What A Nice Man

 While at Home Depo yesterday a

man asked if he could help me 

load what I had purchased.  He 

saw it was a load and I had my 

hands full with Onyx.

It was so nice of him to offer and I

told him "no, I have it."  I said a

prayer as he walked away.  There

are people out there that offer 

to help.

What A Wind Storm!

 The yard is a total mess!  With

plant needing to be set back up

right several times today.

I have to bring in the last Brug

as it lost a bloom and cut the 

last of the A. Red Dragon down.

While in the garage and finding the leaves

had turned upward it was time to trim them

off.

I noticed that there is another flush coming on 

after these blooms.

So much for the clean street as the leaves 

from the east that have come down are not 

on our end of the circle.

9/17/2025

What a morning!  4 bags taken off the 

yard and another off the road in front 

of our property, that is all I'm doing!

When I was finishing a lady pulled up

and said I had a nice garden!  I was

tired as I just spent 4 hours cleaning up 

the yard, I was putting stuff  away and

had a headache with a bloody nose

again.

Again Please make an appt if you

want to see my yard.  But remember

this is a private garden and if we 

had a storm the next day I'll be out

cleaning up the storm damage.

It was nice to stand in my shower

as the dirt ran off me!  Nice day 

for a spa treatment.

Please make an appointment!

Newest Cross Perennial Hibiscus

 

Pure white with just a hint of pink.

We did a cross prior to this which end

in a pure white Perennial Hibiscus.

We have had her for 5 years now and shared

with a friend back east.   We are currently 

seeing on offered and they are calling theirs

PH Marshmallow.

The same time we did this cross we also 

did another which we call Our Pink.

It is huge and this year was loaded 

with blooms.

 

Sometimes we are seeing more white 

in some of the blooms.

9/14/2025

 As of today I can proudly state I 

have put away 90% of the plants

that need protection.  Now I can

take cutting for next spring.

The yard is minus the Tropicals

but there is still plenty to see.

Our Clematises that were cut 

back in July are in full bloom!

These will be put away Oct. 1

in there protective hoop house.

Yes that is the third house we

have here as the winter months

they could use some protection

instead of leaving them out all

winter.

Enjoy your day!!  

9/21/2025

I can now state I'm 98% done!

Just have to start cuttings in the

next couple days.  

Glorious Rain

 Finally rain that we badly need

and I am enjoying the birds out

in the rain gathering food.

Not enough to get us out of the

drought!  Remember July was 

the start of the burn ban here!

9/13/2025 Sat. Morning Fog

 It's Fall, morning fog already! 

Time To Load The Greenhouses

 With the fall crocuses up it's time

to start getting the plants ready for 

their winter home.

First I needed to remove the Voo Doo

plants so I could clean out the Greenhouse

so other plants could go in.

Stripping the leaves off is the first

task.  

Cutting the Brugmansias down so they

will fit in into the greenhouse.

The 3 B. Shorty's variegated were the first

to get cut.

After the huge B. Shorty's is pulled 

from the big cement pot, it was time

for Bones to take his place.

The next few days will be stripping

the A. Red Dragon then cutting 

them down so they will fit the 

greenhouse.

Got to love this plant &

it's blooms!

I got an email this am, why do 

you strip and cut back so drastically?  

It's about the space we have in the 

greenhouses we keep.  If you look

at the leaves you will notice the 

difference in the leaves.  Outside 

are much thicker compared to inside

which is much thinner.  Leaves will

grow back, trust me!   

Working hard on getting plants

ready to go inside.  

Still working on this tall 

one as the wind kicked up

and it wasn't fun holding

onto the ladder too.

Please do not copy us if you

don't understand the process 

or you can damage your plant.

Look at the reason you are 

seeing damage from your 

neglect.

More later.