I went to a plant sale today with only cash to stop myself, I came home with 13 cents and had lunch, all in all a pretty good day.
This is one of the new Bromeliads, Vriesea ospinae gruberi, usually extremely expensive – I found this for $20, a third of the usual price. Grabbed it. Here it is in the garden, sitting in it’s pot. I may leave it here.
My first ripe Passionfruit, much tarter than expected, frozen for future cocktails.
Another new Bromeliad, Tillandsia ionantha. I am planting it a booted palm. These are flowering and new to me, I will be interested to see what happens next.
A Lotus Leaf Begonia, people usually stop when they see this, the leaves are about a foot wide. Flowers are white and less thrilling than the foliage.
The latest butterfly in waiting in my garden, this is a Long Tailed Skipper caterpillar. I did not know what it was and thought it was a pest, several have folded the leaves on pole beans. I posted it on Facebook, a fellow enthusiast identified the caterpillar so I left them alone. I had the butterflies all summer and look forward to more.
That is my Six for this Saturday. To see six gardening related photos from gardens around the world follow this Link to Propagator!!
Happy Gardening!!
Beautiful broms! I have a couple of Tillandsia ioanthas too. They’re very interesting! Thanks for posting 💚
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Thanks, when do yours bloom?
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One of mine was blooming when I bought it last summer – now it’s putting out heaps of pups. The other one hasn’t bloomed yet (had them for about a year). 😁
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Thanks we’ll see how these do.
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Ooh, lovely purchases! Always a thrill to bring new plants home. 🙂
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YES!
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$20?! Wow, I was feeling guilty for spending $6 on some seed for dwarf palmetto.
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Don’t that Bromeliad usually goes for 60 bucks.
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That is a good plan to just use cash.
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LOL, it keeps things to a minimum, I had enough money for that bromeliad on the way out the door!
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Now that is what I call successful shopping. 😊
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There is an orchid show next weekend!!
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Now that will be hard to come back from with money in your pocket.
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The good news is I don’t do well with Orchids
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