Gardening, landscaping and plants in general

[SFMCfranky]

Asian pears:

[twin]

@SFMCfranky They are good for Asian pear butter.

[SFMCfranky]

A bit of pink about the property today.

[goosehd]

[Giles]

FH squared.....

[goosehd]

Just picked and ate my first habanero of the year. Small but packed a kick and the flavour was superb. Probably the best tasting chilli I typically grow.

[SFMCfranky]

The century plant is finally in full bloom. The bees and orioles love the nectar.

[1WayTrip]

Baby Redwood forest.

[wjw]

[ÆRϺΔΚ]

Summer time gardening.

[twin]

[GraemeE]

Brought a couple new house plants (or outdoors in pots during summer) home from my Seattle visit

These were grown from trimmings of a 30-40 year old jade plant

[1WayTrip]

Joshua Tree’s and other more tender stuff back in the greenhouse until April. Cold and wet North West England weather sucks.

[GraemeE]

Figpocalypse begins

[ÆRϺΔΚ]

@GraemeE Nice! Ours are still too green to catch, maybe next month.

[GraemeE]

@ÆRϺΔΚ pacific northwest climate was optimal this year apparently

These guys are larger than we have seen in previous years

[motojobobo]

Very strong winds over the last days are bringing down most of this year’s yet unripe mango fruit. Guaranteeing local scarcity come November-December when fully ripe.

[motojobobo]

One of the commonest and hardier local orchids around here, Jitabay is the indigenous name (Cyrtopodium punctatum).
This one is at my brother’s house. Puts out massive floral bursts. Always a joy to see at full bloom.

[motojobobo]

This Cattleya nobilior orchid has much larger individual flowers than the previous Jitabay. Also a locally common species.

[ÆRϺΔΚ]

@GraemeE Ours still look like this: