Yes, the pineapple does come in these cool colors of red, white, blue, purple hues. The colors are so awesome that is why i posted it so all can see. In my previous blog the colors were intensified for the sake of photographic art. I bought this pineapple over 2 years ago at one of [...]
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Pineapple part deux
Posted in country garden, Fine art, Flower, fruit trees, garden, Houston, organic garden, project, Tropical plant on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Growing pineapple in Houston, Texas
Posted in country garden, Fine art, Flower, fruit trees, garden, Houston, organic garden, project, Tropical plant on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Go to the store and buy a nice juicy pineapple. Pick one with a crown, leafy green spike protruding from the top of the pineapple, that is green and healthy. Then take your hand and twist off the crown. If you can’t do this then cut the crown off with some flesh attach to it. [...]
Dragon Fruits part deux
Posted in country garden, Fine art, Flower, fruit trees, garden, Houston, organic garden, Tropical plant on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week my dragon fruit flowers bloomed. Each flower is Gi-normous, as you can see by the pictures. The dragon fruit’s flower only bloom at night, but I was able to catch some good images of it at late dusk. Dragon fruit, hylocereus undatus, pitahaya, pitaya, strawberry pear, thanh long is a vining, terrestrial or [...]
Texas tropic
Posted in country garden, Fine art, Flower, fruit trees, garden, organic garden, Tropical plant on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The backyard is pretty lush with tropical foliages and showy flowers this time of year. One of my favorite flower, candlestick bush or Cassia Alata, has started to bloom. This flower will bloom from now till mid December. All gardeners should have this plant in their garden. To keep this post short and sweet ‘cause [...]
Sharing my beautiful organic garden
Posted in country garden, Flower, fruit trees, garden, grapes, organic garden, Tropical plant on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Each of us has our own vision of what a tropical garden would be. This is my parent’s tropical paradise in Texas. In their garden, you can find tropical fruit trees, herbs, spices, and vines that are fragrance and exotic as the Far East. As I post these images, I find myself more curious and [...]
Yes, you can grow persimmon in Houston
Posted in country garden, Fine art, Flower, fruit trees, garden, persimmon, Tropical plant on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think this is Fuyu persimmon. My tree is about 7 feet tall and has more than 75 fruits on it right now. It used to have more, but with the hard rain couple of weeks ago, some of the fruits have fallen off. Here in Houston the persimmon tree can live and thrive. Ok, off [...]
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