1 Year Anniversary

Today marks the one year anniversary of my blog. It is something that has been great and gt me through some of these days in Florida. I enjoy showing all of you this and excited to continue.

To a Bright Future of the Blog

 

When I started this blog a year ago I had know idea that I would be watching the Micheal Jackson Memorial Service on TV a year later. I wasn’t his biggest fan, but I think he has done a lot for people around the world and the music industry; however you feel about him I think you can agree with that.

 

Regular posts will continue tomorrow,

Jake

Three New Plants

Right before I left for Kentucky in June I planted a Peruvian Daffodil, Hymenocallis festalis. Well, I forgot about it until yesterday I noticed something coming through the mulch. At first I thought it was an Amaryllis, but I knew I hadn’t planted an Amaryllis there. Anyway, I am now excited again, because it is like a new plant that I now have, but forgot about.

Purvian Daffodil

The second new plant is called Rough Horsetail, Equisetum hyemale. It is a plant that I was interested when I lived in Kentucky, but never actually purchased it. What reminded me of it was at an amusement park called Kings Island in Ohio that I visted when I was in Kentucky. It was planted near a que line for a roller coaster and I sw it and thought to myslef what it was. It finally came to me and I was like, “I have to get some of it.”, so I did.

Horsetail

While looking online on the site I bought the Horsetail I saw the Broadleaf Cattail,  Typha latifolia. I know it is an odd purchase, but I like the way they look and thought I would try one out. We will see how it goes and I will ofcourse report it here.

Cattail

 

I got the Horsetail and Cattail from a nursery in Memphis, TN called Dove Creek Gardens. I ordered them on a Friday night and they arrived last Friday for me to plant. I would reccomend them for your Ornamental Grass, Bamboo, and Water Garden Plant needs.

I hope you had a great Fourth of July and I hope you have a great week. We are suppose to get quite a bit of rain through Thursday, I really hope the weatherman is right.

Jake

Variegated Plants-Happy July the Fourth!

Variegated plants were recently discussed on a message board I frequent, Hardy Palm and Subtropical Board. Variegated plants really light up areas in your landscape and some may not even be the light yellow or green colors. Quite a few of them can be drker colors and they too look cool. Here are some of my variegated plants that I could get pictures of today. I was having trouble with the humidity fogging up the lens, so I didn’t get pictures of all of them. The Canna was producing plaing green leaves and all of a sudden began putting out variegated leaves, which may be a disease, I don’t really know though. The newest leaf on my Cavendish Banana is also variegated, it is dark green in the center and a lighter shade all around the edge, wierd since all of thos ewere green except for when it was a young plants and had the red splotches.

Cavendish Wierd Vareigated

Colocasia ‘Illustris’

Siam Ruby Banana

Caladiums

Rojo Banana

Ti Plant

Canna

I figured maybe variegation could be the fireworks of my page, lol. Have a great Fourth of July!

Jake

Monthly Weather Summary- June 2009

The May 2009 Monthly Weather Summary:

Average High: 87F/30.5C  Avergae Low: 71F/21.6C  Average Rainfall: 6.67″/169.12mm

2009 High: 88F/31.1C  2009 Low: 67F/19.4C  2009 Rainfall: 9.13″/231.90mm

Departure: +1  Departure: -4  Departure: +2.46″/+62.48mm

Number of Lows at or Below 32F/0C degrees: 0

Number of Highs at or Above 90F/32.2C 0r Hotter: 21

Number of Records: 1

Highest Recorded Temperature: A Record 99F/37.2C degrees on June 16th 

Lowest Recorded Temperature: 65F/18.3C degrees on June 1st

————————————————————————————————————————–

What can I say about this month, we are in Florida and it has been miserably hot and humid most of the month. A lot of our rain came at the beginningof the month and from two separate thunderstorms. The plants need more spread out and even rain fall; hopefully more rain will come in July. I tried posting the stats in metric as well, I hope they match up to Fahrenheit and inches. 

Jake