Garden Blogger's Bloom Day Feburary 2017

 Chinaman's hat

 Yellow Kalanchoe

 Red Kalanchoe

 White Lisanthus

Pitaya aka Dragon fruit

raspberry ice bougainvillea

Coral bougainvillea

 Garlic vine in bloom

 Lobelia

 Heliconia

Tree orchid

 Hello and welcome to GBBD  where gardeners around the globe post what is blooming in their gardens.  We are officially into our dry season, however  there were some showers last night and today. Temperatures dropped to a low of 23C last night. The mornings are a cool 25-26C and the plants and I are enjoying it.  

Seeds are being sown for my Spring fling some time in April. To see more blooming gardens please visit Carol at may dreams gardens  Have a great week folks!

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day January 2017

Queen of Siam waterlily

mixed blue

Blue capensis with six flowers

Lobelia

Mona lavender ( plectrantus) I am nuturing.

Cypress vine (ipomea quamoclit) that came as a weed with a plant I bought. This can be seen growing wild along country roads here on the island and blooms around this time of year.

Red kalanchoe now in bloom.

Mamey sapote (pouteria sapota) doing well after the heavy rains we've had. This one was planted approximately 4-5 years ago. This is a popular fruit in many of the islands especially Cuba and Florida.

Chocolate pudding tree (diospyros nigra) doing nicely. Not very well known on the island.

Longan (dimocarpus longan) a popular fruit related to the lychee. It is grown by many rare fruit enthusiasts in South Florida and very common in Asia. This was planted around 4-5 years ago. It took a while to become established and am hoping to see some fruit soon.

Hello and welcome to garden blogger's bloom day where gardeners around the globe post what is blooming in their gardens. Many gardens up north are under snow unless you live in Florida. The UK has been hit with some heavy snowstorms and am sending warm wishes hoping that there is very little damage.  To see more blooming gardens please go on over to Carol's garden at May dreams garden

Have a great week folks! 

Wedding belles

 Last month I attended the wedding of the daughter of a close school friend in Orlando Florida.

It was an unforgettable wedding, the best I have ever been to (not that I get invited to many).

 The beautiful Bride wore a stunning gown and looked like a princess next to her handsome prince.

 The proud mom, my friend Antoinette who looked radiant and blissfully happy on this special day. We have known each other since we were 12 years old.

 The atrium setting was perfect for the reception.

 The first dance

The first toast

 The proud father dancing with the bride

 Cutting the cake

 The guests included my daughter Lauren 3rd right enjoying themselves in a group dance.

Of course I had to check out the gardens in the atrium. The giant spathiphyllums were stunning, I am used to only seeing the smaller ones.

The plants were lush under controlled temperatures in the atrium.

Kalanchoes adding some ground cover colour  while the bread fruit leaf fern  (wart fern) and the philodendron cling to the rocks in the background.

Here the deep pink mandevilla is used as a ground cover.

These giant spathiphyllums were showing off their amazing blooms everywhere.

The alligators and turtles basking in the sunshine were all part of the gardens.

The beautiful heart shaped leaves of this alocasia caught my attention.

Aglaonemas, Kalanchoes, and wart fern (bread fruit leaf ) filled the sides of this path. Congratulations  to the bride and groom Stephanie and Marcus, wishing them happiness throughout their marriage.