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Camelia, the “Queen of Winter Flowers”, blooms from late fall to mid-spring (depending on variety). . We suggest planting different varieties so you can have flowers from November through April/May. . #camelia #camelias #flowers #flower #winterflowers #winterflower #queenofwinter #houstonlandscaper #houston #houstontx #houstontexsd #htx #zone9 #landscaping #landscapedesign #exteriordesign #exteriortexas https://www.instagram.com/p/CncWfZbJqSQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

For info on how I built my hotel and the bees native to California, check out my post from last August.

Cleaned up the side grass that was hanging down into the pond! There were a ton of bricks and stones buried around the edge of the pond, which would find better use elsewhere in the yard, since this area is too overgrown to walk around. (I bet the bricks have been buried since I was a kid, this area has always been so overgrown by grass - there used to be a fence where those bushes are.) Nothing particularly important came from doing this, but I just really wanted to clean up all the dead grass. Got a bunch of worms and fresh wormy dirt out of this half of the pond, too. And I also saw a wild cockroach egg case and a wild cockroach... 😬 I haven't seen one since the exact day I left NYC last and saw a huge one barfing black ooze upside down on my rug... 🤢 Stay outside, buddy. (They're very uncommon to find in a house in this area, and obviously hard to find in the wild because they hide under dead leaves.) #garden #gardening #plants #california #zone9b #zone9 #zone9garden #pandemicgardening #spring #springcleaning https://www.instagram.com/p/CM8jzEjsMrO/?igshid=4txxgmbcbwyc

This little hibiscus only grows to about a foot tall and puts out these huge pink blooms, followed by an okra-like seed pod.  It is listed as edible, but not really it’s strong suit.

Aloe plants in bloom.

(Before and After) Topped off the tree because it was blocking sun for the island garden! 🌳🌳🌳🌳 It's still nice and hot out, but you can tell fall is coming the way the sunlight is moving to a different angle. This was a lot of fucking work and I'm in a lot of pain lmao. (I wish I took a Before pic of the tree before I cut it!!) Just as I scooped up the last of the leaves, literally the last scoop, I got a muscle spasm right near my ovary/surgery area and hoo boy it's A Lot... I really over did it, but I can't put the work off on another family member, and I can't wait to do it because the vegetables in the island garden (right behind all the pots) are suffering, and I JUST got turnips to sprout down there, my watermelon is still happily growing, there's a pumpkin, etc. I can't let all those die yet. Saved some of the long shoot branches to use as stakes for the goji berry bushes that are going wild rn and outgrew the small stakes I put. 🤕🤕🤕🤕 #yardwork #garden #gardening #california #pandemicgardening #zone9b #zone9 #zone9garden #fall https://www.instagram.com/p/CGbC-FMA31k/?igshid=iiy0ufqpn37e

Jelly-Smellies in full bloom! 🌸🏵🌸🏵 I don't know what the green plant growing next to my taro is? And the taro is about to get another leaf!! 🌱 I can't really bend rn to get a better pic of all these, but they still look pretty good!

More pie pumpkin flowers!! 🧡🎃🌼 I didn't realize how many there were! #garden #gardening #plants #piepumpkin #pumpkins #flowers #blooms #orange #zone9b #zone9 #zone9garden #pandemicgardening #summer #california https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9NkoxgTBU/?igshid=pcd22msfybfk