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Hey flgardengirl, how are the daturas and brugs coming this year? I got a varigated leaf with peach blooms from Ace in Orange Park yesterday. Nice bushy 3' plant for $15. I already have two nice brugs started in the outdoor garden, and a double purple datura. No blooms yet. I hope one of them...

Why is it you can't grow bearded Iris in Florida? I have gotten 2-3 to bloom over the 10 years I've been trying. I don't want to admit how many have died in the process. I'm an experienced gardener, know how to make the right soil mix for them, etc. I have grown them in Arkansas and...

Mine flowered the first year, but I did have them in the ground, not in pots. I would recommend a Large, fairly deep pot and regular monthly feedings with half-strength liquid fertilizer (like Miracle Gro). I have mine in Morning sun and afternoon shade. In FL I don't think they can tolerate...

Why is it you can't grow bearded Iris in Florida? I have gotten 2-3 to bloom over the 10 years I've been trying. I don't want to admit how many have died in the process. I'm an experienced gardener, know how to make the right soil mix for them, etc. I have grown them in Arkansas and...

There are three things in life you just can't argue with: a rainstorm, a kinked hose and an angry spouse. Just keep on walkin' .........

She closed her shop to do other things, so she's not available any more. Bah!

You mentioned an irrigation line? How do you water it? what keeps the bottom plants from staying too wet and the top ones from staying too dry?

One of my passions in gardening is Datura/Brugmansias. Every year I look forward to the garden club's show so I can get some new colors/varieties. I have two that are tied for favorites: A Large Pink edged creamy white Brug that is a real show stopper and a Double purple Datura, smaller in...

Well, what a strange cross! They are firm fleshed but not hard like a winter squash. They cut pretty easily with a knife. I think these are not ripe, however and may get softer if I let them mature. Lord only knows how big they get before they're ripe! One of them is lying on the ground and...

This vine came up as a volunteer in my flower bed. Foolishly I let it grow just to satisfy my curiosity....I knew it must be a squash of some kind because the yellow blooms, vining and hostile takeover of my flowers with it's 4-6" growth per day. I put it up on a pvc arched 'trellis' not...

OOOOOHHH That was SOOO FUNNY! Thanks for the smiles today.

Journey 11, thank you SO MUCH for the info. It's just what I needed and hadn't been able to find. I saw some in Gurney's catalog a long time ago, I should be able to find two somewhere. Now I just have to walk around the property and see where the conditions would be optimal.

I want to plant a paw paw tree in my yard in N. Florida. How easy are they to grow? Any pests/diseases I should anticipate? Do you have to have two for fertilization of the fruit? How old do they have to be to make fruit? Any ideas where to get one?

Ha! Good luck with that!!! They are out there watching them full time, we don't stand a chance. I had the same problem with blueberries. I was told that birds can see into the ultraviolet spectrum and they can tell by the color of the berries when the exact ripeness occurs. Before we get to...

I have a beautiful Dutchman's pipe vine that covers my trellis every spring and covers itself in 5-6" blooms mid summer til frost. No odor to blooms is detectable and it is very showy!I highly recommend it. I also grow a fast vine with grape like clusters of big blue trumpet flowers. It's...

I plant Pentas every year and they love them! What plants have you all found that particularly appeals to them?

Sounds like a weed to me. Do you know the difference between a flower and a weed? The weed has the superior will to live.