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  1. I just posted this pic a few days ago on my FB page. My vine has only been planted for 3 months now and has just outgrown its second trellis. It's one of my favorite flowering plants.
  2. Mine have one stalk that opens up with 5 - 10 flowers.
  3. My backyard is filled with those and they will grow those very long fronds without any stalk. When you least expect it, the stalk will shoot up and start to bud. It seems like the stalk shoots up overnight. They are beautiful and fragrant when they bloom!
  4. I have some growing in a pot and it sure does spread! Last year it got intermingled with my oregano and overtook the pot next to it! I like to shred some leaves and add it to baked goods.
  5. I don't think Lantana is what you are looking for, but my Lantana is always covered with butterflies! This isn't a picture of my plant, though, mine is more yellow and orange.
  6. The one thing I do know about African violets is to water from the bottom of the planter....do not water the top soil as it could rot the leaves.
  7. It's definitely not Rose of Sharon...mine aren't even blooming. Is it a pink camellia?
  8. In speaking to someone at work about this, they mentioned I might be thinking this is a bumblebee when it is actually a carpenter bee. They mentioned that carpenter bees hover around wooden structures, much like I find on my front porch and back deck, especially the screened in deck with all the lattice.
  9. Monroefiles -- I have the exact same situation with the bumblebees at my house! We can't even sit on the front porch or the back deck without getting buzzed! The big bees just hover, scurry away and come back for more hovering. We also have a screened in porch with lattice across the bottom...the bumble bees get inside the porch and get trapped in the lattice and die. So far this Spring, my boyfriend has already picked out 13 bumble bees from inside the lattice. WOW! He seems to think that the hovering is a form of protecting a source of nectar and possibly a mating ritual. If you pay close attention, you'll see another bumble bee hover over and they will get into a tussle and buzz around until the other one is run off. It is true that they won't bother you...I don't even think bumble bees have stingers, but it is still scary to see these fat bees buzzing and hovering around the house! I'm glad you posted this thread as I'm interested in other replies.
  10. I attached the file that I use for my weekly meal planning. I like it because I can plan my menu and grocery list. When I'm ready to go to the store, I cut off the grocery part and hang the menu on the fridge. Tonight we are having pierogies, peas, salad and homemade multi-grain bread. weeklymenuplanner_9593.pdf
  11. My tulips and daffodils have bulging buds that are about to open up!! I can see my neighbor has a few tulips that just bloomed.
  12. I have never been successful in translating my cannas. Mine very rarely bloom. I'm not 100% sure if cannas are suitable for indoor planting, unless you have a steamy and sunny sunroom.
  13. Snellma is right...my grapes are muscadines. I do not know what to do with them. Last year was my first summer in my home and I thought this "vine" as just that - a vine - until grapes popped up.
  14. Here are a few pics of what I have blooming right now. Close up:
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