Buds, Flowers and Fruits- 2025 edition


Local trifoliate orange

Healthy mulberry?

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I was hesitant as either some animal knocked it off or the wind. But it was still scratch testing green so I let it counter ripe (was unsure it would work) for about a week. Absolutely delicious fruit, I had a sapodilla I ordered online prior and it was terrible so had very low expectations. It’s perfect size of a fruit for me (as opposed to a mamey or canistel which I cannot eat a whole one). The whole family approves also. Really brown sugar flavor with texture of a soft pear.

Edit 5 seeds inside, I stuck them in dirt immediately, @resonanteye if you need seeds in the future let me know, several more fruit to ripen in the coming weeks/months.

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Young Triple Crown, Natchez, and Apache blackberries kicking out a few berries every day.

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I planted watermelon instead! Forgot my plan was to put sweet potato in the greenhouse…

On that note, can anyone chime in on my idea to plant a sweet potato slip between my okra to act as groundcover inside the greenhouse? Or would they be too much of a hog for the okra?

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We are having grilled ribeyes tonight… with keto fried okra, squash, onions and tomatoes.

TNHunter

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Goji blooming heavily. Started as a 6" stick this spring and put five 3’ shoots up.


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I have been growing some (bright pink flowering strawberry) for several years, lovely but don’t make very large berries nor many at a time. Mine do produce a few berries all growing season though so nice snacks while gardening.

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Huge button bush found growing on the banks of the licking river



Some variegated bamboo



Maybe wild elderberry?


Wild blackberries

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Are those “Jewel”?

They look huge.

Last harvest of tifblue rabiteyes for the year.

There are a few left… not many… going to let the birds have them.

TNHunter

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I definitely will!!! I had 3 going and two are toast

Any ideas what this stuff is? It’s shown up all over my yard this year.



GoldRush on a crab apple in the woods.

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field sorrel. i have it everywhere,

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I tasted some and spat it out, it’s definitely sour and distinctly lemony. I kind of want to sauté it with onion and put it on pizza. :slight_smile: I wasn’t sure what it was and pulled out like a dozen tufts of the stuff.

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It was supposed to be Niwot but it’s not. It put out 20ft canes last year with 0 berries and just wanted to keep growing.

This year, it’s putting out stout, strong canes that are upright vs the last few years. It may be niwot but i have suspicions that its not. When i got it, the plant was smaller than my hand and had some type of disease that made it grow extremely bushy but not tall or anything. Then i forgot it outside in Colorado and that year hit under -10 degrees. It survived in a really small pot amazingly and grew back actual canes. Never made berries, died back to the ground that year cause Colorado and i left it outside after seeing it could survive in a pot in those temperatures without protection. This is the first year it’s made berries. We moved to Washington state and i brought it with me, again, in a small pot. Repotted and it hurt with all the thorns lol. No more severe hail and it grew so long last year. All that growth put out berries this year

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The camera function on my phone has been weird lately shaking so sorry for the subpar photo, but my dragonfruit finally budding, pretty stoked.


Not sure which of the 3 varieties this is but it’s either American beauty, Hailey’s comet or physical graffiti

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Triomphe de vienne pearlets

Assorted berries

American Pillar. I know, I already posted a picture of it, but I mean…this rose is just insane! I love the pompoms it makes.

Tottering-by-gently

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Variegated sweetgum tree




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Do the variegated leaves turn the usually colors in the Fall like in this picture?

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I’m not sure. The city planted the tree earlier this year.

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