Florida or perhaps Brazil. https://i.ibb.co/g0GPkPB/IMG-6517.jpg[/img

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on July 27, 2025, 1:06 am, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. Chitalpa, being only half Catalpa, has flowers that resembles both parents. Chitalpa is also a little hardier than its Desert Willow parent, but a little less hardy, than the native Catalpa, if that makes sense. Chitalpa like more water than the more xeric, Desert Willow. Still, though, it doesn't mind z6 winter minimums. Catalpa often self-seeds, and ones around have often sown themselves. Catalpa's large leaves have a tropical flair to them. Chitalpa leaves are more narrow, resembling those of the Desrt Willow more, than its Catalpa parent. Since Impatiens seem to grow from reseeding, there, are the seeds hardy enough to sprout seedlings, in spring, like say, Lunaria does, here? Lunaria seedlings are very hardy, and will begin germinating, here, in late winter, in cold soil. Up here, soil pH gives Bigleaf Hydrangeas, a mix of pink and blue flower heads, at best, and very often, solid pink, in some yards, if no soil acidifier is used.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on July 27, 2025, 8:30 am, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Soils here is so acidic!

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