Ixora coccinea

What a beauty.

It's part of the hedge in my new garden, Pimpernel. It's a bit neglected but...not for long! :))

I love this Karen. I have an Ixora on my balcony, a little different to this.

It's beautiful, isn't it Alex? I've even see it topiaried here! I think that this one is a fairly 'common or garden' variety.

So, how is it going? Settled in yet?
I'm enjoying not having to go to work!

Lovely colour - it is gorgeous.
Topiary - you could join the Cloud Pruning Club K :)

I bet you are, Alex! It'll have been a long season for you.
I'm just beginning to enjoy myself since they gave me the house with A GARDEN! lol!!!

Absolutely, Scottish! Except, it'll no be me doing the pruning - for a change!!! :)

you'll have to have a bash at it though

You're probably right... :)

That is lovely,Karen..wouldn't mind a 'common one' like this :o)

Lovely 'hot' colour

Lovely flower, I would like a hedge with this in! :o)

Oh yes P, wouldn't that look fantastic!!!

Really lovely plant so vibrant:)

Just love that colour Karen.......

So, this is a different house to the first or is this the beginning of your oasis?

This makes me feel warm just by looking at it! Enjoy...I can sense you are a bit excited by this new garden!

Thanks for all your lovely comments folks! I can't take any credit cos it's already there...! I feel so lucky! :)))

Alex, the 'courtyard' in the house they gave us is so small and so hot (facing the sun, concrete walls on three sides, steel gates on the fourth) that it is impossible to be outside for any length of time.

When I told them I couldn't live there (with 2 dogs), they told me to go house-hunting...and look what I found!

Oh, lucky you! Now you have what you like.
Two dogs? You took them over from the UK or your new pets?

The dogs are both French and used to living in the countryside, Alex. They've almost forgotten what their legs are for, since we came here...so they'll love it too. :))

sorry i nearly missed this ~ its truly beautiful!!

well done you for finding such a lovely place ~ was it these ixoras that made you want the house?

So beautiful! I love this shrub! Mine are still flowering on the side of my house. :>)

Oh, Sticki...I went into the garden and was enchanted. The ixoras are just the beginning... :)

They are growing out of the pavements here, Delonix. I think it is probably the most common shrub in the Estate. Very pretty and so colourful! :)

Wow! Growing out of the pavement...that's amazing...never seen that here. :>)

I like the orange, red and yellow varieties. I used to have Singapore Yellow and it fried in a heatwave a couple of years ago when I went to Honolulu, Hawaii for my family reunion.

Oh no! I hate it when that happens...

I've only seen orange, red and yellow ones here so far. What's the climate like in Honolulu, Delonix?

There's also pink, white and variegated varieties.

Honolulu, Hawaii has a hot, humid tropical climate.

Here's a few pics:

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/105878-cocos-nucifera-coconut-palms/member/Delonix1

Beautiful!! Much taller than here! :)

Yes, they grow very tall in Hawaii. Hilo, Hawaii has the tallest known coconut palm in the U.S. It's 130ft/40m tall and still bears coconuts...it's because of the extremely high rainfall Hilo experiences.

I thought , where is it this beautiful place/ Maybe i should go for good. But I am sure it has it moments too. What a luscious color of something i don't know.

Oh Delonix, they've made off with my coconuts too, while I was away!!! :/

Hi Wells! Nigeria has its problems but it's not all bad...I get to live in a semi-wild little oasis with beautiful flora and the people are lovely. :)

Karenfranceafrica:

That's horrible! Someone stole your green coconuts.

Yes! Not one left on or around the tree!

I guess I'll just have to wait for the next ones..... :)

I wonder if they were cut off because of the dropping-coconut hazard. This is common practice in many area where coconuts are grown.

In populated ares of Hawaii you rarely see coconuts growing on trees...they cut them all off! Falling coconuts can kill a person or do a lot of damage to cars and property.

It's a strange fact, but there are more Nigerians killed by falling coconuts than by truck accidents...if you ever saw the roads here you would believe me!

I asked (and paid!) for them to be cut off, Delonix...but..

I said, 'I want only the small tender ones, the rest are yours!'.............result - NONE!!!

C'est la vie...in Nigeria! lol!!

I absolutely love palms, being a Palm Society Member since 1984. HOWEVER, palm trees planted in high-traffic areas can be deadly or create a lot of damage. Here in San Diego many of the very large street-tree palms are pruned up just before fall. Many of the fronds can fall and kill or create major damage to houses and cars (Queen Palms [Syagrus romanzoffiana] are the worst, they grow here by the millions and are very susceptible to being toppled in high winds...they also grow very tall to about 100ft/31m.)

I want to add...it's very difficult to find good help!

Tell me about it, D! I am like a lamb to the slaughter here!!! LOL!!!

Oh no! That's not a good feeling! :(

Hahah! I'm learning fast! :/