Do You Have A Favorite Ornamental Plant Or Flower?

These are Misty's flowers in the front yard.
The Lord Baltimore (biggest hibiscus flower)

I just took these pics...
Her flowers have never looked so beautiful.

 

Roses, lilies and sunflowers.

 

I think I want one of these:

 

I had one, it died I once watched a fly land on it and sit there for 10 minutes then fly away. So i guess thats why it died

 

I like this color of petunia: I think it resembles outer space

 

You can dry those petals and put them in tea. They are full of Vitamin C and they taste kind of like lemon.

 

I love my Siberian Iris

 

I haven't gotten any lately but I like Portulaca and Snapdragons out in the sun.

 

Really?
I'll try it.

Should I pull off fresh petals or ones that are ready to drop n fall off

 

I see that you can use fresh petals and don't have to dry them!

 

About thirty years ago I had some naive ideas about how the country should be run. My mentor told me that such people as myself ought to first try and run a garden. The garden idea was not possible for a person living in a block of units. So I decided to have a go at Bonsais.

Bought several tree seedlings. After a year I did my first pruning of branches and roots, and then put them in a bigger plastic pot. Oddly enough, all got stolen, except for one scrawny looking tree plant _ the Chinese Elm. The funny thing about this plant is that I never had to prune its tap-root. The seed root turned itself into a knot, and the end result was that it strangles itself. I now have a 28 year old Bonsai that has never had to be wire tired or tap root pruned. It still looks scrawny, but we have been together for almost half of my life. Cannot imagine not having it.

 

That's really fascinating!

 

Venus Fly Traps, like most carnivorous plants, are extremely picky regarding the medium in which they are planted. Potting soil is a sure way to ensure their demise. A good medium for VFT's would be a mix of LFS (Long Fibered Spaghnum moss) and thoroughly washed sand (some perlite can also be added) - a 50-50 or 60-40 ratio seems to be to their liking. Additionally, use either distilled water or gather rain water and use that. Tap water or other types bought in stores has too high of a mineral count - this too will cause the demise of most carnivorous plants, including the VFT. Fly traps love the sun as that is where they get their energy (like most plants). They really do not need to capture insects, as the sun will provide everything the plant needs - but it is interesting to watch them devour fly's, mosquitos and other creepy crawling bugs. Most definitely do no feed human food.

 

jamaican rain tree , also called West indian ebony, it blooms after the rain, it grows very well in the caribbean

 

Red torch, family of ginger, gorgeous flower !!!It grows very well too in the caribbean, it loves water!!

 

Shell gingerlily, family of ginger too, grows very well in the Caribbean as well, delicate colours!!

 

Love them but every time I hear the word Hydrangea I’m reminded of the movie the Manchurian candidate

 

I wish I could get them to grow here.

 

Imagined ornamental plant.
Astray Art

 

Very nice hibiscus. I also grow this type Lord Baltimore but they did not do so well this year, too much rain. The leaves had a type of fungus, I think verticilium wilt??? Most of my flowers were less than stellar due to the weather.
Azaleas do well in my area but my favorite flowers are morning glories grown from seed: