October blooms around the yard

 

Plumeria Divine and Ginger

Check out the hedychium ginger!

I love african marigolds! 

This Purple Dahlia is giving it its all 

A mix of winter kale and pansies and the summer banana plants and majesty palm / sago palm cycad

I love pansies

Plumeria divine

Zinnias looking great here

Flowering maple Abutilon

 

Geraniums and everbearing strawberry "Buried Treasure"

Castor beans, zinnia, and windmill palm with some nice fall foliage in the backdrop!

Fatsia Japonica first year in the ground in this spot & going into the winter strong! It's about to bloom

A few Early August blooms

 

My Vanda orchid is blooming! This was a purchase from Spring 2023

Looking good next to the begonia vine (Cissus discolor)

Plumeria Inca Gold with Musa Sikkimensis and a HUGE Hedychium Fiesta that overwintered beautifully 

The Tibouchina also began blooming. lots more flowers here than shown (just too lazy to take a good pic!) 

At my parents house Hibiscus "Perfect Storm" is enjoying the summer sun!

And my largest plumeria makes a nice compliment to the sunset!

Dipladenia "Fired Up". A survivor from last year (I brought it inside!)

Canna Cleopatra

A view of the pool. The Cordyline Black Knight ti plant is as tall as me! Hedychium looks good too.

But the biggest treat is Plumeria Divine!

Zinnia in bloom! 

A few blooms around my parents yard

 The mandevilla is having such a nice year!

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The subtle white stripes are really unusual

The windmill palms look great & Plumeria Jenny is almost ready to bloom after a hard root pruning last year. Pretty Princess bloomed inside the house.

My medican petunias survived the winter. It's blooming too! 

Gardenia Summer snow blooming so nicely after an easy winter!

The Cannas survived in the garage. I love this planter!

Early July 2024 Update from my Long Island Garden

 It's hot and humid this week and you can practically watch some of the tropical plants grow right before your eyes. It's pretty amazing! 

Things are getting big. Check out my Musa 

A peek at my gaussia princeps palm

C,lose up 

A different view

Plumeria Melody with my Variegated Kumquat, Old man Palm, and Bismarkia Palm. 

Queen Emma Crinum looking nice. The Cordyline Australis actually survived the winter!

Musa Sikkimensis with My other musa (maybe ice cream?)

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Hedychium Vanilla Ice

Zinnia Cactus type

It's Bananas!

 Musa Sumatrana X Gran Nain

Ensete Maurelli in the front yard with my Bengal tiger cannas

Mysa sikkimensis, variegated Cordyline "Torbay Dazzler"

 Musa Siam Ruby. It struggled a bit but it's coming back!

Begonia vine (Cissus discolor)

Winter Survivors

This was only one year ago (August 2023)

Windmill Palm in this corner is growing SO fast and Daniel Weeks Hedyhium Ginger sprouted back beautifully and is taller than it was last year at this time!

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My first time growing Fatsia in full shade. I am in LOVE! It is much more compact in full sun.

Sabal Minor is buried by my winter surviving Salvia Black and Blue

Madison Star Jasmine survived the winter without issues this year. It was a mild one! The fragance is amazing. At this point the cannas have kind of buried this plant.

Frostproof Gardenia is in bloom (Puerto Rican Hat Palm looking happy too!)

The Musa Veinte cohol was planted this spring, but the needle palm is doing fabulous! 


Giant lily!

Trachycarpus latisectus goes inside below 30F

Sabal Uresana 

The windmill palm is enjoying it's 3rd summer. Next to it is a Chuck Hayes Gardenia. That's new this year!