Winter
was brutally cold.. or not... not really... I bottomed out at -2
degrees... I'm in zone 7, so minimum lows near 0 are expected on
average. In any case, some of the plants I had outside perished while
others were set back. Thankfully we had a warm spring, and a decent, but
not brutally hot summer. There were times in which it even seemed to be
a bit cool. The plants loved this summer. Without further ado, I
present the Maryland Tropics, Year 8, Summer 2015.
The Musa Basjoo was frozen to the ground despite a protective wrapping of burlap and Christmas lights. The week of 20 degree highs and single digit lows probably did it in. In any case, the plant resprouted in late April and came back with a vengeance. This is all the growth in the past 4 months.
Lord Baltimore Hibiscus,Very vigorous grower with hundreds of flowers a year. Seems less prone to dropping buds during dry weather than the others I've grown.
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| Newly planted Raspberry |
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| Seedling Poncirus trifoliata (Trifoliate Orange) |
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| Variegated ginkgo seedling that I found. I hope it remains stably variegated |
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| Banana Pups |
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| Caynne Pepper Plant |
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| Ginger plant sprouted from a piece from the supermarket |
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| Entrance to the backyard |
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| Seed grown Canna indica with some caladiums |
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| Cannas, Caladiums, and gingers |
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| Mass of Purple Coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans |
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| Dahlia, unknown variety |
The Musa Basjoo was frozen to the ground despite a protective wrapping of burlap and Christmas lights. The week of 20 degree highs and single digit lows probably did it in. In any case, the plant resprouted in late April and came back with a vengeance. This is all the growth in the past 4 months.
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