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Spring flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2023| 2 Comments »

And now the April “showers” have brought spring flowers to Casita Colibrí.

Orchid cactus – April 25, 2023
Flor de mayo – April 10, 2023
Madagascar palm – April 10, 2023
Bougainvillea – April 22, 2023
Hibiscus – April 26, 2023

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The Move: surviving and thriving

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2021| 14 Comments »

Many of my View From Casita Colibrí regular readers have expressed concern regarding how the garden survived the move. I want to assure you, though it desperately needs landscaping, the plants are surviving and thriving in their new home.

Flor de Mayo
Night Blooming Cereus
Cayenne pepper
Crown of Thorns
Madagascar Jasmine
Buddha belly plant (Jatropha podagrica)

Methinks it is, in no small part, due to our daily late afternoon downpours. It is the rainiest rainy season since 2010 — at least that I can remember!

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Here and there May flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 5, 2021| 4 Comments »

Flowers of May there and here…

Flor de mayo (aka, plumeria, frangipani) on the terrace in Oaxaca
Sixty-five year old camellia planted by my grandfather on the Mill Valley patio

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April flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2019| 2 Comments »

Tonight, the clocks in most of Mexico spring ahead.

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However, the flowers are on their own time and the Flor de Mayo (aka, Plumeria, Frangipani) have already begun to bloom.

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May flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2018| 4 Comments »

Plumeria (aka, Frangipani, Flor de mayo) currently bringing their fragrance to the Casita Colibrí terrace…

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As the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers — even if it’s still April!

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Plumeria’s promise

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , on February 23, 2017| 2 Comments »

A plumeria (aka, frangipani) blossoms on the terrace…

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During this, the middle of a very dry, dry season, a perfumed promise of primavera.

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Flowers so sweet…

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Science and Nature, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2015| 2 Comments »

The rainy season transforms the Plumeria (aka, Frangipani) in my rooftop garden.  Large lush leaves sprout from naked stalks and flowers materialize, perfuming the terrace with the heady scent of the tropics.  Ahhh…

P1100246P1100241P1100252P1100298“And all of us with our closed eyes smelled the frangipani blossoms in the big rectangles of open wall, flowers so sweet they conjure up sin or heaven, depending on which way you are headed.” — Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

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Frangipani, ahhh…

Posted in Gardens, tagged , , , , , , , on February 7, 2012| 4 Comments »

Full moon hiding; overcast tonight.   Sheesh, I’ve been cold all day!  However, my Frangipani is blooming…

Two pink frangipani flowers

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