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Oooh…ouch ya. This is why I don’t travel much.

Those flowers are lovely. I like Jacaranda too. And also the lovely yellow Acacias. Can you imagine all three growing together? Would be parrot-like!

I agree with Hywel...I've just popped back to say Shirley my grass is soaking today...how were you able to cut yours? Was hoping to make a start...decided to add fresh ericaceous compost to acid plants especially the Acers.

Good work done there Shirley, it's all looking nice and neat now, and ready for the spring :)
The former pond makes a nice little planting area, you must show us what you plant there.
Pity about the Eleagnus. I saw your question but didn't know what you could do to it. Amelanchier sounds a good alternative - bare winter branches look architectural, and Amelanchier has pretty springtime flowers.

Thank you everyone..it is a Hebe you just can't walk by.

Thanks Hywel. The blobs will last a couple of days sadly as I always have a bit of a reaction to the bites. Ice pack tonight helped a great deal.

I hope the blobs will go down. We have ants here too, black ones and red ones. The red ones can bite.

Love the colour!

Wow, I've never had any experience moving such enormous plants. I can imagine though it would be hard work.

I've moved Parlour Palms before, but that's not much of a comparison!

These are very aggressive ants and their bite is quite painful. We learn to avoid them whenever possible, but there's just so many of them around, that it's impossible to avoid contact with them all the time.

I have to admit I do love Jacarandas! Unfortunately I've never had any luck growing them - one was the slowest grower on the face of the earth and we moved before it got a little higher than our 5-foot fence, and the other had to be cut down because we needed a car shed and it was in the wrong spot!

Yikes! That’s horrible! The ants here bite, also, but your ants sounds much worse than here. The ants here don’t cause red blobs. The ants here give more of a quick sting.

Beautiful! Of course, my favorite tree! I wish it was a weed here! There are many trees here, but everyone seems to love Jacaranda more! There’s millions in San Diego.

Yes they grow really tall here as well. With regular trimming back and cleaning out, they do look fabulous.

It's an oldie as it was planted before we moved in over twenty years ago. It's hard to find anything like it in nurseries now. Thankfully it just powers on year after year.

Wow! That’s beautiful!

Thanks! I wish I had one! A Palm Society friend gave me a beautiful one many years ago and it died when I repotted it. 😞

Yes, I originally though it was a species of Monstera.
I think it may have been in that genus at one time…or Philodendron.

It’s almost overused here, and in most of the low elevations of California, even in the desert. Many people love this plant! It’s the official flowering plant of Los Angeles.

It can look unkempt after it flowers, though. In many areas they’re thinned out and look awesome! It typically only grows to 6 ft (2 m) tall, but sometimes to 8 ft (2.5 m), when they’re very happy.

Right, thanks Hywel.

I meant: 2.3 m tall, not 3.3 m tall 😂 I met my friend on GoY 15 years ago, he was interested in Delonix regia trees. He hasn’t posted any plants on GoY in many years and his garden is absolutely gorgeous! He only lives 3 miles from me.

A 7 ft Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti, tuna tail palm is going to be very easy to move. It’s a light palm. Most Chamaedorea species tolerate being relocated extremely well.

Bushbernie, you would be surprised of the large palms I’ve moved in the past. I once moved two 15 ft (4.6 ) tall Chamaerops humilis. OMG! They weighed a ton!

The fronds do look very similar to the leaves of a Monstera.

Thankfully, I didn't get too many bites but my legs have big red blobs now. They don't just bite you once unfortunately!

I love this one for a hanging basket as it fills out very quickly.

The individual flowers only last for a day but thankfully the plant is now mature enough to have a succession of blooms which lasts for weeks.

I thought you were talking about the plants until I read the description under the photo :D
It is unusually dry here for February, but not too cold. I hope your weather improves soon.

I don't think it's possible to put photos on other people's blogs Feverfew.

Thanks! I thought it was a beautiful plant. I think it grows very fast once established. It’s kind of like Monstera deliciosa.

Oh dear, I hope they didn't sting you too much.

Very delicate, it's lovely :)

You've got some lovely plants Bernieh :) This is another nice one.

Fascinating !

That is lovely!

Yes, here in north Queensland the Delonix is on the environmental weed list for pretty much all the council areas in the state!

Here on my property the Poincianas were planted by previous owners so they were quite enormous when we moved in.

They have escaped into the bush paddock, but we've been here for 20 years now and they have certainly not taken over the entire paddock, as predicted by the council. We do have long dry seasons though, so that appears to keep them in check.

That's good news Wylie.

Delonix being invasive is good to know. I am always looking for some new plants, but have to be concerned about it escaping to the fields that are around me. We have Pittosporum undulatum, Australian cheesewood, which is constantly trying to take over everything; but it is great for firewood and windbreaks.

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I was a little concerned because I have a lot of plants that are frost sensitive. The night lows are back to above 10°C, so everything is safe.

Meadowland, there are many who regard these trees as environmental weeds as they have proven to be highly invasive and have escaped into the bushland.

City & town councils are now advocating their removal, but they grow to be massive trees and cost a fortune to remove (which the councils don't pay for) so I'm afraid they continue to be seen everywhere.

How lovely to see them in the cities.

I know that it signals the agave is coming to the end of its life and will die off after it flowers, so I'm enjoying the show.

I remember years ago this happened to ours! A flower spike...if my memory serves me correctly the plant died afterwards .

Very hardy and common in tropical gardens here.

I can see how you would make that comparison Meadowland. These trees are blooming everywhere in my city right now. They are the most common summertime bloom here in northern Queensland.

Beautifully delicate flower head.

At first glance I thought it resembled the markings of a bearded iris....very unusual BB.

What a kind friend. Can you fit a 7 ft palm somewhere? It would be a massive exercise moving it.

I agree, very pretty.

I also thought it was gravel. We have also cold 4 deg.C and lots of snow which does not want to melt.

Yes, me too. There’s hundreds of species and varieties.

One of my favorites is Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti or tuna tail palm. I have a 4 ft palm. My friend has a 7 (3.3 m) palm in front of his house and wants to give it to me. He wants it gone.