Never heard of it. Wild, crazy and weird!!

Believe it or not... taxonomists have also been renaming milkweeds. This one is now Orbea variegata.

This is a Cornus Kousa, a Korean dogwood. Native dogwoods bloom first, then the pink Stellar series I posted, and last, but not least, the Kousas. This beauty is right outside our bedroom window. Since Kousas hold their flowers up, it's great to look down on.

That’s a stunner!!

Hi ES
Milkweeds or Stapelia? :rofl:
Thanks for the info.

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This is another new plant for me this year, Sand Alyogyne. Related to hibiscus I believe, the flowers certainly look similar. Pretty leaves like some geraniums. Flowers are only lasting a day but new ones appearing every day and I've collected some seed to try my hand at growing a few more. Very pleased it caught my eye at the garden centre. The flowers are more blue/mauve than has been caught by my camera.

https://i.imgur.com/ICgHmHh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Y1KRNov.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/16lbEi1.jpg

Growing sweet pea for the first time this year in my garden. It smells like cattleya walkeriana, probably my favorite floral fragrance.

I have perennial sweet pea in my garden, started from some my grandma had. Absolutely WONDERFUL smell! Mine are white.

Mine are pink. Can I have a start?

The forget-me-nots are really beautiful. I was so happy to see them just...appear.

I hope you get to see your family soon. Hopefully, if the vaccines don't protect us against the new variant, a booster will soon be available that will.

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So many beautiful flowers! :)

Interesting, I thought that the perennials had no scent, only the annuals. I've yet to detect a noticeable fragrance on the perennials... But I agree, when you are have fragrant ones they are AMAZING!!!

I'll see what I can do. They're in the middle of an old circle of ditch lilies and the digging is really tough, steep slope, and snaky. Like snakes, not the roots. May be a fall venture. :shock:

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Yes, it isn't nearly as fragrant as the annuals, but still has a great smell. I have a perennial that I got about 10 or 15 years back that isn't fragrant at all. My old original one from grandma she started from from her parents home, so well over 100+ years old stand. Maybe some really old primary? Don't know and we won't find out now. It's amazing the questions I still want to ask....

Before (flower).



Later/now (seed pod)

https://i.imgur.com/8Wf7R0Cl.jpg

Looks like Cranesbill geranium to me, Tindomul.

I think WW hit it on the nail head. Looks like G. maculatum. Seems to be a fairly hardy native in western cackalacky.

Sounds like you had a good bloomer with stamina!

Another fairly hardy native around the western part of the state is G. carolinianum. Small flowers and paler color with a different leaf margin/shape. Both species are kind of unique. I like the flowers of the spotted cranesbill, but enjoy the leaf pattern of the carolina cranesbill. Beautiful country around your area during all seasons.

Thought I'd share one of my favourites that is in full bloom right now.

CAESALPINIA (known locally as Yellow bird of Paradise)

Drought resistant, self seeds like mad in my environment, loves loads of sun, copes with strong wind, needs very little water. Made for my environment!

The first specimen shown here self seeded under some Guayadil shrubs along a side border. To find sunshine it shot up a single stem to about 3m and then formed a nice clump at that height - that was the first I knew of it being there :rofl:

https://i.imgur.com/dpHs8Qu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/N1WjKaD.jpg

Normal size of shrub - 1 to 2m wide and 1m high:
https://i.imgur.com/4bcHDf2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WSsgHqL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Mf9Y9rz.jpg

Another plus point is that it stays in bloom a good six months of the year!

Wow!

That is one gorgeous flower! Love it! And a very determined grower... finding its place and owning it. :D

That's Caesalpinia gilliesii. It's native to the Sonoran Desert.

those little mini roses in 2inch pots are fun to grow. Yes I pick off noid roses at the store to try n keep em growing. they arent 2 inch potters anymore. life outside the pot been good.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...Z3xhmkS-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...8qBr2VS-X2.jpg

flowers been wonky but see how they do with some super kelpak from Ray :) they are going to love it!!

and yes they grow in a cinder block too . building a living wall outside just takes time and money. got the time :)

When I lived the central California I grew all sorts of roses quite successfully. Since moving to the gulf coast roses have eluded me. Nothing grows like it did. Our small, struggling rose garden finally gave up the ghost and the area is back to being lawn.

the gulf coast can be harsh indeed. I'm inland about 50 miles so the worst part of living on the coast I have been spared bec we have a city water supply. If your on your own with getting your own water to your home it can be expensive to get to water you can actually use for anything other than washing the car. Iron is so heavy in some areas using bleach in your laundry will turn your whites yellow and orange. The plants here have the same problem with the water its just nasty hard and only thing in it a plant can use is its wet.:waving.

My friends granpa 'Jim Crowe' had a few patents on some roses back in the day. He was the one who 1st made the Texas Yellow Rose.. Must have been hard back then growing up with a name like 'Jim Crowe' :)

I collect all varieties of fragrant plants and my full outdoor collection dwarfs my 450 orchids.

Here are a couple of my favorites:
Earth Angel rose - Beautiful, compact, exceptionly fragrant (fruity)
[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a16f4ebd_o.jpgUntitled by Eric, on Flickr[/IMG]

Dianthus Superbus - Most attractive flower (imo) and most complex fragrance (typical dianthus clove with heavy floral fragrance right on top) in the genus
[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...660a9fc5_o.jpgUntitled by Eric, on Flickr[/IMG]

Lilium regale - Extremely fragrant, scents the whole yard 24/7 but very heavy in the early morning hours.
[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...71ccce04_o.jpgUntitled by Eric, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Does anyone grow anything obscure that is exceptionally fragrant?

Nothing obscure, only tree lilacs and ornipet lilies. Both heavenly.

Obscure? I get the fragrant part, but the obscure part puzzles me.

I should have used the word "rare" or "not well known" (I have everything that is on the typical "most fragrant" lists)

Tree lilac blossoms are edible (so are regular lilacs). A popular use is to make a lilac-flavored syrup with them. If you have Instagram, @blackforager has a recent video on using the flowers and she's hilarious.

the mini roses after 3 weeks of kelpak. the blooms havent caught up with the leaf yet but they are right behind. found me a new fun flower to grow. cant wait for em to show up at the grocery again for 2.99!!!

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...8qBr2VS-X2.jpg

I just added the Queen of Siam water lily...the blooms are very fragrant. I just love it! I am going to need a larger 'container pond'. Still waiting for the lotus to bloom. :)