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@ernmfs Is that a bottle brush tree? Love them....another of the strange kinda' weird plants that get my attention. I have a large clay pot w/bottle brush plant, will grow into a bush in landscape I think, need to look it up. Had it for a couple years, another one of the 'throw-aways' from Lowe's garden store I got for a couple of $$. It's survived well through winter and coming back, filling in the pot and overhanging. I want to see how full and beautiful it'll get this year.
also, have a shrimp plant, same thing. It needs a lot of water so I'm having to decide where to plant if I do or how to keep it happy. I don't yet have ability to schedule watering every morning, or every day, but that's one goal. I want to be more scheduled. We'll see....anyone have any watering tips for hot/warm climate? tips on how to keep a schedule with all I have going on? i know that's an important part of overcoming these multiple censitization issues, but I've not yet conquered. Suggestions?
Had some of the storms working across southern states last night, lots of wind and rain, thunder but not a real thunderstormy kind of thing. Just the individual components, if put together at one time would have been real stormy night. Seemed to get one part of the storm at a time.....nice. Calm, windy storm!!!
Working on how to best see my messages or ones I want to see. Suggestions there? I think I know the options with new system, but haven't found what's best for me. Want to get more messages in my new folder, but don't want to have to go through the front page of site where you can't see individual conversation patterns. So, working on it....
Spent lots of time downstairs enjoying the patio with the new colorful, blooming baskets, geranium mixed pot is having a ball, and my crown of thorns - very special as raised from tiny pup and had over 11 years, still happy and blooms 365 days year, stalks fill the big clay pot, about 21/2 feet tall with new growth. I have some kind of ivy flowing over the sides that looks nice, I love that plant. Read they usually live about 10 years.....hope we prove the experts very wrong!!! I'll grieve if anything happens to that beauty....will send pics in day or two. blessings to all. elizabeth
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@ess7, I’m heading back there to find out ! I’m here now, it’s a Powder Puff Plant, tropical member of the pea family.
@ess77 ,
the botanical center that I enjoy is adjacent to my church. So, I attend church and walk the gardens regularly. The gardents are in a city park. A Friend of mine used to manage this garden but doesn't any longer. The plants are seasonal typically, but displays are rotated in, like the Amarillus is new, for the Easter season. the powder puff tree (similar to a bottle brush tree) is always there, but obviously blooms in season indoors.
there was a new plant, a 'goldfish plant' on display today, I should be sharing a photo of that!
https://www.davenportiowa.com/government/departments/parks_recreation/locations/vander_veer_botanical_park
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Elizabeth - there are a number of pre-packaged drip watering systems you can set up and connect to timers - there's flexibility because you can put more or higher capacity drippers in the water-loving plants. Or you can just irrigate the frequent waterers and hand water the rest. Do a little searching for patio watering systems. I'm a techno-nerd, married to a tinkerer, so I have very elaborate systems with multiple-outlet timers - too much to describe here.
Sue