The latest dirt from my garden

Botanical name: Plumeria pudica “Bridal Bouquet” Got one too! What a beautiful plant this got to be. Instant gratification once planted. T...

Another unusual beauty I am contemplating on growing - well, that if I can locate it. This might even be growing in my area. What a perfect ...

Success! 3 of the 10 seeds I bought germinated and we now have 3 healthy seedlings. This is exiting! This got to be one of the most stunnin...

This weekend we're going to plant a Texas Olive tree. The 3 ft plant we bought last year on a nursery plant special, survived the winter...

Stevia rebaudiana This will be my first experience with stevia growing from seeds, but since I do have some experience in germinating tropic...

Someone somewhere posted something about this plant and after some research I found out that this is an incredible herb used in asian desert...

Saturday my sister inlaw brought by 2 huge bags of pomelo. This was my first ever citru jam. (pictures of the procedure to follow). The jam ...

A lot of people do not know or have never seen a banana flower. I was pretty stunned too the first time I saw one. Come to find out that the...

Many, including myself, wondered if it's possible to grow your own avocado plant. Here is an easy growing instruction for the challenged...

I meant to say Happy New Years!! My question for your opinion today is.. Is a mushroom just a fungus or is it a vegetable? (It's a heat...

This is my new garden project for 2009 - To have Angel Trumpets of all sorts of colors, all over the garden. Specifically trained or pruned ...

It's getting cold outside and I have been working on indoor goodies. Since it's garden related I've decided to post my Frogs ...

Greater galangal: a tropical herbaceous plant of the ginger family reaching to about 2m (6 1/2ft). The blade-like leaves are long and wide, ...

It's been a long time coming. My son Alex helped me nurse the seedlings 2 years ago from seeds and look what we discovered this fall. O...

A picture from my favorite garden photographer. This pictures was taken at the Houston Zoo in Fall 2008. We have tons of butterfly attractin...

'Queen Emma' (Crinum augustum). Queen Emma was the wife of Kamehameha IV. Our last visit to the Houston Zoo showed a great deal of m...

Lion's Ear Leonotis leonurus We're told this plant was used in religious ceremonies by Zulu priests and that if you smoke the dried...

Look what we found on our weekly trip to our favorite Garden Center. Definitely not somebody local. Ronnie managed to get a real good shot w...

Kalanchoe serrata Several species of Kalanchoe may be found growing as houseplants in Canada & the USA. The young plantlets which grow a...

USA Elections 2008! Vote Plumeria!!

This weekend I managed to get my hands on a Plumeria Puu Kahea. This specimen is very hard to come by and runs in the online stores for $35 ...

Another Stunner!This one however I just want to point out. I don't think I'll ever have enough room to grow this one too but will p...

Look what the web dragged in. I stumbled across this beauty in a flower arrangement. But where can I find a plant?? Or a cutting?? Chaconia,...

On the weekly trip to our local garden center, we've came across this show stopper. Huge clusters of flowers hanging on 3-5 inches long ...

In my never ending research on Photoshop tutorials, I've come across this fantastic site. Artist mess with various graphics, manipulate ...

It's been a quiet month for blogging as it has been wayyyy to hot to even think about gardening. Here is something I am currently look...

I want one! - But wont have one, will not survive zone 9. Neither do I like the pollinaters - Bat's. The jade vine (Strongylodon macrobo...

Guess what I got!! The Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) is a plant first documented by explorer Des Marchais during a 1725 excursion to...

This week I am testing this newly discovered Vegetable. Never heard of it until I saw it "on sale" in a local grocery flyer and de...

This is a picture I took this morning! It actually turned out alright! Wohoo! My Husband usually takes the "amazing" shots :) Like...

Synonym(s): air potato, bitter yam, air-potato, air yam Air potato is an herbaceous, twining vine that can grow to lengths exceeding 60 feet...