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Mar 27, 2015 6:30 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Well, this sounded like a nice thread so I picked up my camera and went out the OC door. The first thing that caught my attention was this Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost'. It will bloom like this all summer long.
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Close by is this pretty little Serissa foetida Variegata. What a great plant.
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The huge cone on this Cycad Lepidozamia peroffskyana is starting to crack open.


Begonias are blooming everywhere:
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Tricolored Stromanthe, known for brightening up a shady spot with colorful leaves, is blooming a bright red.
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A couple of Amaryllis are still blooming:
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Remember the white flowers on the jaboticaba? Well, there is progress.
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The Iochroma are calling the hummers.
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Golden Cestrum, great for cut flowers.
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Time for a snack of black Surinam cherries.
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Then there was a sudden change of plans as I retraced my footsteps quickly and silently back to the house. Such is life in Florida.
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Jim
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