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Florida Botanical Gardens

SubTropicRay

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Arenga pinnata

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Little Blue Heron

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Bravo croton

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bug's eye view of Florida Silver Palm (Coccothrinax argentata)

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Croton "Mammey"

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great photos,ray!

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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(Ray, Tampa @ Dec. 05 2007,18:04)

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Croton "Mammey"

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I want my Mammey!

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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(LJG @ Dec. 05 2007,21:26)

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Croton "Mammey"

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I want my Mammey!

:D Good one Len.

Ray, thanks for the nice pics.  I enjoy the close up shots also.

Don_L    Rancho CUCAMONGA (yes it does exist) 40 min due east of Los Angeles

             USDA Zone 10a

July Averages: Hi 95F, Low 62F

Jan Averages: Hi 68F, Low 45F

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Great shots Ray.Where in Largo?

What you look for is what is looking

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Ray,

    Your photos are great, but where is this garden? Is it public or a private garden, and how big?

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

SubTropicRay Grand Master

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It's a public garden about 10 minutes east of Indian Rocks Beach (Pinellas County).  The info link is attached.  

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Beautiful pictures Ray!  I visited that garden quite a few years ago.  It sure looks like everything is growing nicely there.   Did you see the stand of very tall Archontophoenix cunninghamianas?  The last time I was there they looked great and were loaded with seeds.

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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Yes I did see those and they were loaded with seeds again.

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Nice Ray, ta.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Nice photos.  And a peice of trivia.  The sounds the limpkin makes are the ones used in many Tarzan movies and other movies that are filmed in "jungles".

Palmmermaid

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Great shots,

Those croton can they survive any frost?

Robbin

Southwest

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Hello Robbin,

Crotons cannot tolerate frost unless planted under tree canopy.

Ray

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Nice shots Ray.

The BG in Largo is sort of an undiscovered and unpromoted place. It doesn't have the density of rare plants that Leu Gardens in Orlando has; it's more of a preserved natural area with areas carved out for exotics. I don't know if there are plans to expand the non-native plantings or not. Definitely worth checking out nonetheless.

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

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