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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on August 5, 2025, 10:50 pm The Canadian wildfire smoke is really doing a number, in the Upper Midwest and Northeastern U.S. Air quality has been rated in both the Windy City, and Motor City, WORST IN THE WORLD. I wish more rain would fall in the Province of Alberta, where most of the flames are... Here are some ESPARANZA, Tecoma stans, seedlings that have germinated. This plant is often commonly called Yellow Bells, as well as Esperanza. This plant is a subtropical. Anybody else growing this plant? https://photos.app.goo.gl/UKAjcF46kgN2ryJj8 Orange 'Tropicana' Climbing Rose bloom... https://photos.app.goo.gl/iiG3GyaL61Ndg4WFA The STOKE'S ASTER, Stokesia laevis 'Blue Danube', is blooming. .. https://photos.app.goo.gl/6kEyMMYyucGFWRCB7 JANE is giving a mid-summer encore! Notice that, unlike its spring flowering, the tree is fully clad in leaves... https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZjZYUU2Mo9gxaTH59 The EASTERN CAPE BLUE type of this plant, is flushing. Notice that its "flush" is just one frond, at a time. Anybody know what type of plant this is? Botanically, it is known as, Encephalartos horridus. They are slow-growers, even when grown in the ground. Plants of this type is prehistoric... https://photos.app.goo.gl/xaqRdEijohmgb9K78 - NEW PLANTS - Here is a a new add to my tropical fruit collection. It is a LYCHEE, Litchi chinensis 'Sweetheart'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/DFYg2bCi23sC8d2C6 Here is another add to my tropical fruit trees. It is a sweet TAMARIND, Tamarindus indica... https://photos.app.goo.gl/McegysysFUACiZyGA Here are a couple MIRACLE TREES, Moringa oleifera. They are called "miracle", because the leaves are supposedly packed with nutrients, and have been reputed, over centuries, to cure sickness... https://photos.app.goo.gl/B1kLmoxs1PsgEikk6 Here are a few KEI APPLE plants, Dovyalis caffra. These are another type of tropical fruit... https://photos.app.goo.gl/PQjRDFZhGNDyQEXF9 Here is a barerooted BEAKED YUCCA, Yucca rostrata, I got... https://photos.app.goo.gl/VTDJTJd9jGwB1rH3A

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on August 6, 2025, 6:30 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin , the Tecoms stans is nice . Esperanza means hope in Espanol. . Nice yucca rostrsta. My largest tostada has several good sized pups now. I need to remove them. I like the pea-like foliage on the Moringa. Tamarind g f foliage reminds me somewhat of mimosa. I love the Encyephalartos . The orange Tropicana is nice. I hope the Canadian fires subside.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on August 6, 2025, 10:10 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. I only wish I had started the Esperanza seeds, a little sooner in the season, so they would be larger, when I bring them inside, for the winter, likely in October. I have no clue, as to how well the species does indoors, under lights. If you leave the rostrata pups, your plant will branch out, like a Sago would. Although the Moringa has "pinnate" leaves, as well as produce seed pods, that resemble other pod-bearers, like Mimosa, Moringa is closer related to "cole" plants, like those in the Mustard Family (cabbage, kale, collards, turnips, and of course, mustard greens). Believe it or not, mustard family relatives also produce seed pods, or capsules. I tried a few leaves off one of my plants, for the first time. The flavor is like that of the flat-leaf form of parsley. Tamarind, on the other hand, IS a Mimosa-related plant. In fact, the edible part of the Tamarind fruit, is inside the lima bean-like pods, surrounding the seeds. The Encephalartos is a type of Cycad. I like its glaucous-blue foliage, even though it can be spiky. The Encephalartos genus seems to contain a number of bluish Cycad species. I made a mistake with the rose cultivar. The correct climbing rose cultivar is, 'Orange Velvet', and not Tropicana. I hope the wildfires do subside. This is the second summer, in the last 3, in which this part of the country has been affected by wildfire smoke. I used to only hear about wildfire smoke affected places, out west. I heard that parts of the Southeastern U.S., in Longleaf Pine forested areas, used to burn, in summer, but most logleaf forests have been cut down, for real estate development. Wildfire smoke did not affect this part of the country, until climate change began creating unusual weather, and related events. Increased drought is a major cause of wildfires. Weather events include more intense storms, floods, and higher average global temperatures. I wish people would stop referring to climate change, as a hoax. The evidence, as well as the effects, are here for everyone to see. It is costing billions of dollars, in damage, every year.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred S on August 7, 2025, 7:57 am, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" I don’t want it to branch out. I removed a pup a few weeks ago. It is difficult to remove due to the hard dead leaves. They are verydifficult to remove and I don’t want to remove and ruin the look of the Yucca.

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