A Spring Fling

 

 An impromptu event to celebrate the season with gardeners and friends. Come get your Spring flowers ! Bring your friends and family for a day in the country ! Directions between the Rubis Gas Station and the St. Lucy Post Office.

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day March 2016

We are now on water restrictions due to drought.

Euphorbia punicea  aka Jamaica poinsettia

Dwarf sunflowers

Adenium aka desert rose

Sabinea carinalis aka Pride of Dominica

Rondeletia leucophylla aka Panama rose

This is the season for Bougainvillea.

Verbena bonariensis  

Heliconia rostrata

Jamaican ackee 

This is the national fruit of Jamaica and is used in their national dish Ackee and salt fish.

 Hello and welcome to Garden Bloggers Bloom Day where gardeners around the globe post what is blooming in their gardens. We are still in a drought and water rationing is in place. Hose and sprinkler usage is prohibited.  Apart from that, the dry season triggers many plants and shrubs to bloom

I have been experimenting with dwarf sunflowers with very good results. Another newbie to the garden is verbena bonariensis. It looks a lot like lantana but without the smelly leaves. 

This adorable cutie is latest family member "Reds".  She appeared a few months ago bleeding from the mouth and limping. We immediately took her to the vet and was diagnosed with rat poisoning. She was treated and is now part of the pack. 

To see more blooming gardens please go over to Carol at May dreams gardens.   Wishing all a fantastic week!

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day Febuary 2016

Mansoa alliacea, Cydista aequintialis, aka Garlic vine in its glory

 Hello and welcome to garden Bloggers Bloom Day where gardeners around the globe post what is blooming in their gardens. My garlic vine is in bloom and what a sight to behold! Each day it changes colour. The Garlic vine is used in traditional medicine in South America where it originated. The leaves smell like garlic when crushed. To see more blooming gardens please go over to Carol at May dreams gardens. Have a great week folks!

Busy at the homestead

 Sabinea carinalis aka Pride of Dominica  in bloom at the Rustic Bajan Garden. This shrub thrives in drought like conditions and is a great plant for xeriscaping.

 Pride of Dominica is the national flower of the island of Dominica.

 

My Vanilla bean orchid has grown up the side of my tool shed and onto the roof. A papaya tree has sprung up in the orchid pot.

Pink petunias

 The pergola posts were replaced a few weeks ago with larger posts and since the top was in need of repair I decided to put a metal roof on. It will be a great place to dine when finished. The cinder block floor that was becoming uneven so I suggested to hubby to cast a concrete one. So the blocks were taken up and the  new floor was cast.

 

 To keep costs down I opted for a shed roof  instead of a gable  even though I would have preferred a gable roof. Now we will be dining alfresco amongst the water lilies! Parrrrteee!

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day January 2016

Lobelia

 Chrysanthemums

 Gerbera daisy

 Lisanthus

 Bouganvillea

 Papaya, passion fruit and some sour oranges from the garden.

 Hello and welcome to Garden Bloggers Bloom Day  where gardeners around the globe show what is blooming in their gardens.  We are still going through a drought and things do not look good for my island home. Even if we get the rains at this late stage it will not help us for this year. Our water is sourced from underground aquifers and it takes many months for surface water to fully penetrate to refill these underground aquifers. 

To see more blooming gardens please  go over to Carol's garden at may dreams gardens .

 Wishing everyone peace and happiness in this tumultuous world.