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Bushbernie,
We have not got a cold weather this year, yet. I suspect that it could be a reason why it is prolonging its stay, especially if he/she is a young one and finds enough food.
So far our temperatures are decent for this time of year in comparison to rest of Canada.

Interesting to read about your climate and gardening routines to go with it. You have some beautiful flowers to look at :)

Yes, it's a commonly used plant here as well.

It’s an extremely common agave here. It called Swan Necks here, too.

It’s widely used along the freeways here.

Love the foliage on your Ficus. Very colourful! How wonderful that your Avocado is fruiting. I could eat Avocado every day.

Tragic result of drought conditions unfortunately. The ground itself would not only be rock hard but would be as hot as a furnace.

To the right of these palms are 3 tall, old bottle palms (Hyophorbe langencaulis) I posted a few weeks back.

This area faces south, so it’s an extremely hot exposure. The ground is like concrete, unfortunately.

I wonder why it didn't migrate as usual? It's such a lovely thing with that orange chest!

It has such a fascinating form.

Happy New Year Jane. I hope your arm mends well. Good luck with the Sweet Peas too.

Wonderful to have one that tall ! I have a green one and a red one but they are small.

You too Shirley! x

Thankyou to you all for your kind comments much appreciated - snowy and very cold here today - but looking towards the future I think I will try some sweet peas this year again not very successful last year maybe a Spring sowing - take care - Jane

It is 30 cm across! I feed my Hippies a liquid fertilizer every couple of weeks. But to get them to rebloom, they need a long period of cool (10° - 15°C) temperatures and then a dry period.

These are like the Tenerife agave that grow all over the island. Taller than they look in photos.

That one's definitely got the Wow factor Wylie!!

This pair is obviously the hardiest of all!

Extended dry periods result in so much heartbreaking loss for gardeners. I've had experience with that many times over the years as our dry seasons can be particularly harsh sometimes.

Love these succulents, especially when they're flowering. I have a couple of babies here and I'm waiting for see their arched flowering spike. They're commonly called "Swan Necks" here.

Beautiful!

I have to continually pull off sections once the growing tips reach the shadecloth roof of the shade house. Otherwise they will push up and through the shade cloth.

I've given away a lot of these sections to other gardeners.

Great to see the spike, our bird bath just has a small lump on it....

Happy New Year to you too Klahanie, and let's all hope for a good weather gardening year too.

Thank you for your good wishes for 2025 Bernie. I hope it holds many good things for you and everyone.

It’s definitely been a very mild winter so far. Hopefully, it’ll stay like this through February.

Wow! I think that’s the way they grow in nature. I know once established Philodendrons can take over and get very huge.

My philodendron ‘Brasil’ hits the ground then grows up the house, while sticking to the house wall like ivy. Ugh! It’s been doing this since 2010. I always cut it way back.
I think I’ve finally gotten smart 😂, and am going to move the pot to the ground and have it trail up the pole.

During Comicon in July, typically the weather can be quite warm to hot depending on the monsoonal flow. It is a fun place to go, even if you just stay outside the Convention Center.

Beautiful amaryllis. When and how do you feed it Wylie?

Weather channel does say 39f. Up here we are 100-120% of rain. Its been weeks since i touched the hose. Even then it was for the potted plants. Everything seems a bit different. Aloes have budded stems,and the usual winter look is not there with many plants. Supposed to be sunny and 65f all next week. The oldest Mango looks fine and like a tree now.
I should post some pics. Haven't done that on any site for months.

I've never seen a double one before.

The seed pods are swelling on 'Gervase', so I should have some seeds to try.

My daughter has visited San Diego a couple of times for the Comicon events and loved the atmosphere there, along with the sunshine!

Agreed ... :o))

Fungi is a fairly common sight around our place when the rains arrive and I mostly spot them around or on tree stumps. Usually they're smaller than this one though.

Yes, they both love growing up the poles that support the shade house structure. I've even planted them both in pots out there but they will still send out new vines in search of the poles!

Is the pink Syngonium and Philodendrons growing up a pole?

I have a green, orange, red tinged leaf philodendron growing up my shade structure pole and Philodendron ‘Brasil’ growing down another, but I just read it prefers to trail up.

I did see lows in the 30’s there earlier this week. My friends were telling about frost everywhere on New Year’s Eve morning. But, I’ve noticed overall it’s been mild and relatively warm during the daytime there.

We haven’t had a low below 47 degrees here, so far. Yesterday it was 80 degrees here and 70 degrees in downtown SD.

We’re getting very concerned about rain, so far only .14 of an inch of rain here. It’s so extremely dry. I’m watering almost every day. Ugh! Water rates went up another 8 percent on the first.

I think I’m going to do it, because I don’t like many plants indoors. I have very few plants indoors because they get lots of bugs.

Yes, the miraculen in the fruit creates the sensation of sweet from sour foods. It’s pretty miraculous.

Shirley tulip,

- 7 c is very cold.

It’s not very unusual to have an 80 degree or much hotter temperature in January, here in San Diego. 😎

Lovely, happy new year all :-))

That's beautiful Karen! A Happy New Year to you..x

Not the nicest way to start the new year.
Agree with Seaburn.
When that happened to us with cows which have even bigger feet, I filled the marks with soil and let the grass grow through. Never was really level but better than nothing.

Thanks Klahanie and Linda. She was a most welcome visitor.

I'm loving the fact you have 80 degrees compared to the minus 7 recorded in Oxford, England earlier this morning!

I had to learn more about this plant so Googles it. How interesting to learn that the berry can make sour fruits tastes sweet, no wonder it has it's name!

Klahanie, thanks for the Happy new year wishes. I hope you have a great year ahead.

Karen, I hope you have a wonderful year. Enjoy your garden and make sure you 'Stop and stare' too! Lovely Daphne as well.

It's stunning. I saw some unusual Fungii growing on fallen logs recently. The logs were used as an edging to stop cars parking on the nearby lawn and were very effective.

Thanks Bernie, I wish the very same to you.