Need more...too ugly outside now.

Dolichos lablab, the Hyacinth Bean. Annual, that grows 14 feet in one season.

Barb

That is nice, great color! 😀

A highlight for me last summer was getting a week-long tour of Monteverde, Costa Rica, with a noted botanist. Here, she took a snapshot of me picking Impatiens that have become invasive weeds in high-elevation cloud forests:

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Erik, you always look happiest in the jungle 😀

Jim, ahhhhhhh, that worked. Thanks

Barb

nice photos everyone..............we need summer again! 😀

I agree. 😀

Right now I would be happy with an avg. winter. 😕

Fantastic summer color Jim! 8)

Sorry, a winter time pic from Yuma AZ

That's nice Aaron.

By any chance did anybody see the La Quinta (PGA West) on Golf channel today (Friday)?
Oh man, forget the golf, the palms were un-bloody-believable, they were so beautiful.
Rocky mountains came right down to the edge of the course, palms everywhere.
And the blue sky and sun, just like Aaron's posted pics of the yuccas.

Dunno who won the golf...I watched for the palms. 😆

Barb

Gorgeous shots everyone! gave me some ideas for plnts for this coming season.....Few questions maybe if that is ok??

Tim, do the Tatrapanex and hardy ginger overwinter??

Barb, do you reseed every year with the hyacinth beans or do you just let them reseed like the invasive morning glories do every year? Also Barb, are thay as invasive as morning glories? If so I do not want them, although they ar ebeautiful!!

Great shots everyone!

Gorgeous shots everyone! gave me some ideas for plants for this coming season.....Few questions maybe if that is ok??

Tim, do the Tatrapanex and hardy ginger overwinter??

Barb, do you reseed every year with the hyacinth beans or do you just let them reseed like the invasive morning glories do every year? Also Barb, are thay as invasive as morning glories? If so I do not want them, although they are beautiful!!

Great shots everyone!

Gorgeous shots everyone! gave me some ideas for plants for this coming season.....Few questions maybe if that is ok??

Tim, do the Tatrapanex and hardy ginger overwinter??

Barb, do you reseed every year with the hyacinth beans or do you just let them reseed like the invasive morning glories do every year? Also Barb, are thay as invasive as morning glories? If so I do not want them, although they are beautiful!!

Great shots everyone!

Oh man, forget Dunno who won the golf...I watched for the palms. 😆

Barb

I did not watch that one, but ever sense I was a kid I would watch golf for the landscapes. 😆

do you reseed every year with the hyacinth beans or do you just let them reseed like the invasive morning glories

Mike, yup, I collect seed before frost, then 6 weeks before planting, start them indoors in styro coffee cups as the seeds don't seem to survive outdoors.
D.lablab isn't at all invasive...

Like all "beans" they don't like to have their roots disturbed, so a careful planting into a prepared hole is necessary.
Planted about same time as cukes and tomatoes into very warm soil.

The hottest sunniest spot is where these guys like to grow.

oh...and we spray morning glories with Roundup.

I would watch golf for the landscapes

Interesting how that stays with us throughout our lives, huh? 😀
Barb

Mike,
down here the seed survive the winter and grow on their own. My guess is they'd do that for you, too.