New Palms & A Late June Update after 100F temperatures

 Largest container ever

I've had my mule palm for a while, but it's in a brand new container.

Underneath are my new Siam Tulips. These curcuma ginger are just spectatular all summer long and hopefully will overwinter well too

A New Palm Tree

 Today I purchased my first Washingtonia filifera! It allegedly has more cold tolerance than robusta & I absolutely love the way the curly frond fillaments stand out against the Canna Musafolia Rubra

Another new purchase (from costco) my Heliconia Lady Di 

Here's an update on the Bananas

My Ensete Maurelli with my citrus

Check out the Cycads! My Revoluta x panzhihuaensis hybrid to the right is really getting some size to it!

From the front pathway with my new windmill palm

Musa Basjoo, unprotected each winter

Some front yard veggies

Blood Banana is doing well!

Musa Sikkimensis and Ae Ae 

Musa Siam Ruby

Mekong Giant

Random stuff!

Parryi Agave, Citrus, and a few yucca 

Clivia Bloom

The Triangle Palm looks great!

Bismarkia palm had a rotten new frond, but looks like it could be growing out of it. I hope!

My Medinilla myranthia 

Lady Palm, New Zealand Flax, licuala palm, and ficus tineke 

Geranium & aeonium

Citrus & crown of thorns

An update from the Pond

My Joey Palm was hiding for a while but I found it in a bush and it is doing well!

Tillandsia

Fishtail & Spindle Palm

My only surviving windmill palm in my Long Island yard

Plumeria Update

Inca gold is slowly waking up. Lots of blooms on the way though! Jackie is a little farther along.

A single flower on my California Sunset

One of my three Variegated Hibiscus. I believe this is snow queen.

Hibiscus Tillaceus and my california sunset Plumeria

Tasty Plants I'm growing this year

 Goodbye lawn and HELLO fruits!

I had a lot of requests to share what food I’m growing this year and it’s definitely enough to make a separate post.

I ripped up a piece of my lawn to make room for two raised veggie gardens, but I’m also growing plants in the ground and in containers so I can gather some insight on future Garden Guide segments

FRONT LAWN VEGGIES (all grown from seed)

Rampicante squash - growing in the former lawn. I grew this at WLTX in South Carolina and it literally ended up in the parking lot it got so big

Palermo White Zucchini - should have a nice nutty flavor

Eggplant Nagasaki Long - very mild flavor and some people eat it raw!

Tomato Thorburns Terra Cotta - supposed to make huge and very sweet fruit

Purple Cauliflower - I got this free from the library. It’s growing great! Sorry i forgot to take a picture haha

May 6

Rampicante under growlights - April 21

Parlermo Zucchini May 6

May 6

May 6

May 6 Cucumber "Space Saver"

CITRUS TREES (all of these overwintered in the garage when temperstures dropped below 30F)

Owari Satsuma - beginning to set buds now. I had about 10 fruit! They are cold hardy and taste like the “cuties” at the store

Meyer Lemon - a classic! It dropped every leaf last spring and didn’t produce fruit, but has since recovered

Ponderosa Lemon - one of the largest citrus there is! This is my first year growing it after I got it on discount last autumn

Variegated Kumquat - I brought this one inside the house during the coldest weeks of the year because it’s a bit more cold sensitive

Kumquat “Fukushu” - a friend gifted me this. Very excited to see what it does.

OUTSIDE ALL YEAR LONG PLANTS

• Blackberry - I grew this in a pot for 2 years but it’s just getting too big so I put it in the ground. "Berried Treasure" Everbearing strawberries - these honestly don’t taste great, but they are pretty!
• Raspberry Anne - Just a baby! A home depot purchase. We’ll see how it does!
• Persimmon “Jiro” - smaller growing and prolific! I got it last autumn and it already had a fruit on it. Unlike the persimmon you get at the store, this has no bitterness!
• Blueberries - I’m growing these in containers with so much success. Eventually I will put them in the ground.
• Lil's fig.
• Grapes - I mentioned that one in my previous post. It’s my first year and I’m so excited to see a few flower buds growing on it!