Omg that sounds... horrible for those anoles!!!
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Mom's second picture is indeed Adenium obesum. Good catch:
But my sansevieria doesn't die after it blooms.
Oh - that was in response to Maggie's cornstalk. Sorry.
Not sanseveria, those single stalked plants like the corn plant or century plant (agave) they grow for years, get tall, put out that bigaxx bloomspike.., and die after flower goes to seed! I see it around Austin all the time. Big huge agave that I've been driving by, admiring for past decade, then the big bloom spike comes, and "wow! how beautiful!" And next thing you know, the thing is deadMom's second picture is indeed Adenium obesum. Good catch:
But my sansevieria doesn't die after it blooms.
And that's it!!! Adenium obesum!!!! Thanks
ever seen this one?
Mexican Sunflower. Mine just begins blooming. Soon it'll be covered with those beautiful zinnia like flowers. 
and my Phlox is blooming. I found white and purple ones too this year but it takes 2-3 yrs for the plant to get established before any flowers come
Just wanted to show you what plumeria leaves look like
those are my neighbor's the plants are over 6ft tall
I have plumeria at home. This plant just looked like another variety of plumeria because the stems looked the same. I will smell it too
I'll try to get another look at it.
I see. They may very well be in this same family. The do have lot of similaritiesI have plumeria at home. This plant just looked like another variety of plumeria because the stems looked the same. I will smell it too
I'll try to get another look at it.
This is OT but my mother should get an award for picking a large trash bag full of mulberry leaves from a farm in Nebraska and delivering them to my torts here in So Cal.
I agree, so I got together with the board of directors at the award company, and we came up with this for your mother:
Ahhh! Beautiful!!!!
Interesting swirls on the petals!
I must load some garden photos later tonight. I have to leave now to volunteer, but I have some crazy plants growing in our unusually dry weather. My hollyhock is 5 feet tall!!
Didn't see that coming.
Very spiny type of thistle, I brought some rooted plants, cuttings, and seed pods from Middleburg Va.about 6 years ago. The tortoises liked the cuttings, but the seeds didn't germinate. Earlier this spring I saw 2 seedlings that I thought might be these same thistles.(they are).when mature these are as hard to handle as some cactus the spines on the seed pods are so sharp they can hurt just holding them.
I hope they bloom and produce seeds.maybe I will have better luck with germination and not have to wait years for another one or two to pop up. I'm going to keep them in pots, they are in 6 inch pots now but will be in larger pots soon.The funny thing is I know somewhere this is a nuisance plant that people burn to get rid of it..
I hope they bloom and produce seeds.maybe I will have better luck with germination and not have to wait years for another one or two to pop up. I'm going to keep them in pots, they are in 6 inch pots now but will be in larger pots soon.The funny thing is I know somewhere this is a nuisance plant that people burn to get rid of it..
Gorgeous thistle! Is it the ornamental kind?
And question for @Turtulas-Len: how do you handle those spiny plants when serving them as tort food? Chop? Blend? Nothing at all?
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Maggie Cummings
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Anybody know what this is? The thorns are deadly.....and it's a vine....thanks!
