May 27, 2023








This is my zone 8b Louisiana garden journal.
May 27, 2023
May 26, 2023
May 25, 2023
May 24,2023 I am loving all the bright vibrant newbies showing up this year. I hope they will be disease resistant and come back for me.
May 23,2023
May 22, 2023. The Ferry Morse Pastel color Mix Asters Review results are good. Zone 8b is hot so they lasted until mid May and then they were ready to be replaced with caladiums.
May 21, 2023
This year is going to be different and hopefully better than last year. It was simply too hot to grow anything in my greenhouse during the summer, even with the shade cloth, so I am simply making it into a shade tunnel this year. I am up potting my citrus trees and planting tomatoes and peppers which will be updated later.
March 19,2023
00:00 – 02:37 This is an update on the frost damaged fiddle leaf fig tree. Greenhouse tour update of the hanging basket tomatoes and cucumbers.
02:38 – 05:18 Container garden tour, cabbage, onions grown from seeds, broccoli shoots, collards, turnips, carrots, swiss chard, kale, strawberries, lettuce, and beets.
05:17 – 06:29 Flower garden tour of the Giant sunflower seedlings, and blueberries. 06:30 – 08:02 Bringing plants back into the grow room to protect them from frost.
Photo album!
As you can see, they are beautiful and I hope they multiply and come back every year!
This past week was fun because I enjoyed some early daffodils, broccoli shoots, and carrots. Stay tuned for my upcoming growing projects.
In zone 8b tulips are grown as annuals. I am happy to try asters and painted daisies this year. I will update later.
Photo Gallery
The tulips are winding down and they are treated as annuals in my climate but I have some painted daisies and asters to try this year.
Covering the tulips helped them stay put.
Sure, I have had to cover them more than once but it has been worth it.
I enjoyed this log lasting mix of tulips but did not anticipate such early blooms during January! I also had some more broccoli shoots and cauliflower to harvest.
These lovely amaryllises bloomed in early January. The Ballerina was very bright tangerine, double and frilly. It seemed like a smaller flower but it more than made up for that with quite a statement of color. Blushing Bride reminds me of Apple Blossom’s color but it has some different patterns and is lighter in color. The Hollywood Amaryllis is definitely showy with the decorative speckles showing behind the bloom as well.
I will update as we get more blooms. I am happy with veridiflora green petals in this mix.
I found an Asian lady beetle on my turnip leaves today. I notice good growth on the cabbage and onions in spite of the crazy weather. My tulips are beginning to bloom in January!
The flowers are not in full bloom but it is fun to capture the happy faces every morning.
The ornamental kale plants I started from seeds are starting to show some color.
We were relieved that we didn’t lose our broccoli to the big freeze! The broccoli and cheese was delicious!
More Amaryllis coming soon.