Gardening A passion

[Janice]

I was just wondering if any one else here has a passion for gardening? My passion lies with tropical and rare plants.

[sammy]

Janice. I live in md so no tropical plants but in the summer I have so many flowers many lilyies and crepe myrtle roses. you name it; when my mother was alive she had a green house so I guess I got this honest. she was also a master gardner. sammy

[Janice]

Very cool. My parents were very much the gardeners as well, although they were not master gardeners. It is a lot easier to grow things in South florida, and right now I am concentrating on growing a bat flower that is Quite special.

Google " bat flower" and there are a lot of nice images there ...in case your not familiar. Janice

[janedoe]

ive been working on the landscape here, but im not very good at it.lol.. pulling weeds i can do, but making a jungle look pretty? yeah, not so good at that

[sojii]

I haven't had an actual yard in years but had a humongous patio that everyone was envious of in my condo complex. I even had bamboo, but mostly flowering plants and herbs. My favorites were roses and bougainvilla in several colors. I love bougainvilla, and it's so easy to maintain. My hanging plants always had either doves or robins nest in every one. What a delight! Since I've developed morgellon's, though, I can't be around plants much, especially if they attract wasps, etc. I so miss having beautiful pots of interesting things and sweet birdies to sing while I read on my patio. I got real attached to the smell of Miracle-Gro!

[belle9]

It is pretty sad, but I used to love to garden. I could grow anything (even when we were stationed in Alaska). I was the one who mowed the lawn because I loved the workout. I'm afraid to go out there now. I have parasites (springtails) and no way to fend them off. My eosinophils don't work very well. M has taken one of my favorite things to do and destroyed it. But hey, I am suffering from delusions Maybe I should just conquer my fear.

[Janice]

I have bamboo, ginger, haleconias, hibiscus ect...this is my nirvana and it helps me cope with life in general. I have to take some pics and post them. Any body else have any pics of their garden?

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[Janice]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...bat_flower.jpg

[sojii]

Interesting flower and plant. I've never seen anything like it. How big does it get? Can it be pot-grown?

[JimDoe]

I garden but with a twist. If I can,t eat it I don,t grow it. But do have 1 hanging basket of flowers 1 pot of flowers and my mothers peace plant from her wake 4 years ago. Tomatoes and beans and corn please.
Gardening of any kind is good for the soul if you have one.
Peace groovy people.