A couple of new ones

When John came last week he brought me a couple of little RexBegonia.









New flowers on my Adenium "desert rose"






Tibouchina "jazzie" dwarf, is doing well.I NOTICED AFTER FLOWERING THIS LITTLE GUM NUT LOOKING THING ,extreme right , is this a seed pod .I also noticed the tip browning on some leaves, would this be overwatering ? I have not grown Tibouchina before.

Pretty begonias

That is a seed pod on Jazzie. Tibouchinas are prone to getting brown tips on their leaves. They have a shallow root system and like to stay evenly moist without drying out in between... which is why I'm totally surprised by my tibouchina as it has never had brown tips and we never water it even through drought.

Very pretty Gwen .. Love those leaf colours.

Thanks Gail . for info on brown tips, it get watered once a week , not overwatered, and it keeps nice and damp under the mulch, the little bush is covered in buds.

Yes MA I love Begonias especially rex and the tall 6 ft cane type ones.I have'nt grown the rex in the garden before . I wonder how they will take the wet, humid summer here only one way to find out .

Did it get to much fertilizer at all..

They should be fine Gwen they love the humid conditions.
Not fond of too much water though as they could rot
As long as the soil is free draining that's the main thing

Gwen, I just looked it up and besides irregular moisture and low humidity, the other thing that can cause brown leaf tips is they prefer an acidic soil.

Thanks for the tip on the Tib. Gail, better water mine on a more reg. basis when the warmer weather arrives

Nice begonias Gwen

My favourite is the second Begonia. Very nice.

I have the perfect conditions here, the soil is acidic, extremely well drained and I don't have to fertilise, the red volcanic soil is so viable, so I don't know why the brown leaf tips, its not all the leaves.

Faye came home from the village today with 3 new plants
Hibiscus "Moonraker"
Dwarf Ixora "peggy" white
Dwarf Ixora"Sunshine" yellow.

Also a friend of Faye's in Brisbane has sent me [ not arrived yet]
Chonemorpha penengensis vine [ wrongly called frangipani vine , no relation]

I ,was out on the hoon machine today, had some coffee berries , must not eat them all as family from Darwin arrive this saturday for 10 days.son, his wife and 2 girls 6 and 11.
The strangler figs are finished now .

Maybe the Jazzie just needs to settle in, as long as it is growing well I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just keep an eye on it.

Sounds like you're in for a busy 10 days... it is great to see family

A lovely array of plants, Gwen. I esp. love the Begonias...send John down my way..lol..

Thanks everone, yes John is a treasure, he is here today , weeding and mulching. He's weeding the garden that I have planted with small shrubs and MA''s Day lilies.
MA the Day lilies are growing so well ,only lost one from the dozen different colours you sent.
John just discovered my Croton "Picasso's Paintbrush: has collapsed with wooly aphid.it looks dead all curled up brown leaves, he pulled it up and Faye took it and potted it up to see if she could save it . I don.t hold out much hope though.
John is in the garden that has 3 Ixora, he said there are more berries forming on the large pink one , the only one I've ever noticed that has seeds.
I went out when John arrived to show him what I'd like done today and I noticed a frangi ".Banana Ripple" nearly leafless has flowered
I did'nt think it would flower so late in the season.Faye took a pic. I'll put on a pic when she loads them on the computer.
It was lovely out in the warm winter sun , perfect this time of year.

Shame about that croton, it was a pretty one but they are tough so the roots may still be alive.

I am a surprised that there is still the odd flower on our frangis too and only a couple have lost all their leaves, the others still have about half their leaves. Our winter so far hasn't been that cold compared to usual. Only had a couple of very cold nights, many have been over 5C and quite a few around the 10C mark - still too cold for me but better than around 0C. The regular rain/showers are keeping the plants growing too.

I'll have to go out and take some pictures but first have to sit around the house until I get a phone call which could be anytime today... if I went outside the phone would ring as soon as I got all the way up the back

What no cordless phone..

Gwen I meant to put a yellow replacement in that surprise bag but I forgot
Blame it on old age.

Good to hear all the others are coming on well they are a tough plant and multiply so fast such delightful colours also.. Sorry to hear about your plant I will probably lose more after the weekends rain too.

Mary-Anne, we do have a cordless phone but down the back corner is out of range and that is where I want to go.