One of my neighbors, that's moved away, gave me a cutting of this one in 1998. Its the second brug I acquired and has always been in a pot. I really love the blooms on it, the inside of the flower has a light green coloring.
This Sweet Potato vine has been cut back throughout the summer but wants to take over this corner. I'm hooked on this color this year, so I'm pretty much letting it go where it will.
This is my older neighbors Miami Orange Glow that I planted for her back in the Spring, it has bloomed continously and never looked bothered by the heat. This is a partial sun location but does get quite a bit of late morning/early afternoon sun. I dug a lot of milorganite into the planting hole and sprinkled tomato fertilizer granuals around the base after filling in the hole.
View of my Frosty Pink from outside my fence.
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
Thank you Patrick! This morning its cloudy, if we get a little sun later I'll take a close up of the bloom and post it. I like to take bloom pictures with the sun illuminating the blooms.
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
Thank you Shirley! I have a lot of places to sit down outside, when we have parties they are usually inside/outside gatherings. The lattice sort of evolved, initially I had mine built to hide the house next door because the people who owned it renovated but didn't want to pay for a dumpster or a contractor. They just started tearing out the inside and dumping it in the backyard!! What a nightmare! Then my current neighbors moved in and fixed up the house and the yard, which of course made us very happy. But.....their outside lights were high wattage halogens that were pointed directly at the side of our house!! When I brought it to her attention she got very upset and chewed me out and told me I was crazy! She put up the lattice behind the azaleas on her side. To make a long story short, I offered her a brug plant a year or so later and now we're friends. I added the hanging baskets of sweet potato vine this year and we're growing bleeding heart vine on her end of the lattice and she put lower wattage bulbs in and pointed them down instead of out. Thank goodness.
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
Gotta catch those "flies" with sugar and not vinegar - right, Michele? Loved that story!!! Your garden is gorgeous - wish we could get a FULL view of it sometimes.
Michele, your yard/garden looks well thought out and beautifully executed, a lovely place to spend a relaxing afternoon or any other time of day.
I love the story of the events with the neighbor, I wonder if it would work with mine. Then again, she already thinks I must be doing something to her dogs to make them bark and growl at us, I think they're excessively territorial. But she'd probably take it as me trying to kill her family and the dogs.
Lynne
USDA Zone 9b
Heat Zone 10
Bradenton, Florida
LOL to both of your stories, Michele & Lynne..enjoying them from a distance. I can see I have buches to catch up on when I get home. Checking out a few postings but don't have time to do all of them.
Wayne,
Thank you for the nice compliment. I'm happy to hear that the cutting are doing good, I can't wait to see your first blooms next year.
I just took a lot of cuttings and will continue to do so for the next month or so. My neighborhood has a flea market/garage sale in the park every year and I'm going to sell some cuttings this year. If anyone wants a cutting or two let me know.
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
I just may take you up on that offer one day!... Haven't been to Jax in over a year. DJ has been sick off and on so much this past year that we haven't strayed too far from home. If nothing happens in the next couple of weeks we are actually leaving home for a 3 day weekend to Georgia for a plant swap. It will be great to get away for a few days.
You should organize one, Michele. The one I am going to is in Joshua (roughly 50 miles from me), and people come from as far as San Antonio to attend it. I am really looking forward to it as it will be my first time to attend. Prior swaps have been much closer by.
Michele... There is a big one in Florala, Al around April. It is right on the Florida, Alabama line. I will try to remind you next year. We have several people who come from Jax.
Plant swaps are fun. I've been going to some local GW swaps for the past few years. My yard is now too full, so when I go, it's more to get rid of excess and I definitely come home with less than I took.
One of the swaps I go to is the Green Elephant swap that takes place in March and November...it is hosted by Jim Eichner, vicar of a Lutheran church. He gave me my 1rst brug cutting! I can blame it all on him...lol. I attended another GW plant swap last Saturday. "Special" plants I returned with were hardy begonias and a Stuttgart canna. That swap is a tailgate style...done in a parking lot in a short 2-hour period. Other swaps I go to are hosted at various members' homes & are more socially oriented...have had some wonderful potlucks with really nice people.
I'm looking forward to going to the big plant swap in TX with Carrie. She and I always have a great time when we get together, no matter what we do. I forget how the exact wording goes, but our long-time friendship reminds me of the saying that we don't have a choice in who our relatives are but friends are the family we choose to have. That be Carrie and me! I'm really enjoying the bruggie friendships we're making here on the forum, too.
Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place
This message has been edited by Celtguy on Sep 27, 2006 1:41 PM
Patrick is so right about that. I have told him many times that he can be replaced - but it just "ain't" so. I am already making plans for him to get his fill of chicken fried steak and fried okra while he is here - Oh, and don't forget the Bluebell.
