Saturday morning is prime time to tour my garden and take pictures to share with Jim at GardenRuminations and the rest of the international gardening gang. Follow the link to tour more gardens in the comments.
The White Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) is progressing, but not quite open. It surprises me how long the flowers take to get going. I have been watching this for three weeks.
I decided to try some different container plants. Verbena, Callibrachoa and an unknown succulent.
The flower of the unknown succulent. I hope it drops some seed right there!
The Pinot Noir Bromeliad (Aechmea ‘Pinot Noir’) is showing it’s true to its name. This will flower later this summer – I hope.
The miniature pineapples are bearing fruit.
We have been enjoying tomatoes and herbs from the garden.
That is all from South Florida this beautiful spring Saturday. I bought some Cinderella Fairytale Purslane cuttings I must pot up, so it is back outside. Has anyone had these? I bought them for the name as much as anything else. I wanted to try purslane and it supposedly makes it through the summer here.
Happy Gardening!!
The Shrub Queen 
I don’t think I ever saw a white Bird of Paradise. I’m growing the pear tomatoes, and I am way behind you. I’m itching to get out in the garden, but it is going down to 30 this week and last week it was 90.
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You probably have as a house plant, they don’t usually bloom inside. Better keep those tomatoes inside for a while longer..
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The unknown succulent is an echeveria, I think, like the one Jim showed you that’s currently in bloom in Sue’s greenhouse.
Well done on the bird of paradise! I don’t often see with white flowers.
I can’t help you with the Cinderella Fairytale Purslane because I’m not familiar with that plant; it’s probably not warm enough here.
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Thank you, Fred. I think it is a slow flower! Purslane is new to my garden, Portulaca burns out here.
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From my experience, giant bird of Paradise takes its time to bloom, but when it does, it lasts for a long time.
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The last flower was hidden so I didn’t see it until it was dried up, Looking forward to this one.
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Oh, they can be sneaky like that.
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Yes, I believe that it is Echeveria elegans, Mexican snowball. I just featured it for the garden column for next week.
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Thank you. It will be interesting to see if it lasts through the summer.
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Unlike Frosty the Snowman, it does not melt.
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😂
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That looks like such a healthy and delicious meal! I also love the tiny pineapples and the Bird of Paradise – how beautiful to have a white one.
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THank you. Truly, there is nothing better than a homegrown tomato.
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That grouping of plants in the second photo is fabulous. And the Tomatoes and herbs–yum!
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Thanks, Beth, I haven’t had Verbena in yearsss…
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The white Bird of Paradise flower looks very classy and I like the planting in the container, such a good mix
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thank you. I hope I can ask you a Question. Do you have a red Abyssinian banana? If so, was it green with red edges at first?
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I did! Sadly, it doesn’t seem to have survived the wet winter that we’ve had. I put it in the glasshouse the first two winters that I had it but it was too big last autumn so I wrapped it in fleece and crossed my fingers. I’ll be getting a new one though. When I first bought it the leaves were were a greeny red colour but it wasn’t concentrated at the leaf edges. That sounds interesting though.
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Thank you. I am wondering what I have? Good luck with your new one.
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Oh, those tomatoes do look good! I love the Echeveria – I keep trying to grow them but they don’t like the TLC I give them. I should probably just ignore them and they would thrive! LOL!
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they are. I think ignorance is the key to succulents! I ignore all of them and don’t use the correct soil or fertilizer and they thrive.
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