Plumeria 2011

April 25 - June 3, 2011.

Plumeria, also known as Frangipani, is a tropical plant that has fragrant summer flowers. It loves sun, heat, and dry soil. It can stand Texas heat, hates wet soil. I got four cuttings from The First Monday Trade Days in April (they call it "logs") and they started growing once put in rich potting soil. Here's one of them that has been blooming for about 3 weeks now.

April 25th, 2011.

May 8th, 2011.

May 23rd, 2011.

May 28th, 2011.

June 3rd, 2011.

© Burke's Garden blog, 2011.

Pottery Pots and Garden Ornaments

April 1, 2011.

Porcelain wall pots are the new addition to this wall.

I have been using portulaca or purslane for the clay pot,

but for the porcelain I use white alyssum which is very fragrant,

pink verbena, and purple lobelia.

Fish shape wall pot and ornament.

I put fan flower and sweet potato vine in it.

A puppy clay pot from Hooten's. Still not sure what to put in it,

maybe pink flowering creeping thyme.

A partridge by holly.

Another fish-shape garden ornament

(a gift from getting the above fish-shape wall pot).

The fishes and porcelain pots were purchased at

The First Monday pottery shop in Canton, Tx.

©Burke's Garden, 2011.