Take me with you? ...Wyoming -- Pictures!

My parents are taking a vacation in Wyoming -- and WOW  ...it is beautiful!  Mom sent these snapshots!

Mom's favorite picture

Galium odoratum -- Sweet Woodruff

Hey Mister, MOVE IT!

Old Faithful - Yellowstone

Buffalo

I wonder what kind of pine this is?

breath taking views

Mom said she was nervous while snapping this shot!

Phylica plumosa?

native vegetation

My favorite pic! -- Beautiful

Populus tremuloides - Aspen

My parents first view of Wyoming

Ever been in a tight spot?

Last week I was driving and a lil something green caught my eye...  I looked again; what I saw was refreshing...  A lil mexican fan palm growing in a tight spot in the midst of a concrete jungle. I felt inspired and snapped a photo.

Click Here to see the IRONIC photo Jamie -- one of our Facebook followers posted over the weekend on the TGM Facebook wall!

Martha Stewart is Haunting me!

It's October and that means it HALLOWEEN TIME!

If you are like me -- you love both Martha Stewart and Halloween! Every year I get excited to purchase Martha's special edition Halloween issue -- but this year -- I am the proud owner of  Martha Stewart's new Halloween Handbook -- a 'Best Of' collection from previous special editions.

Go out - get it! Get inspired and post your Halloween pics on our Facebook! -- Look for ours too!

Weekend Nursery Trip -- A Treat for me and my Nose!

Over the weekend I visited a local nursery here in San Diego -- and WOW what a treat for me and my nose! I love white flowers... but, what I love even more -- FRAGRANT white flowers! Please enjoy the snapshots below of some of my favorites!

All of the flowers below are VERY fragrant

Michelia alba, Tropical tree native to the Himalayas... in the surrounding areas -- flowers are collected and placed in bowls of water to perfume areas of the home -- like the bathroom. This tree is pretty $$$. Expect to pay $200+ for a 7-15gallon. I have planted this tree before at a client's home.... it blooms all seasons!

 

Brugmansia - Angel's Trumpet(double white) Isn't this beautiful?! Fragrance starts to come alive around dusk. I have seen this plant over winter in USDA zone 6b -- but it was a mild winter.

Gardenia thunbergia, some might call this 'the original gardenia' -- This flower in the picture was snapped from the largest G. thunbergia i have EVER seen.... it was 15ft+ tall with a 12in diameter trunk -- a true tree! The flowers were 4-5in across as well -- again, largest I've ever seen.

Vigna caracalla - Snail Vine ...Okay -- this one has a lil purple!

(close up) I wonder how it gets the common name Snail Vine?

Jasminum sambac -- Arabian Jasmine, Unusual double flower for a jasmine -- but wonderfully scented! This one grown my Monrovia -- this plant is sometimes hard to come by!

'READ MORE' for another beautiful fragrant RED flower

It's Springtime in Australia!

Odd to think that while in most parts of America -- the temperatures are starting to cool down... In Australia things are warming up! It's spring time! My good friend Anthony lives in Sydney, Australia -- and he just sent me snapshots of his family's place and the native springtime flora starting to bloom.

Living in Southern California I have grown to love Australian natives. ...they grow so well here in our mediterranean climate. One of my favorites being grevillea.

Anthony sent pics of grevilleas, Australian tree ferns, waratahs (a new one for to me -- and I love it!) and even orchids!

Thanks for sharing Anthony!

....and cute pooches!

Waratah -- my new interest!

Australia Lichen!

yellow Grevillea

red grevillea

Australian tree fern

CUTE! Highway

and George!

PLANT FACTS

Plant Fact: The 'cap' of the acorn is called an Involucre.

Fall is approaching! My favorite season. Soon the mighty oaks of the South and East Coast will start to turn their subtle autumnal hues.....  temperatures will cool and the acorns with drop... peppering the ground -- Squirrel heaven!

Photo credit: acornpies.blogspot.com

WOW! SO HOT!!!!