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B4U · 10-09-2010, 12:23 PM

Everything I loved to grow up north won't work down here (sw fl.) So I've had to adapt.
(Boy do I miss my Jersey tomatoes)
My favorite would be orchids. (I have plants I got still blooming after 11 years here)
Next would be bromiliads, succulents & cactus.
All done on the lania. Too buggy and hot in the yard for 6 months a year for me to work in the yard.

johnny come lately · 10-09-2010, 06:52 PM

Hartwell Girl: What is the name of the purple one in the back? thanks,

gentlearts · 10-09-2010, 06:56 PM

I've gotten my first two palm trees lately. One is a pygmy date palm, and one is a pindo. I treat them like new little pets.

thedwightguy · 10-10-2010, 08:35 PM

actually, a tree. I go back to White Rock, B.C. every year to visit my grafted walnut tree and see how it's doing. (planted 1980)

B4U · 10-11-2010, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by thedwightguy

actually, a tree. I go back to White Rock, B.C. every year to visit my grafted walnut tree and see how it's doing. (planted 1980)

Thanks sounds so cool. I hope you're keeping a photographic history.

Infatuous1 · 10-11-2010, 10:38 AM

Tomatoes! Nothing tastes better than a home grown tomato fresh out of the garden. Yum!

Dusty Rhodes · 10-11-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by oscarmom

favorite flowers are gardenias and gladiolus.

favorite veggie by far is the Cherokee Purple tomato. we grow lots of different kinds but the flavor of this one is outstanding. interesting color too- sort of maroon on the outside and brilliant red when you cut it

I agree, this year I grew exactly one Cherokee Purple tomato plant, it gave me the best tomato sandwiches I had ever eaten, absolutely delicious. (I also had 55 other tomato plants, German Johnson, Celebrity, Better Boy.) Yup, I grow them for sandwiches!!!

alphaluce · 10-11-2010, 04:21 PM

Hair...on my head!

Nomadicus · 10-11-2010, 05:03 PM

Tomatoes, Okra, Sweetcorn, Onions

anitajas · 10-11-2010, 06:24 PM

Flowers! I really miss my rose garden (30 bushes) from when I lived in CA. I also love narcissus, zinnias, dalias, gardenias and, oh, there are too many to name!

I have yet to start a vegetable garden in NC, but next spring I plan to at least plant some tomatos, especially after reading this thread!

I just finished planting 72 pansies, and they will be my favorite thing to grow during the winter this year!

It is such a blessing to watch plants grow and thrive.