Bren,
I would appreciate your letting me know about the plant swap in April.
Carrie.
I already organize too many things, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave a plant swap up to someone else. I soooooooooo miss chicken fried steak and mexican food! You can't find any decent Texas style food here but I'm not complaining, I really love it here. Hubby has mastered the art of smoking a brisket so that's one thing we miss that we can now have at home. Can you imagine, when we moved here if you asked the butcher for a brisket he handed you a corned beef brisket!!! Also, when we moved here, we were served barbecue with mustard based barbecue sauce, we nearly choked!
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
I am having an open house on Oct 14th. I cut all my Brugs back to bring in and this gives folks who wish to make the effort to come here a chance to increase their addictions.
I am expecting about 12 different folks to be here from as far away as 70 miles.
Good luck with your open house, Ruth Ann and the rest of you enjoy the swaps. Don't think we've ever had one here in the Valley.
Michele, got a kick out of your comments about missing Mexican food and homestyle TX cookin' since moving to Florida. You'll have to share you hubby's brisket recipe with us sometime. I have to admit that I’ve never tried cooking it but love eating it!! I can just imagine how wonderful a Texas style barbecue party with a spanish touch would be in that lovely home setting of yours. Fragrant angel trumpets all around, margaritas, salsa, meringues to dance to and mariachis!! Olé!
You are so right, Michele, there is nothing to compare with gool ole TEX MEX. I have a friend who, after living down here many years, moved back to her home state of New York. She has to make her own Mexican food as they just don't use the same spices up there. We do an annual barbeque in June and my husband smokes brisket, chicken and sausage. We were unable to have it this year, and you should have heard the complaints. Maybe next year and you are all invited.
I had a couple of round-ups at my place. Maybe three...short memory here. The first one was a Daves Garden Roundup with 14 people. The next one or two were just mini roundups. Chariton hosted the second DG roundup too, but we had become large over the year and my yard wouldn't hold 30 some people. So...we went to a local state park. Here are some pictures of the DG mini roundup held at my place. This would have been in August of 2003, I think. The first one was in May, same year, and the yard didn't look all that great. It sure was fun tho. These pictures were taken by a friend. I was too busy flitting around the yard to answer questions and totally forgot to bring the camera outside.
Looks like a fun group, Shirley and your yard looks great. I love get-to-gethers with gardening buddies. Wouldn't it be fun if this forum group could get together sometimes? Pretty far fetched, but it would be fun ---
Looks like a fun group, Shirley and your yard looks great. I love get-to-gethers with gardening buddies. Wouldn't it be fun if this forum group could get together sometimes? Pretty far fetched, but it would be fun ---
Carrie, late July and early August I can usually get all the great corn you guys could eat. Corn is one of my favorite veggies. There is no corn like Iowa corn.
Jarie, the brug is Harlot. This picture was taken before I found she got darker when planted in the ground. Actually, she wasn't that dark in person. She was just a good pink. Ron's camera was too good!!
ChSam (Shirley Morr)
Chariton, Iowa
Zone 5
This message has been edited by ChSam on Sep 28, 2006 6:31 PM
I've eaten a lot of field corn too and if it is caught at the right stage, it's pretty good. When you say tipped, what does that mean? I've never heard the term used with corn before.
With a very sharp knife, just cut the tips of the corn and then scrape all the "milk" off the cob. When this is fried in a little butter, and milk or cream added, it makes it like a corn pudding. Oh, so good !!!!
Shirley,
Your yard looks very lush and beautiful, it sure looks large enough to hold a lot more than 30 people! What is that big elephant ear looking plant in one of the pictures, its in a big black pot?
Jarie,
Here is the recipe that we use, after many failures this one has produced two perfect briskets, melt in your mouth perfect; hmmmmmmmmmm, maybe he'll make one this weekend! http://tinyurl.com/ak2jr
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
This message has been edited by michelejaxfl on Oct 6, 2006 9:42 PM
Michele,that is exactly what it is. Alocasia Macrorizzia. I'm growing them from seed now too. Have eleven up and about 30 more planted from a second seed pod. It was a lot bigger this year and finally had some pups. My favorite ear.
ChSam (Shirley Morr)
Chariton, Iowa
Zone 5
This message has been edited by ChSam on Oct 6, 2006 10:07 PM
Shirley,
the leaves look crinkly on the edges, I have plain ones, they get about 10 tall and the leaves get about 3 - 4 wide. I like that crinkly look. I still want to get a lime zinger.
Michele
Jacksonville, Fl
Zone 9a
Nature, in order to be commanded must be obeyed. Sir Francis Bacon
Will have to give it a try. Keeping my fingers crossed that your hubby puts one on the grill this weekend. Enjoy!!