Your landscape looks great. The brug looks happy but get it some friends, lol. The banana bloom is cool. The plumies also look great, something else I would like to try to grow.
Shawn

BOB,i can't think of anything right now other than ,simply flippin gorgeous,beautiful,so well maintained.and i am envious,but happy for you,drooling over her.
patricia

NOID or not it is just Beautiful!!! No Brug should be "Lonely"...LOL We will have to work on that...Your Plummies are to die for..Everything looks Beautiful!!!!!
I hope you have a safe and Wonderful trip...
Kylie

Wow, your HI Ti plants are really tall! I hope mine all get that big :) Love your nanner and papaya...mmmm fresh tropical drinks.

Your yard is beautiful. You AG plumie must smell delicious! That banana is so cool. How long does it take for the fruit to reach full size?
Karyn

Thanks for all the kind words. I am currently on the lookout for a companion Brug. She won't be an only child for long!

Shawn... That banana plant is at the entrance to my side-yard, where I do potting and stuff. I have continually banged my head on the bloom, since it appeared 3 or 4 days ago. I finally stopped and took a good look at it this morning... it really is cool. If you try growing Plumeria, what you will really be trying, is not starting another huge plant collection... you will fail! Once you have one...

Sultry... The Ti has been there for about 3 years. it seems to like that spot, sharing the space with some Dracaena. Morning and late afternoon sun, with the midday shaded by the Mango... more tropical drinks!

Karyn... I can't walk past the Plumeria without stopping to take a whiff... or 2... I thought today, that the AG smells like Hawaii... :). Unfortunately, noid white has no fragrance. Even though the banana bloom appeared so quickly (another hand of young fruit has opened, since this morning), it seems to take forever to get to harvesting size. Probably a couple of months.

Bob

Stop showing me pix of your yard..lol. I'm just kidding. I love it..It's just that I am SO jealous, it's so beautiful. My yard is going to be sooo bare soon. Basement will be full of potted plants..DH will be b!tchin, lol. I've really got to move down south.
Have a safe trip.

Showoff! JK Bob, I love it! I will have a friend for your lonely brug sent to you when you get back from your trip, thankyou for the crinium they came today and are in excellent shape.
So jealous of AG.
Safe travels.

Bob,

Your passion for plants really shows thru. Absolutely gorgeous. Seeing the different pics you have recently posted, you must have a magnificent yard. You need to try to do a video and walk us through your gardens.
I just picked up a couple of plumeria rooted cuttings a month ago. Hope they give me some blooms next year. Yours are so healthy looking, and 12 inflos...wow! Thank you for sharing your lovely garden pics with us.
Good luck in Louisville and have a safe trip.

Deb

What beautiful flowers you have Bob. I will be sending you something as well. Just can't make any promises as to when since things are so crazy right now. We can't have that brug being lonely, lol. Have a safe trip. I started to write the names down the stems of all my brugs in case they break in the wind but didn't have time to do it.

One day I may do the video, since video and television production is what pays the bills here. Believe it or not, I wouldn't do it right now, since so much stuff in my yard is kind of ragged from all of the storms passing us by, relatively close.

Happy to hear the pups made it okay, Bri. Good luck with them. Can't wait to get that cutting started, when I get home!

The lot next-door is for sale, Daniella. I will hate to see all the beautiful plants plowed under though, when someone builds a house there. As long as I get a gardener as a neighbor, though, all will be good!

Hope you are staying safe, Kristy. I am heading out on my trip now, but will check back later to hear that you made it through the storm okay.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful....I want to be there in
your garden! Pics look fine....wish I knew how to post.
Enjoy your trip.
Margaret

Bob, do you know anything about tillandsias? TS Faye blew some 'wild' ones down into my yard from the trees here. They had some tiny flower spikes that are dried up now. Do you know what the common ones here in FL are called? I can post some pics if you need them.

~SJN

Bob, thanks for sharing your garden with us! Love all of it, especially the fruiting plants, yummy!

Just Gorgeous! I may just have to buy that lot beside you!

Margaret... If you want to post a photo, you can open a free account at photobucket.com, go to "my albums", click download, navigate to the photo and select. Then click "HTML code" under the photo. This will copy the code. Then just paste the code in your post. Preview your post, and the photo should be there. Looking forward to seeing your pics!

SJN... I had to google Tillandsia, to see what you were refering to! I really know nothing about air plants. Every so often, one will mysteriously show up in my yard, and I purchased one from a local green market, a few years ago. It has multiplied, several times over, and blooms beautiful, tiny red flowers, once a year. I'll take a pic next time... I think in spring. I'll also check to see if it still has the ID tag hanging on it, when I get home from my trip.

Tkanks, Neon... I hope to find a way to purchase that lot myself. All it takes is a bunch of money that I don't have! It isn't actually on the market yet, so I have some time. My neighbor is in his mid 80's, and is having trouble keeping up with the gardening. I help out where I can. The lot is inbetween our two houses, and he would love for me to have it... For a price! He's kind of waiting on me, while I'm stalling. It will break my heart to see it go to someone who will build a house, as it was one of the things that attracted me to my home, 14 years ago.

Its tough typing this stuff with my thumbs, on my iPhone!

Bob

Bob, Too funny!Your plants and gardens are gorgeous!I don't blame your camera one bit. I'm coming down there with Daniella!LOL
Have a safe trip!

Theresa

Beautiful photos!!!! I showed them to my BF and he said yeah thats what you can get when you live in Florida. I told him I may have forgotten to tell him my sister took me house hunting when I went to visit back in the spring!!!! I may need to get some gardening advice from you and Bri. (My sister lives in the same town as Bri) But anyway she bought her first plumie cutting when I was down there and she is wanting to put it in ground now that it has rooted. I told her I would leave it in her screened area until spring then plant it, but I really don't have any other directions for her. Though it was my plan that when we went plumie shopping she get tired of the plant and give it to me (she is not a gardener at all) But much to my dismay she calls me and gives me the leaf number report about once a week!!! Darn, I lost out on that one!!!
Mary

Bob-
Oh My Gosh! I am astounded at your gardens- looks like paradise! I want to move there- NOW! I thought it was nice here in NC after living in western NY (snowbelt). I absolutely love that Banana tree, how cool is that! I want to encourage you to persue your talent in photo taking, you should get paid for that! Have a safe trip-
Kasha77

Bob, you have actually made me miss FLA for the very first time..LOL I lived in the Tampa area for about 10 years..moved North after my kids were born..

WOW, your garden is amazing..and It would be wonderful if you could get the lot next to you ! I wouldnt want someone coming in and building a house..is your neighbors garden as nice ?

Have a safe trip, and I hope you will share more pics..I just love to see everyones gardens !

Bob..do what you have to & buy that lot!!!
Theresa, lets start packing, lol.