ozjohn Posted November 14 Posted November 14 Poinciania time. Trees just coming into bloom and an eastern water dragon a common harmless lizard in SE Queensland. Grows to about 2 ft in length. 11 Quote
ozjohn Posted November 15 Author Posted November 15 PS the tree in the foreground is a jacaranda from South America. Quote
HistoricCoinage Posted November 15 Posted November 15 Just back from WA, the jacarandas are absolutely spectacular this time of year! Quote
Paddy Posted November 15 Posted November 15 I think this is one too. This one in Hong Kong and taken in 1986. The building is the Officer's mess of the Queens Gurkha Engineers - I suspect long since demolished by the new Chinese regime. 3 Quote
blakeyboy Posted November 16 Posted November 16 This is what my garden looks like in the cold and damp!! Cycad, Musa, Echium, Canna, Hedychium all wrapped up. Soil heaters in the pots if it gets very cold. I fit a translucent tarp across the veranda, and we get a small room full of plants to play cards in in the winter! Lemon/lime cross full of fruit this year- gonna do some lime pickle....!! 6 Quote
blakeyboy Posted November 16 Posted November 16 From the other direction Turmeric, Delonix regia ( from old seeds from John), delicate hibiscus etc. I got fed up with my dark garden so I've done something about it!! 3 Quote
blakeyboy Posted November 17 Posted November 17 17 hours ago, blakeyboy said: From the other direction Turmeric, Delonix regia ( from old seeds from John), delicate hibiscus etc. I got fed up with my dark garden so I've done something about it!! ..and in the top pic you can just make out the yellowing fronds of a very old, very small jacaranda. Like most tropical flowering trees, they should only be grown for their lovely foliage here in the UK- they just will not flower in a pot. In the spring I am going to plant a Caesalpinia Gilliesii and a Citrus Australasica outside, against the shiny fence in the sheltered corner, where I can give them their own little greenhouse for the winter. 1 Quote
blakeyboy Posted November 17 Posted November 17 I wonder if there is, by the slimmest of chances, anyone on this forum who knows where Citrus Australasica, the 'finger lime' or 'caviar lime' is a native species? I wonder.....! Quote
Peckris 2 Posted November 18 Posted November 18 On 11/17/2025 at 12:28 PM, blakeyboy said: I wonder if there is, by the slimmest of chances, anyone on this forum who knows where Citrus Australasica, the 'finger lime' or 'caviar lime' is a native species? I wonder.....! I'm guessing Austria 1 Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted November 18 Posted November 18 On 11/14/2025 at 1:51 AM, ozjohn said: Poinciania time. Trees just coming into bloom and an eastern water dragon a common harmless lizard in SE Queensland. Grows to about 2 ft in length. Beautiful 1 Quote
ozjohn Posted 16 hours ago Author Posted 16 hours ago The house next door has just been demolished including a poinciana tree in the front yard. A couple of weeks later seedlings are sprouting everywhere. Quote
blakeyboy Posted 43 minutes ago Posted 43 minutes ago On 11/17/2025 at 12:28 PM, blakeyboy said: I wonder if there is, by the slimmest of chances, anyone on this forum who knows where Citrus Australasica, the 'finger lime' or 'caviar lime' is a native species? I wonder.....! Brisbane iswghere it;s from, by coincidence. Your soil looks good there John. I have some Ceasalpinia and some Delonix seedlings growing to try again- left over seeds from the batch you sent me! Quote
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