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Re: Tropical Plants

Hi Bobbi,

I also like to grow a number of plants foreign to our Ct. weather.  My
new one this year is mandevilla.  It's blooming nicely now but I'll see
how it does when I have to bring it indoors for the winter.

After several years of having only one flower at a time on my anthurium,
this year for the first time it has 6 flowers!  I also have a streletzia
(Bird of Paradise) which I started from a seed several years ago.  It
begins blooming each year in November and the last flower passes in
March or April.  Last winter it had 12 flowers.

Most plants generally do well for me, but I've never had any luck
getting orchids ro rebloom.

Bonnie


Bobbi Novicky wrote:
> 
> Hi Bonnie....It's nice to know somebody else strives with plumeria in
> Ct.  I have 6 -- 4 new this year -- and 2 old timers.  I don't know why
> I insist on growing something so foreign to our Ct. weather, but I
> continue.  I have NEVER gotten one to bloom, altho' I follow a rigid
> care and feeding routine.......they are beautiful plants, with lots of
> leaves, but not one bloom......but I keep trying.....hope never dies in
> the heart of a gardener.  Now, the abutilons are a different story.
> They're actually fun!!!  I'm going to try to get to Logee's next week
> and try a couple of new ones.  I'm next to the New York State border
> near Danbury, so it's a 2+ hour drive for me, but I think it will be
> worth it.
> 
> Bobbi......P.S.  If your plumeria blooms, please don't tell me <sob>
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