So many wonderful blooms you guys are showing there... pity on me, just have this unknown plant (bush? sure you know this one) blooming in front yard:

Looks like a nice Pinapple Guava https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/s...

Thanks, Carol. Will this produce pineapple guava fruits? How long to wait? (already imagining how delicious they are! maybe not even tasty?)

I don't know about your area, but yes, they produce and yes, they are tasty. I have one here also, waiting to find a home in the ground...love the scent of them also.

I would think so, but I really know nothing about their culture. It's been 50 years since I ate one, but I think it was tasty.

Thanks, Sherry. The "scent"? from flower or fruit?

I've heard that the flower petals are edible, too.

Ok, you guys all said the fruit is tasty. How tasty? sweet? sour? hardy? fragrant? ...

This will tell you more.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

Many thanks, Sherry. Here's brief summary (from the wiki doc) about this surprising (to me) plant: Acca sellowiana (Feijoa, Pineapple Guava) -- The crisp, spicy-sweet tasting petals of its flowers are edible; its fruits mature in autumn and fall to ground when ripe; its fruits smell like potent fine perfume aroma; its fruits are with sweet aromatic flavor and taste like pineapple, apple, and mint; pulp in fruit can be used in natural cosmetic products as of exfoliant. -- these are the info I like to know and hope to experience (test) on.

I thought Wiki did a pretty good job of describing it. I grew this in SoCal and was surprised that it would grow here...also surprised that my friend had a nice 15 gal size for me...woohoo!

I was told that this is 'Seven Sisters'


Don't think I posted this yet.

Rebutia muscula

Just enjoying the sweet sappy mode of Hoya shooting star..I just like to get a close up shot.

Those are interesting, look like little alien beings.....lol..

Oh, shooting stars! How is the real color of them? Do they change color in different seasons? Wondering wondering...

That is the color, whitish with yellow tail end tips.

I have the robins enjoying the blooms on my pineapple guava every day! I nibble on a few every time I walk by it. Mine, that came with the garden, it about 8-9 foot tall now and I am slowing trimming it to keep it from encroaching on the pathway and other bed.

Arabella


Japanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Magic Carpet')


Josephine


Ristimagi


Foxglove (Digitalis Digiplexis® Illumination Flame) I want more!!


Drama Queen


Brilliant Idea


Hardy Gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi 'Alba')


A favorite abutilon


Mexican Orange (Choisya ternata Sundance)


Tradescant


geranium incanum and sedum Angelina intermingling


Vesper


A tiny white spider guarding a dead bee on Erigeron 'Wayne Roderick'


A spooned osteospermum

I want them all! Vesper is especially lovely.....I love almost anything with 'Vesper' or 'Vespers' in the name.......

Hi, Sue. Your garden and blooms are marvelous. Just wondering if spiders and their webs could hurt a plant in a harm way? I have such a succulent aloe that some spiders seem live in it and spread lot very thin webs around plants leaves. Every morning I wipe out those white silky webs and next day they always come back more and denser!!! How do I get rid of it? Thanks for help.