Spring is almost here pictures...

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bananas making a comeback

crotons hanging in there.

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More crotons hanging in.

brugs staging a comeback

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mango season awaits

mango blooms

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clusia lanceolata waiting to go into the ground

heliconias starting to bloom

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neoreglia and kids

agalonema

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philodendron 'congo'

[ron@springhammock]

I don't see much damage; looks like you did better than we do on a good year.  By summer I imagine you won't see a trace of damage.

[SubTropicRay]

Ron,

You'd never know spring is right around the corner with today's  %$#%$ weather.  Where the &%#& did this %$#@^  come from?????  This sucks.

Ray

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(ron@springhammock @ Mar. 17 2007,15:36)

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I don't see much damage; looks like you did better than we do on a good year.  By summer I imagine you won't see a trace of damage.

I was very fortunate. I endedup losing a five year old diffenbachia which was about 4 feet tall and a nice clusia rosea. The clusia just isn't hardy here but I was impressed with the diffenbachia. Other than that, I was lucky for sure.

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(Ray, Tampa @ Mar. 17 2007,16:58)

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Ron,

You'd never know spring is right around the corner with today's  %$#%$ weather.  Where the &%#& did this %$#@^  come from?????  This sucks.

Ray

Not a good day there? Whatever it is I'm sure it's a one and done being March in Fla.

[ron@springhammock]

Your mango looks great; I bet you'll have a good crop this year.  How many mangos did you get off of the tree last year?  My trees haven't started flowering yet.

Funny that we seem to fret more about losing things from cold events, but I've actually lost a lot more things because of disease, pests, drought & hurricanes than from any freeze.

Ray, I was just as surprised as you.  I've been busy the past two weekends getting my potted plants set-up for the summer; not paying any attention to the forcast.  I was shocked to see my morning temps at 48F.  Luckly I still have a lot of my seedlings and ultra-tropicals inside, but I did start bringing things back in again.  It's supposed to hit 45F tonight.  Hopefully, that will be the end of it, so we can start planning for the severe drought that's supposed to be the next weather challenge of the year.

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(ron@springhammock @ Mar. 17 2007,19:20)

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Your mango looks great; I bet you'll have a good crop this year.  How many mangos did you get off of the tree last year?  My trees haven't started flowering yet.

Funny that we seem to fret more about losing things from cold events, but I've actually lost a lot more things because of disease, pests, drought & hurricanes than from any freeze.

Ray, I was just as surprised as you.  I've been busy the past two weekends getting my potted plants set-up for the summer; not paying any attention to the forcast.  I was shocked to see my morning temps at 48F.  Luckly I still have a lot of my seedlings and ultra-tropicals inside, but I did start bringing things back in again.  It's supposed to hit 45F tonight.  Hopefully, that will be the end of it, so we can start planning for the severe drought that's supposed to be the next weather challenge of the year.

Thanks Ron. I got about 30-40 mangos last year. I should have counted but I picked them over a about a 2 month period so I lost count. It is a 'glenn' variety that ripens b/w Aug and Oct. This year actually does look better than last year based on the flowering that I am seeing but we'll have to wait and see.

[SubTropicRay]

It's supposed to hit 45F tonight.  Hopefully, that will be the end of it, so we can start planning for the severe drought that's supposed to be the next weather challenge of the year.

See what fun the guys in Hawaii miss.