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It’s gorgeous! I killed mine. I love the fragrance!

Is it Gardenia tubifera? In Hawaii it grows to a good sized tree 30 ft (10 m). Most people keep them at 6 to 12 ft (2 to 4 m) tall, though.

Bushbernie,

Have a wonderful Christmas! 🎄

I love your deck!

Yes, very Christmasy!

It is a jasminem correct? It’s commonly available here for sale (if a jasmine)

Beautiful! Is it fragrant?

Wow! It looks awesome! My Mammy and Angel Wing Crotons are putting out flowers even in December (my winter).

Yummy mangoes! My favorite fruit!

Yuck! I don’t like those high heat indices! 😂
We had a 132 degree f (55.6 c) once in July 2006. It was the hottest weather I’ve ever felt in my life and extremely rare here in San Diego, CA. 38 degrees c is a more common heat index here for inland San Diego.

Very colorful! I really like the Xanthosoma lindenii.

I absolutely love Blechnum! I had one for 16 or 18 years it died a few years ago. I purchased a new one this year. Luckily, it’s a cheap, common palm.

Coleus are always so colorful.

Wow! That’s a spectacular fern! It reminds me of Asplenium nidus fern.

Bushbernie,

It’s beautiful! I used to have many, but they typically only live 3 years here outside.

Thanks! 😊

Thanks. It is beautiful when it blooms.

Hywel, I agree with you, and the senior one looked so sad, no fear when it saw m at the window either. While we were in the kitchen at 1.30 today, he was walking across the flat roof extension of a bungalow behind ours so he can obviously jump high!

They are beautiful Shirley :)

Thank you Karen. I have it for many years.

Thanks David, have a lovely time over the Christmas break. I look forward to 'chatting' with you on GoY in 2025.

Sending Christmas wishes to you Eileen ... have a peaceful and relaxing time. I look forward to reading your blogs in 2025.

Rose, I wish you a very happy Christmas and a great gardening year for 2025! I love your 'Mum' card too ... x

Loved reading all the comments. At 10.45 this morning I saw the senior Fox appear from behind our little summerhouse and walk along our garden path. He must have really squeezed into the narrow gap between the garden fence and summerhouse!

A couple years ago a fox walked quite boldly into my garden carrying a McDonalds food bag in his mouth as if it was the most natural thing to do, got himself quite cosey and then eat the contents, I didn't notice a drink though, and he left the the rubbish behind lol. Was the most comical thing I have ever seen . Merry Christmas all.

Very pretty!

Happy Christmas Bernie. I love the furniture!

Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
Lets hope it is a healthy one for us all!

I used to get them here but seems to have disappeared.
I wouldn't hurt them but it was so annoying when they were digging up my garden, almost uprooted a small tree once.

Thank you Hywel, Feverfew and Seaburn.

hope you also have a lovely happy & healthy 2025.
Merry Christmas too.

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they are important animals in the ecosystem and it saddens me when people persecute them.

we have several in our village that look healthy too. I dont put food out for them though.

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It’s lovely(&huge). What size container is it in?

It's a stunning shrub when it's in flower and still looks good when not.

Happy Christmas SBG. I hope you & both your girls have a nice time. Every good wish for 2025.

Thank you Rose & the same to you.👍

I thought how healthy they look too, no mange. I think someone must be feeding them.

Thank you Rose, I hope you have a lovely time, Merry Christmas !

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Same here, so I have an indoor wreath where I can use an over the door hook.

Me too..sadly I can't put one on our front door as it's not wood.

We have heard them occasionally, a truly scary sound sometimes. Screaming, like something from a horror film ... :o(

Wow!

Oh my…even better. And the foliage is also very handsome!

Absolutely lovely! Love the colour as well as the flower shape.

Very beautiful!