Time of Year for Palm Trees to Bloom

I don't fertilize my palms like I should. Even with my neglect, they still manage to bloom a couple times each year. Right now, the queens, Christmas, and Areca are in bloom.

Grapette Ground Orchid (Spathoglottis Grapette)

The ground orchids are performing soooo nicely. I just want to document how beautiful they look right now because in another 6 months, they will look pitiful. I guess they are worth it.

Pictures of Miracle Fruit

I got a Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) in feb 2008. It has been blooming like crazy for the past few months, but the blooms are tiny and look and feel/look like brown paper bags.

I did not think I had any fruit, but one day a few weeks ago I found one and it was ripe! I ate it, spit out the pit, then ate an entire lemon. It tasted like lemonade.......almost too sweet. It tasted like there was a cup of sugar that had been injected into the lemon.

I bought the plant for this reason, but for some reason, I didn't believe all the claims. The claims are spot on. This is now my favorite plant in the garden!

Mother's Day Flowers from Garden

Here's the Mother's Day arrangement that I made the other day. The elephant ear and caladium did not hold up at all. Everything else did ok.