Garden Blogger's Bloom Day July 2019

 Lilac lagerstroemia speciosa aka insulin tree, Queen of flowers, Benaba, Queen crape myrtle

 The leaves of the lagerstroemia are used to treat diabetes, diarrhea and other diseases.

 A red carpet of Delonix Regia petals, aka Flamboyant, Royal Poinciana and Gul mohar in India

 Callistemon aka bottle brush an Australian native.

 Plumeria aka Frangipani,  singapore plumeria

 Ground Orchids are loving the rain

 Quisqualis aka Rangoon creeper in full bloom for the first time after a good pruning. They can be very invasive.

 Petunias still going strong after the rain last night.

Poutria lucuma aka cannistel, egg fruit first one on this tree.

 Dragon fruit

 Hello and welcome to Garden Blogger's Bloom Day where gardeners around the globe post what is blooming in their gardens. We have had some badly needed showers over the weekend. The plants are loving it. It is too wet to do much in the garden today so I will be running errands. To see more blooming gardens please go over to Carol's blog at www.maydreamsgardens
Have a great week gardening!

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day July 2017

 The mango season has come to an end and you can bet how happy I am!

 This volunteer lisanthus in full bloom in a pot.

 Colourful Zinnias

 White mandevilla

 Pink mandevilla

 flame celosia

 Jasmine

 Rudebeckia

 Dragon fruit aka pitaya

 Royal Poinciana aka flamboyant, gul mohur in its element!

 Lagerstromeia speciosa aka queen of flowers

 West Indian bay leaf tree in bloom

 White mussenda

 Pink mussenda

 Tropical hydrangea

 Yellow alamanda and glaphima glauca aka showers of gold

 Tree jasmine

 My guards and partners in crime, Reds and Yoda!

 Young Carambola fruit

Fruit bats damage  to the carambola. I will be lucky to get any this season.

Hello and welcome to GBBD where gardeners around the globe post what is blooming in their gardens.  It has been horribly hot the past week and that was due to a tropical wave in the area. It has passed us with very little rain. 

OnThursday I had a group visit from retirees from the UWI  who were touring the island. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

 To see more blooming gardens please go over to Carol the brainchild of GBBD at may dreams gardens. Have a great weekend gardening!

Rainy days and Sundays

  I am growing Rudbeckia for the first time. The seeds were given to me by my mother who sadly passed away in February this year.

 Dwarf sunflowers pygmy

 This lovely celosia is a volunteer an offspring of many I grew last year.

 The arbour now has a yellow mandevilla running on it and some ponds on the side adding interest.

 Dragon fruit aka pitaya

 Mamey sapote fruiting for the first time.

Recent rains have filled the ground pond and we will soon be seeing water lilies appearing.

Hello folks, we had some real rain yesterday and last week due to tropical waves in the area. The island was on flood watch until 6 pm yesterday. On Friday it rained all day and I made some soup. It was deeelicious! I will post the recipe later.

Wishing you all a great week gardening!