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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on August 26, 2025, 10:27 pm This week, I'm getting a "taste of fall". Temps are cooler, than they have been all summer. The time is getting close, for me to plant some things I have been putting off, until cooler weather. What about you? A rare summer bloom appeared on my GOLDFISH PLANT, Nematanthis gregarius... https://photos.app.goo.gl/biSFzwZoKKZiENhg8 The GOLDQUELLE LACE-LEAF CONEFLOWER, Rudbeckia lacianata 'Goldquelle', is blooming... https://photos.app.goo.gl/oQosyuVgsTm7vvG39 Earlier in the summer, when I mentioned that my Amorphophallus konjac plants were beginning to sprout foliage, Fred asked if I would post a pic of the plants, when they got taller. Here's a closeup pic of the stem. You can see snakeskin-like markings... https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7cnonBsLWTeY1Df7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/qn2h3k8ye5FSNZLp7 For those who like variegated foliage, here's a pic of STROMANTHE Triostar, in summer. It exhibits several different colors, on its leaves... https://photos.app.goo.gl/MWvnvgau1DFLeSWU7 Here's another tropical plant, with variegated foliage. It is the BAMBARANTA PLANT, or Ctenanthe lubbersiana... https://photos.app.goo.gl/UbYp3L6GDTN4VihHA Meet MR. Pye...JOE PYE, that is. He is in full bloom right now. Bees love these blooms. Unlike the dwarf variety, 'Baby Joe', this one is the regular type, that gets over 6 feet tall... https://photos.app.goo.gl/niUJuoPnXqaATyae9 The TUBEROUS BEGONIAS, are beginning to bloom. These bulbs rest in their basket over the winter. In spring, they "give the sign", that they are ready to resume growing. They bloom in mid summer to frost... https://photos.app.goo.gl/iWqeMuqw8rBv6CAc6 - NEW PLANTS - Here are a few new STRAWBERRY TREE, Arbutus unedo, starts, I got. For those unfamiliar with the plant, it is an evergreen, sub-tropical shrub, that is native to Mediterranean climates... https://photos.app.goo.gl/cqm33BLqpT2xjTiT8 Below is a pic of two plants I got from Santa Rosa Gardens Nursery. One is a Dracaena marginata bicolor, and the other is an Alocasia 'Morocco'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ka5KwG2eEGpf369L8 Below is a a pic of a SAPODILLA, Manilkara zapota, plant I got. For those unfamiliar with the Sapodilla, it is a tropical fruit tree. The cultivar of this one is 'Silas Woods', which is a dwarf variety, that will fruit in a container... https://photos.app.goo.gl/mUGiW6QgxdZR4nPr8

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Mark z7 Sharptown, MD on August 27, 2025, 5:25 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Nice variety you have there. Enjoy the cooler weather.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on August 27, 2025, 9:37 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Mark. I wish the mosquitoes stopped biting, in cooler temps, though. I had not sprayed on the mosquito repellent, before going out, in the early evening, tonight. I got 'tore up". Scratching like crazy.

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