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

Late August by my pond

I was so excited to have a pond when I moved into my place 2 years ago, but let me tell you it was a HUGE learning curve to landscape around it, but I think I have it sorted this year! There is SO much fun happening in this little pocket. 

A view from the top of the pond. I need to put a chair here (and wear more bug spray!)

Love this view! The Cordyline Australis is a winter survivor by the way! So is the Fiesta Hedychium ginger which is now MASSIVE!

I guess I won't get any blooms from my Queen Emma Crinum this year,  but it sure looks happy! My Hybrid Musa Sumantrana Gran Nain is really surprising me! 

Musa Sikkimensis is the star, but Colocasia Black Stem is catching up!

Welcome to the pond!

Hedychium Daniel Weeks. My easilest blooming ginger and defintiely my favorites

Passiflora is THRIVING!

Closeup on Passiflora Lavender Lady. It's a new purchase from Fantastic Gardens 

Love this little grouping. The medinilla magnifica is having an amazing year.

My panama hat palm was a perfect houseplant last winter. It's actually not a palm, but a relative of the prayer plant! Despite it's relation to those finicky cousins, this one seems easy. Botanical name is Carludovica palmata

Sanchezia noblis is a zone 9 perennial that can actualyl bloom! I think this will be hard to keep as a houseplant but it's an epic summer plant! My Variegated Monstera Thai Constellation looks great! 

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!