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Spring Blooms for the Southest US (Louisiana)

_Keith

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_Keith Grand Master

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It rained all weekend, but I did sneak these 3 photos in on Friday. Can you name the blooms in each of these 3 photos?

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It rained all weekend, but I did sneak these 3 photos in on Friday. Can you name the blooms in each of these 3 photos?

Photo 2 of 3

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It rained all weekend, but I did sneak these 3 photos in on Friday. Can you name the blooms in each of these 3 photos?

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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It rained all weekend, but I did sneak these 3 photos in on Friday. Can you name the blooms in each of these 3 photos?

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Keith, you got me on photos 2 & 3. Photo 1 looks like azaleas (purple blooms) but I can't see flowers well enough to be absolutely certain.

Meg

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seagrapes Newbie

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I'll take a wild stab at it...

1. 'Formosa' Azalea (w/ dogwood in background)

2. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)

3. Flowers? All I see are Mardi Gras beads in a crape myrtle... but maybe the pine is flowering in the background. :)

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Austin, TX (zone 8b/9a)

2009/10 Winter minimum 14F (yuck)

_Keith Grand Master

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I'll take a wild stab at it...

1. 'Formosa' Azalea (w/ dogwood in background)

2. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)

3. Flowers? All I see are Mardi Gras beads in a crape myrtle... but maybe the pine is flowering in the distant background. :)

You got 2 out of 3 in picture 1.

You got 1 out of 2 in picture 2.

And you got picture 3 with the Mardia Gras beads hanging in the still dorman Crape Myrtles on the Lafayette Parade Route.

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FRITO Grand Master

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nice color keith

we havnt got the rain yet, hopefully it comes by tommorrow.

Ill add the cameila as the third in pic 1

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Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

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Let's see, the others in pic 1 are: 'George Taber' Azalea, and a couple red camellias, and in pic 2 there are some shrimp plants in the background...

Austin, TX (zone 8b/9a)

2009/10 Winter minimum 14F (yuck)

_Keith Grand Master

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nice color keith

we havnt got the rain yet, hopefully it comes by tommorrow.

Ill add the cameila as the third in pic 1

At this point we are ready to pass along the rain. It has been non-stop for the last 3 days, but at least it is a good steady light soak it all in kind of rain.

And yes on the Camellia.

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Let's see, the others in pic 1 are: 'George Taber' Azalea, and a couple red camellias, and in pic 2 there are some shrimp plants in the background...

Yep, that is all of them.

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Kieth:

I didn't think Brunfelsia would grow in Loosianne!

Hmm. Jumping the gun just a bit on those Crape Myrtles . . . . .

When do the Crape Myrtles bloom over there? Here they start in May and end about September.

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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Kieth:

I didn't think Brunfelsia would grow in Loosianne!

Hmm. Jumping the gun just a bit on those Crape Myrtles . . . . .

When do the Crape Myrtles bloom over there? Here they start in May and end about September.

Place in favored microclimates Brunfelsia grow just fine here. This one is under the edge of a Live Oak canopy where it gets full morning sun.

The Crapes bloom about the same time frame here as with you, I was just having a little fun with Mardi Gras beads on that one, which early bloom on quite a few trees along the parade routes.

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Keith--

Of course it's not fair since I'm in your general vicinity, but it's too easy as the same things are popping here as well:

1) Dogwood, Azalea, Camellia

2) Brunfelsia pauciflora

3) Arborus mardigrasensis

The fun thing is that here in Natchez we also have number 3. I think we must be the northernmost outpost of that species. They line the streets downtown. Blooms every February or thereabouts, and always seems to happen right after the parades.

Dave: Brunfelsias do beautifully in the hot, humid Gulf South. Very popular here, and they surprisingly hold their foliage into the low or mid-20s. One of the best is one of the most beautiful: the Brunfelsia that Monrovia has been marketing the last couple of years as 'Brunfelsia magnifica.' This very tropical-looking Brunfelsia has larger, very rugose leaves and has stayed evergreen for me here at 23-24F even with freezes lasting 15 hours or so. Wonderfully fragrant. Drops a few leaves in a drying arctic wind but not bad at all. Also this type blooms more often throughout the year than the typical Brunfelsia pauciflora 'floribunda.' I lived in SoCal most of my life and was surprised upon moving to Natchez to find Brunfelsias being sold here, I think we southern California natives think it thrives only in a cool, misty climate. But it loves it here. Same goes for Tibouchina. Who woulda thunk it?

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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