Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, you really have a lot of patience. Your plants look really happy. Everything in my yard is pretty much chosen for minimal maintenance. Your pics make me think your plants (especially potted ones) give you plenty of work! Make sure to fertilize your navel orange. They are heavy feeders, just don't overfertlize it though. The fruit takes 18 months from bloom to fruit. Being a lone citrus tree within miles probably, you won't have problems getting seedless fruit. If they get cross pollinated with a seeded variety, the chances are the fruit will be seeded. That's a problem here where pretty much every home is equipped with citrus trees. The biggest problem is for farmers who grow groves of seedless citrus next to groves of seeded ones.

Good luck with your orange tree!

Thanks for your comments.

Central cali.... Wow, I had no idea they took 18 months from bloom to ripe fruit. I was thinking maybe some tasty oranges for christmas, but oh well, I can wait for an orange (one of my favorate snacks). I only know of one orange tree with flowers in my area (pot of course) and its at least 30 maybe 40 miles away so definately no cross pollination to worry about! I actually didnt know that if a seedless orange is crossed with a seeded orange it would make the oranges of the seedless orange seeded. (interesting!)

As for problems with the plants...
The worst part is when its really hot. I can water them 2 times a day and they will still wilt. The cannas are the easiest to water because I just flood them until the pots filled with an inch of water, but the plumerias are the hardest because I dont know how much to give them! I usually skip a watering with them because they like being on the dry side anyway and it seems to be working well for them (one plumeria has an inflo. and maybe one will surprise me :) )

Now Im mostly excited because my plumeria is about to burst with flowers and my orange will probably open its first flower tommorrow so Im looking foward to it.

Thanks again.

Not all citrus take that long. Navel Oranges (Washington, Valencia, Cara Cara) take more or less 18 months. Lemons, limes, tangelos, tangerines... take 8-9 months for me, so I get an annual crop. Once Navels become established, they have fruit almost continuously because of the mismatched blooming cycle and fruiting cycle. Older trees normally have fruit at different maturity stages along with blooms all at the same time.

TropicalZone,
Your yard looks great...Congratulation on your Plumeria Inflo!!! You are doing a great job with all of your plants...the yard looks great...If I ever figure out how to post here I might give it a try!!! Great Job!!!

Laura in VB

central cali...
Thanks for the info. Im happy that when its older I might have the chance of getting a ton of fruit. At least its grafted so all it has to do is get estabished and by next summer I should have some really cool pics to share!

loveplants2...
Thanks alot! Actually I was looking at one of my other plumerias (Plumeria Pretty Princess) and I think that it might be starting to make an inflo. because the center is a little more bare but leaves keep on comming up. Yay :) We'll have to see about that one, and im still waiting for flowers on my other one (the one in these pics). In about 2 weeks or so I should be seeing some. Ill definately be sharing those but on the plumeria forum so if anyone wants to take a look they should be their in the near future!
Also good luck at posting pics.

In order to post pics you have to first have a digital camera. Then you need a wire to plug your camera into the computer tower (same place where you would put a Flash drive A.K.A memory stick). Your pics will load onto your computer (if a box appears on your computer just click the first option). then you can chose the pics you want (on most computeres you just put a check on the pics you want and dont put a check on the ones you dont want.

Then you need to make an account on photobucket. Its http://www.photobucket.com. Then once you have an account (which is free) go to your home page and click on the "chose files buttons". Go to the file you saved your picture on and click open. Then it will load and a page will pop up where you can give you picture a title and edit it as well as give it a description. After you do that click the button on the bottom and your finished with uploading. Then you click on the picture (which will now appear on your home page of your photobucket. Once you do that look to the left of the page and scroll down to where it says "share this image" Their you will see 4 codes. Highlight the code on the 3rd line (second from bottom) and make sure you get the hole thing. Right click the highlighed text and click copy. Then you can go to this website and where your message. Then right click and click paste and youll see alot of jibberish on you message. Dont touch it. then do as you normally would to post a message on this site.
Hope that helps.

Thanks again to every one who has looked so far and good luck on your gardens!

WOW!!! Great looking plants! Are you allowed to plant stuff in the ground? Also I think your elephant's ear is black stem and not metallic.

Jay

Thanks jay and...
Your right! I never realized that my elephant ear was a black stem. It was sold as "Alocasia plumbea 'Nigra'" but I got it at bjs and at stores like that they are liekly to mislabel plants. The main difference between a black stem elephant ear and a metallic elephant ear is that metalic elephant ear leaves point upwards (completely forgot about that!).
Also I am able to plant stuff in the ground, but I dont have any room (most of the backyard is deck and whatever isnt is filled with the "common plants" but they are too expensive to get rid of and some serve as a privacy screen).
Also the soil here is so awful because it doesnt drain well so I usually have to replace some of the soil with potting soil so the plants can drain. Its also time consuming to dig up all the bananas and bulbs and alot of work (I really dont know how you do it). So at least for now my backyard will be loaded with pots.
Thanks for the comment and the plant ID! Good luck with your garden (It looks really great!).

Tropicalzone,

Thanks for the info...slowly....I mean slowly I'm trying...LOL I have already uploaded my pictures to my computer...opened photobucket....now my wireless router is on the blink since we are switching to Verizon Fios...Urggggg!!! Thank you for your help...I let you know when I succeed !!! Thanks....I to have a Plumeria blooming and would love to share it !!! Thanks again...

Laura in VB

Hey beautiful plants and they are arranged great also. You had mentioned the split leaf philodendron had small and yellow leaves. I think it needs some extra fertilizer, they are heavy feeders It may also need dividing. Not an easy task maybe for spring. I am glad someone got that orange fruiting time corrected. If you continue to have blooms when you bring the plants inside you can just hand pollinate them and they will continue to bear. really enjoyed the photos.
James Maloy

Laura...
Your welcome. Im really bad at giving directions so Im glad I didnt get you confused LOL. I love seeing plumeria pics so maybe youll get everything settled soon. If not its still cool to see past summer pics during the winter (it definately cheers some of my winter blues). Good luck with your plumeria and your computer.

James...
Thanks for the advice. Im going to look for something high in nitrogen. And Im definatey not looking foward to dividing that plant so Ill probably wait until spring when I take them back outside for the summer (usually mid-late april depending on the weather).
Also ill definately hand pollinate them if they flower indoors maybe with a cotton swab.
Glad you liked all the photos!

looking good!

Your peach hibiscus looks like it could use more soil or it shoud be planted deeper. The rootball is exposed and will dry up real quick. That might be why it has some yellow leaves.

Thanks.
And yeah thats a big problem for alot of my pots. I'll probably fill in those pots today. Most of the pots that need filling are big pots because I usually run out of soil halfway between planting them.
Also my orange opened its first flower today and it smells great. Its even attracting some butterflies!

Thanks for your comments everyone!