Revisiting AcAcia’s Backyard – FineGardening – Niraranra

We’re in Houston at the moment visiting with AcAcia Johnson. We’ve visited her yard sooner than to see her beautiful roses, which she grows in containers (Roses in Texas). At current she’s once more to share additional from her yard home.

A ruby-throated hummingbird stops by a feeder for a go to.

An unlimited, healthful monarch caterpillar on a swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata, Zones 3–9) plant

That’s my second 12 months of rising this ‘Cavendish Dwarf’ banana tree (Musa ‘Cavendish Dwarf’, Zones 9–11). It hasn’t produced any fruit however, nonetheless it’s rising properly.

An excellent trying ‘Early Girl’ tomato.

That’s the second 12 months I’ve grown the rose ‘Tropicana.’ Launched once more in 1960, this choice stays to be a favorite, due to its giant, fully formed flowers in a rich warmth coloration.

AcAcia’s yard in early summer season, with beds and containers starting to take over the backyard

The petals of the flowers on this ‘Piñata’ climbing rose are a rich shade of orange after they first open. They then fade to pink as each explicit particular person blossom ages, so that you simply get numerous colors in each cluster of flowers.

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