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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on August 9, 2025, 11:05 pm Surprisingly, I had to bump up the Cherimoya seedlings I started indoors, over the winter, and transplanted to quart pots, in May, to gallon pots, already. Roots were growing through drainage holes. I also had to bump up an Abiu seedling, and a Sweetsop seedling (another Annona, like Cherimoya, and PawPaw relative). Also, while out in the yard today, I was able to get the pic below, while a bumble bee was pollinating kumquat blossoms. Although in the genus Fortunella, and not Citrus, kumquats are closely related enough, for hybrids, like limequats, to have been made. These flowers are fragrant, and smell like other citrus blooms. Tropical plants love summers, here. It's the period beginning in mid-fall and running through early spring, they don't like... https://photos.app.goo.gl/819ToKRbWnoofZWp9 The MALTESE CROSS, Lychnis chalcedonica, is blooming. This plant earned its name from the shape of the florets... https://photos.app.goo.gl/6bgkEcVSkqaswQsL7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/gbBq6x9csSTVjrNq6 The BALLOON FLOWER, Platycodon grandiflorus, is blooming. This plant earned its common name from the shape of its unopened flower buds... https://photos.app.goo.gl/PyioB2dP6hxvBMnc6 The LOOSESTRIFE, Lythrum salicaria , is blooming. This flower is also commonly known as CANADIAN LYTHRUM... https://photos.app.goo.gl/sGTXUPiKu7eafRng9 I am surprised that the plant below is blooming, this early, in the year. I planted it in the spring. It is a GREVILLEA hybrid of G. victoriae, named 'Constance'. Grevilleas usually flower in fall and winter months. For someone living in a temperate zone, I like this early blooming quality, which gives me a chance to see it bloom before protection goes on. Grevilleas are subtropical proteas. Anybody growing any varieties of Proteas? https://photos.app.goo.gl/zucNUDMFLTQ2oNNm8 Some EARLY HOSTAS, in bloom. These are of the classic, non-scented lavender type... https://photos.app.goo.gl/PgdhNrs1r65HmXtK7 AH, THE MONTBRETIA, Crocosmia 'Lucifer', is blooming! Once thought to be tender bulbs, that needs to be dug each fall,in my zone, has proven to be fully hardy, here. The blooms are exotic-looking, especially, here... https://photos.app.goo.gl/viyxuXaFoC6ffb3K7 - NEW PLANTS - Here is a BREADFRUIT TREE, Artocarpus altilis, I got. For anyone who did not know, breadfruit is a tropical fruit, commonly grown in the Pacific Islands, South America, Caribbean, and Central America. This cultivar is a more compact-growing variety (Ma'Fallala) , than regular breadfruits, and therefore, more adaptable to container-growing. Breadfruit trees are ultra-tropical, so will likely be one of the first plants to come inside, this fall. It's kinda big, already, in its 3 gallon pot.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/WYF3oD3t4BVgNmZR9 Here are two Citrus trees I got. One came from Four Seasons Citrus Growers, and the other came from Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery. Both are pretty big, in tall tree pots, and stand about 4 feet tall. One is a 'Washington Navel' ORANGE, and the other is a, 'OroBlanco' GRAPEFRUIT. Anybody else growing edible Citrus?.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/G1ZpUqEdm2FeswHG7 Here is a shipment of plants from Secret Garden Growers Nursery. Below is a pic of : Hesperantha coccinea 'Oregon Sunset, Echium amoenum 'Red Feathers', Drimys winteri, Cautleya cathcartii, Aloe polyphylla, and a Limonium latifolium... https://photos.app.goo.gl/2LE8csNkY1ofop298

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on August 10, 2025, 6:02 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin I’m not growing any hardy citrus here but I did over in Greer. I had a hardy yuzu lemon , a Thomasville Citrangequat , a hardy grapefruit and a couple of hardy oranges. The thomasville was a heavy bearer of lime subsitute fruit. I had 2 kumquats as well only the Thomasville Citrangequat had morn fruit. others had not borne fruit. Here is a pic of Citrangequat.rather dry when yhrr ed y turn orange. I used the green ones a lot .my neighbor dug up a big clump of Lucifer last week and piled by the street. https://i.ibb.co/1tQQZygz/IMG-5511.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ynZVBMZF/IMG-5510.jpg

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on August 10, 2025, 9:38 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Gosh, Fred. I wonder why your neighbor dug up the Crocosmia? I guess, subtropicals are not really desired, there, or because everyone is growing the same things, in a subtropical climate. What did he replace them with, if anything? Some are happy with a plant-free garden. Just gravel, bareness, or maybe, just one huge tree. He needs to see my forest, Lol. Seems like a waste of a subtropical climate. Were all of those citrus you grew, sour, or bitter tasting? I know many of the hardier citrus are. Negami kumquat is alot more sour, than Meiwa. This is why I chose the sweeter cultivar.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on August 11, 2025, 6:57 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" The only citrus that had born fruit was the Citrangequat. It tasted just like a limewhen green. I used it with mostly Mexican dishes. It sweetened up to be sweeter as it ripened to orange, but inside was kinda dry . I had several tried several grapefruit and oranges but all but a few froze out. Those I mentioned were basically sour but not bitter.

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