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Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 07:55 PM Jul 2012

Some summer photos of my plants -- very pic heavy!

Some of the more interesting things going on here. Pretty much all potted -- in-ground plants are looking bad, bad, bad from the heat and drought.

'Tam Kam' Korean Persimmon -- my first fruit

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Pink Oleander

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Crepe Myrtle (kind of flattened from brief heavy rain earlier)

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Pomegranate flowering -- I hope it sets fruit

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Star Fruit tree -- fruit forming (kind of fuzzy, sorry)

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Dwarf ornamental ginger (Cucurma )

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One of the Cajun Color series hibiscus -- I don't remember its name.

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European Fan Palm -- one of my favorite palms, about as hardy as a snake plant

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Buttered Popcorn Senna -- leaves smell like buttered popcorn, really cool

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Red Lady Dwarf Papaya -- setting fruit!

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Franklinia is budding!

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Kitchen sink planter - a discarded stainless steel sink is now home to Sedums

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Storm clouds brewing -- we need more rain! Less than an inch and half in July.

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Some summer photos of my plants -- very pic heavy! (Original Post) Denninmi Jul 2012 OP
And you are in Detroit??? Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #1
NW suburbs. Denninmi Jul 2012 #2
OMG, I can imagine. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #4
more posters should do this NJCher Jul 2012 #3
Flower porn! Tsiyu Jul 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Tsiyu Jul 2012 #6
beautiful pictures! stuntcat Jul 2012 #7
Wonderful! You have ornamental ginger. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #8

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
1. And you are in Detroit???
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 08:20 PM
Jul 2012

These plants remind me of when I lived in Houston. How do they survive in Michigan?

Everything looks gorgeous.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. OMG, I can imagine.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:53 PM
Jul 2012

I think we should have pictures of the house in winter.....I am laughing thinking of how full it must be.

NJCher

(38,255 posts)
3. more posters should do this
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:36 PM
Jul 2012

It was really fun to see plants from your garden, Denninmi.

I want a crepe myrtle! And that European fan palm is striking. I'll bet it adds a lot of atmosphere to your place.



Cher

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
5. Flower porn!
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:28 AM
Jul 2012


Beautimus!

I think I will add some to your thread.

Finally got some uploaded to the intertubes.

Thank you so much for sharing your pics.

Response to Tsiyu (Reply #5)

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
8. Wonderful! You have ornamental ginger.
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 02:55 AM
Aug 2012

Does anyone know where to get regular ginger plants, how to get them and how to grow them?

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