I took my Saturday morning stroll around the garden and picked some stars. After a remarkably wet summer, the rain spigot has been cut off. Boom, no more water from the sky. I hand watered a little, but it is not my favorite thing to do in hot weather. So, may I present the survivors who are thriving.
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Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpeta jamaicensis). This one is living in a shell walkway and I forgot about watering this area. Amazing.
Rangpur limes are still hanging in there. All two of them.
Providing a super tropical vibe is a seedling of a Chinese Fan Palm (Livingstonia chinensis). This seedling is about 8 feet tall. This is 10 or 15 years old. One thing I have learned about palms since living in Florida, they are slow growing for the most part.
The bromeliads, of course, are thriving, water or not. This is a Painted Fingernail Neoregelia coming into flower.
‘Bossa Nova’ Neoregelia putting out pups in a big pot. The mother plant is fading and will likely pass on over the winter.
Several people asked about the Senecio last week. This is the mother plant, about 30 inches tall. These produce yellow aster-like flowers.
That’s all from South Florida this Saturday. Hoping for a little rain and no cyclones!
Happy Gardening!!
The Shrub Queen 
Hi! Thank you for bringing the senecio back into the spotlight. Otherwise, I really like the foliage of the ‘Bossa Nova’ bromeliad as well as that of the Stachytarpeta jamaicensis ( a new to me )
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We have had close to 50 days without rain and thankfully some came this week. Like you, I have also been looking for some survivors. At least we have some.
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It started raining just as soon as I posted this! Wish that always worked! Glad you got some rain. Lost some salvia..
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I lost some salvia, but the one that is hardest to grow, a lavender, is doing really well.
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The Black and Bloom and Roman Red succumbed to August. The true test in south Florida. The Tropical red just keeps going!
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I actually lost some reds, but new seedlings have started.
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i am not sure I could get rid of them, don’t want to.
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Rangpur lime is one of the few citrus that I want, but still lack, along with the various sweet oranges. I still do not know what the fruit is useful for. I just used it like lemons. Of the forty or so cultivars of citrus I worked with in the early 1990s, it was one of my favorites regardless. It was prettier than the more popular Mandarin orange trees, because it suspended so much bright reddish orange fruit on the exterior of its canopy.
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Well, if I get some seed I will save it! It makes great pies and mojo chicken or pork.
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If I grow it, I will do so from cuttings. I know that it happens to be true to type, but prefer to grow citrus from cuttings anyway. Thank you though.
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I think it takes seven years to get fruit from seed. I would also be afraid of spreading the citrus greening…
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Love how you described the demise of your plant ‘The mother plant is fading and will likely pass on over the winter.’ Much kinder than to say it will die.
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Thanks, Rosie. I always feel bad for the mother plant!
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The Blue Porterweed looks like something that would grow in a cool and damp climate, but when I looked it up it says it is from South Florida and likes shell mounds. Seems you are spot on!
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It does and probably like it for that reason, it is a big incongruous.
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I hope you get some rain soon!
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Thanks, Cynthia. We are entering a be careful what you wish for stage..
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You mean I t doesn’t rain but it pours?
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Exactly
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