The garden is coming along!

 Pond area, Philodendron cortadum is really shining!

Musa Basjoo is waking up! 

Apple Tree in bloom

Broccoli Raab 

Love ivy geraiums, and my new Abutilon 'Victorian Lady" from Logees

A cool new planter! I put my Dracaena marginata 'Colorama' and a fuschia here

Planted an alphina ginger and a livistona by the pond. hHe Adondila is happy here too

Camellia "RL Wheeler"

Areca and Dracaena

The last 2 plants to go out! My licuala & Musa Ae Ae 

Crown of Thorns, Pineapple plants, and a few other fun succulets.

Bird of paradise struggling a bit with the sun. They've been acclimating for weeks in shade!

My Triangle Palm Dypsis decaryi & Bismarkia

 

My Plumeria California Sunset. Mandevilla comming soon! 

Bismarkia and ti plant

The gangs all here! Gaussia Princeps is looking nice in the sun

Coccothrinax crinita - Aka Old Man Palm

My Hibiscus tiliaceus is HUGE

Variegated Centennial Kumquat

April 22 - All the tropical plants are out for the season!

 It was a fun Earth Day bringing out all my plants for the season. Such a fun time of the year! My largest Plumeria has 7 flower inflorescences which is the most I ever remember seeing. It's going to be fun year!

Camellia arctic rose

As of April 19th ... the tropical plants are outside for 2025!

Plumeria California Sunset has been blooming beautifully in the hosue for a while. Now it's putside.

These palms have been out for a while now along with the citrus!

Musa Sikkimensis is really "cool" weather tolerant. It's already grown nearly an entire leaf and last  saturday nearly snowed & was literally a record cold 42F. 

The poinsettia I got last November is still as red as ever! 

 

Needle palm had spear pull which is ridiculous! But at least it's alive and producing a new spear.

Star Jasmine "Madison" looking nice!

And a few spring blooms! 

Daffodil Replete

Ashton High Rise Camellia

Hyacinth & Tulips

Also inside the house, I have okra! I'm excited. Not sure where to put it in the garden yet though!

 

My Medinilla magnifica is MAGNIFICANT!

 I love this plant, Medinilla magnifica is so easy and the blooms are amazing every spring.

Veggie Garden mid April

 Broccoli Rabe, Purple Cauliflower, and loads of Kale. Started these seeds in February and planted them in the garden bed in mid March (about 5 weeks ago). The broccoli rabe is flowering so that is time to pick. Good timing too because I have squash and watermelon to plant! 

Here's what it looked like a few weeks ago... The broccoli rabe honestly has been the fastest

Lots of progress on the Cauliflower

I'm also starting some Okra. They just left the growlights and are outside now getting adjusted to some sunshine. I'm going to put these hibiscus relatives in the landscape. They're pretty! 

Crocus are looking gorgeous!

 I planted 100 crocus by my pond last autumn & I'm loving the way they came out! It's a very shady spot & sprouted so late into March that I didn't even think they were going to pop up at all!

Also YAY the plants are starting to come outside for the season. Bismarkia, citrus, and my triangle and pony palm will tolerate a few cool nights better than my true tropicals.