Another Saturday, another garden tour. My garden is looking a bit end of summer tattered. The rainy season abated for a week or so and we have been enjoying lower temperatures and humidity while watching the massive Hurricane Lee form in the Atlantic. Current predictions give the storm 180 mph winds. Fortunately, it is well away from me and most people, what next week holds is anyone’s guess. The current spaghetti models have it heading to Canada or New England. Here is a link to the models, I find them fascinating. https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/
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Invasive Agama lizards haunt my screen porch. I am not sure what they are eating, but they are always on this corner. They are about 8 inches long and either yellow or rainbow colored. I always hope something will eat them.
Lacewing eggs on my front porch. I have been watching these for a while and they don’t seem to be making any progress. Lacewings are a beneficial predator, they eat aphids, so I was hoping to see a few.
Miniature pineapples going to seed. The pineapple is shrinking and the top is getting bigger. It is time to cut the top off to propagate new plants.
The Turkey tangle frogfruit lawn is establishing oh so slowly. The plant is supposed to be 3 inches tall and like groundcover. Patience. This started from a rooted cutting.
These Envy zinnias have been sitting in bud for weeks! I am not sure what to do or why this is happening. Too much heat and not enough food?
A successful experiment. I rooted a few Senecio barbertomicus last spring and decided to see if they would live in the garden. They are known for dying if left outside during the rainy season. Both have survived and are thriving and it has been very rainy.
That’s all from sunny South Florida this Saturday.
Happy Gardening!!
The Shrub Queen 
The weather websites on Twitter, which I follow, share a lot of Tropical Tidbits charts and their charts are really interesting.
Interesting plant that theSenecio barbertomicus. I can’t wait to see what it will look like when it has grown more. About the zinnias, mine started to flower late after all the rain we had at the beginning of August: They needed a rest after the rain, and have bloomed
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Tropical tidbits is my favorite. Though I have a difficult time with the language, zulu time and all that. The Senecio mother plant is almost a meter and flowers like a yellow aster. I am going to try some fertilizer on the zinnias, I stopped due to the heat.
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Are you using the frogfruit instead of grass? Hopefully, the hurricane will continue north. We could use some tropical rain.
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yes, I had a tiny atrocious st augustine lawn in my front yard. I don’t really like st. aug and it had everything bad happen that can. What little of the frogfruit has covered looks good and a bit like vinca minor if you know that one. I think so on the hurricane, though it looks a lot like Hugo, I would be worried if in the Carolinas. I hope it rains!
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Our St. Augustine is crispy fried. I do hate it, but we have a lot of lawn.
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Well, it works but requires a lot of maintenance. I like zoysia and the finer textured grasses but don’t want to deal with it.
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Thanks so much for sharing!
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Thank you for sharing.
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The pineapple is cute! I will be interested to see how the groundcover develops.
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Thanks, they are. I hope I actually get the ground covered!
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I’d be worried about what is hanging out that might eat the Invasive Agama lizards.
My daughter has decided to grow some vegetables for the first time so she’s been planting them up this week. She’s hoping she doesn’t get any bugs because she doesn’t know if she can handle it!
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I think raccoons will eat the lizards. They have been chowing down on the tree frogs, much to my disdain. Ugh. Hmm, your daughter could be in for some unpleasant and pleasant surprises. Fresh veg is the best!
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A great mix this week. Hope the storm passes by.
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Thanks, Rosie. we always hope for fish hurricanes.
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Really hoping Lee stays out to sea… we really CANNOT deal with any more rain. Our roads are disintegrating already!
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It looks more and more like Lee will stay in the ocean. Yay!
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From your lips to God’s ears!
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Senecio barbertonicus looks like Sedum ‘Angelina’. Is it a small scale ground cover like that? For zinnia that are not performing, they look good. Do they not get mildew?
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No, the Senecio will get about 2 feet tall. It is a much bigger scale. Haven’t had mildew, which is strange!
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Oh, so nothing like the Sedums!
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No, more like gigantic succulent rosemary.
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Invasive lizards do not sound very nice. Do they eat plants? Do they come in the house? We have had huge grasshoppers coming into the house the last few days. Chasing them out is ‘fun’! 🤣 At least your Zinnia plants look wonderfully healthy. They are just biding their time. 😉
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The lizards are nastly, they haven’t gotten in the house yet. Fun with grasshoppers! The zinnias are getting fed tomorrow whether they like it or not.
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