Looks like the tropics. 8)

With the 6.80 inches of rain we just got in the past three days, it feels like the tropics...Whoa!

You would laugh if you saw how small my Castor bean plants are right now....

We had a little heat before they were big enough to enjoy but just not
warm enough lately-that looks to be changing today...

heres a youngster a week ago-there's probably a taller one legging it out with the Bamboo.

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stop laughing 😆

Michael, what stunning photos.
If we didn't know where you lived, we'd guess Panama 😀
Incredible 3 month early nanner bloom.
Imagine not having to dig cannas in Fall...wow.

Happy to see that Cordyline bloom again.
Still waiting for mine to send up a spike.

Agree with Jesse, think that mystery seedling is Datura.

And Jim...good one! 😆 😆
Makes up for the massive head start you had last year, beginning in March. 😆

Barb

Getting bigger now and liking the warmer temps......

Really nice mike!

THat "tropical looking seedling" is a datura im pretty sure, if not, its a brug.

I wonder where the hell it came from. It's about a foot tall now with the humidity and sun, also has a few shoots out the side of it int he ground...

You would laugh if you saw how small my Castor bean plants are right now....

We had a little heat before they were big enough to enjoy but just not
warm enough lately-that looks to be changing today...

heres a youngster a week ago-there's probably a taller one legging it out with the Bamboo.

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stop laughing 😆

WHat bamboos do you have Jim?

Really nice mike!

THat "tropical looking seedling" is a datura im pretty sure, if not, its a brug.

I wonder where the hell it came from. It's about a foot tall now with the humidity and sun, also has a few shoots out the side of it int he ground...

if anyone in the area grows them, birds eat the seeds, and one pod can have hundreds of seeds, and eat plant can have dozens of pods.... Theyre root hardy to about zone 8, but self seed up to zone 6 I think it is...

if anyone in the area grows them, birds eat the seeds, and one pod can have hundreds of seeds, and eat plant can have dozens of pods.... Theyre root hardy to about zone 8, but self seed up to zone 6 I think it is...

I figured it would be birds, I'm just surprised they would survive winter. This is interesting "The plant has been described throughout history as a toxin famous for its mind-altering properties. There are references to it in Homer's Odyssey, and Shakespeare's plays: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Anthony and Cleopatra.(2)

It is one of a group of plants known as "belladonnas," thought to be named from their use by Italian women to dilate their pupils, which was considered beautiful.(3) It was also known to be used for the medicinal treatment of colds and asthma, and for religious purposes.(5) Its most common name, Jimson Weed, is a contracted form of Jamestown Weed, after its use was described in 1676, in Jamestown, Virginia. This was the first record in the United States of physical symptoms following its ingestion by British troops sent to halt Bacon's Rebellion, as noted in Beverly's "History and Present-State of Virginia."(4)"

use by Italian women to dilate their pupils, which was considered beautiful.

So that's the Mona Lisa secret. 😆

I did notice 3 seedlings of a Castor Bean in the garden which I did not plant (seeds from last season). We are zone 6b so them seem 'hardy' in my area from seed.

I did notice 3 seedlings of a Castor Bean in the garden which I did not plant (seeds from last season). We are zone 6b so them seem 'hardy' in my area from seed.

Nice. Castors are amazing. They grow huge. This is my first year with them so I am totally awestruck!!!!

You would laugh if you saw how small my Castor bean plants are right now....

We had a little heat before they were big enough to enjoy but just not
warm enough lately-that looks to be changing today...

heres a youngster a week ago-there's probably a taller one legging it out with the Bamboo.

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stop laughing 😆

WHat bamboos do you have Jim?

I have P.Bissetii and P.Nigra....

I think if you laid on the ground next to the Bissetii in spring
the new spears would grow right through you,I found some 1g
pots knocked over by the new shoots! :pale:

right, i believe that.

Mike,

do you have Tetrapanex? This is a castor like plant but is much hardier and larger leaves. 8)