June 2012 Garden Pics South Jersey

sidpook

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Been a hot and dry year so far...but, plants are loving the warm climate!

my backyard musas

plumeria getting ready to bloom soon

phoenix robellini put out sooo many flowers and seeds

dogs wrestling under the shade of the fig trees

bananas reaching up to the mimosa trees

front gardens

canas overwintered everywhere, some are even coming up through the back deck under the hot tub....

front yard bananas and some canas

backyard musas and some bamboo also reaching high

side of house apples, peaches, grapes and figs

bamboo, bananas and everything else that is taking over the back shed...LOL

some palms

oleander in bloom

new fronds on sago

queen palms are getting huge, lotsa new growth

my new passion: Chinese Golden Lotus bananas

overwintered canas with trachy in front

some backyard canas

Mike Trautner

Posted : 03/07/2012 12:02 pm

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Mike,

Your place could just as easily be a picture from the Canary Islands.
Gorgeous lush gardens.

Glad that huge storm missed your place.

Can't wait to see that plumeria bloom.

Barb

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Posted : 03/07/2012 12:19 pm

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Mike,

Your place could just as easily be a picture from the Canary Islands.
Gorgeous lush gardens.

Barb

I agree 8)

Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-

Posted : 03/07/2012 7:29 pm

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Beautiful!
Add to the bucket list for W and I: to visit your garden some year. 8)

Posted : 03/07/2012 11:46 pm

sidpook

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Thanks guys and gals! Happy Summer and Happy 4th!! :occasion2:

Mike Trautner

Posted : 04/07/2012 8:25 am

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Eric-are you guys swingers???

Just kidding you buddy 😀

Mike it all looks nice and bright over there.....btw

I like the pic of the dog trying to take down the other one 😮

and those Basjoo leaves are huge!

Posted : 04/07/2012 9:42 am

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Eric-are you guys swingers???

Just kidding you buddy 😀

Mike it all looks nice and bright over there.....btw

I like the pic of the dog trying to take down the other one 😮

and those Basjoo leaves are huge!

Thanks. yeah the pups are good sparring partners, our dobie grabs onto the older female's neck and does not let go, she flips him and then it's on....Great viewing pleasure!

Mike Trautner

Posted : 04/07/2012 9:55 pm

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garden looks great.............looks like florida! Nice job.

Posted : 04/07/2012 11:00 pm

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garden looks great.............looks like florida! Nice job.

Thanks Tim, funny you should mention Florida. I'm off to South Beach Miami for the week to "escape" the heat this very morning...less hot there....This is brutal!Can't wait to explore the everglades and hopefully wrestle an alligator or two?
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Mike Trautner

Posted : 05/07/2012 5:53 am

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Put some 'gator wrasslin' photos up on FB, and of course palm-y ones here for us.

Posted : 05/07/2012 11:24 am

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Saw the coolest tree today here in Fort Lauderdale: Madagascar Screw Palm...I want one. Huge "pine cone" looking fruit pods abut the size of large grapefruits. I picked some fruits and they were pretty stinky, but interesting. Can't eat them raw. Maybe cook them up to see how they taste??? two pics to follow

Mike Trautner

Posted : 08/07/2012 5:07 pm

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I never have seen the fruit of a screw pine. 😀

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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-

Posted : 08/07/2012 6:38 pm

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Thats awesome...they have a nice one at the botanical gardens in St.Louis....

Posted : 09/07/2012 10:09 am

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Thats awesome...they have a nice one at the botanical gardens in St.Louis....

It is cool, isn't it!

Mike Trautner

Posted : 09/07/2012 10:41 am

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Looks almost surreal, as though a pineapple crossed with a dracaena. 😆

Wanted to see more pics of it, and google images found this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_mama/3214681835/

Very cool! Thanks for the pics.

Hope you're having a great vacation Mike!

Barb

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Posted : 09/07/2012 2:15 pm