What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

[badjak]

Pretty

 

[SoCalZone10]

Pretty
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This is another pest, I had to remove 2 plants. They can overwhelm a small garden. My sister likes to eat passion fruit though.

 

[badjak]

It's only a pest if you don't want it.
I like my passion fruit

 

[SoCalZone10]

It's only a pest if you don't want it.
I like my passion fruit

If you have lots of land, then it’s not a problem. I go to Hawaii once a year and get some of my best passion fruit there.
I have less than 1/8 of an acre here. So I trim my fruit trees down to manageable level, the height that I can pick comfortably without ladder and also that they don’t overwhelm other fruit trees.
The only exception is my apricot tree, you can’t find good apricots at the supermarket ever, they might look good, but they lack of taste.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I planted 10 passion fruit vines last year in September. There's only 1 remaining because the birds have chewed off all the leaves, but the remainer is doing fine. I'm going to give it a "roof" where it can climb.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

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mine grow up and over a metal fence. they love it and I am more than happy to let them grow. The sheep eat anything that decides to grow on their side of the fence and anything that tryies to make a move on taking over the lawm, gets mowed!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The only exception is my apricot tree, you can’t find good apricots at the supermarket ever, they might look good, but they lack of taste.

I have noticed that as well. My ancient tree (planted back in the 1960's) has such a wonderful taste. the supermarket stuff is small, bland, mushy and well awful really. I have been collecting the fruit stones of the ones we eat for breakfast. I am going to try to get them germinating and growing. It will probably be a fruitless exercise but there is no harm in trying.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I did it, I successfully detached the Florida Giant Mulberry from the Silk Hope, it has lots of roots left, I think it should live.
I also up potted my Red Baron Peach.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I have to put it here otherwise I end up buying on impulse, every time I watch a tropical nursery video, I have the urge to get more plants.

Part of my edible landscaping, I want red flowers, deep dark red leaves only, and red fruit. I don’t know if I can resist the impluse to buy more plante. Wish me luck!

Red guava - Red lava variety, maybe DA3 if the price comes down.
Wax jambu - only Indonesian wax Jambu, dark dragon, riojoko
Citrus - only Sumo from Costco
Cherimoya - Red Isreal

 

[Barriehie]

I have to put it here otherwise I end up buying on impulse, every time I watch a tropical nursery video, I have the urge to get more plants.

Part of my edible landscaping, I want red flowers, deep dark red leaves only, and red fruit. I don’t know if I can resist the impluse to buy more plante. Wish me luck!

Red guava - Red lava variety, maybe DA3 if the price comes down.
Wax jambu - only Indonesian wax Jambu, dark dragon, riojoko
Citrus - only Sumo from Costco
Cherimoya - Red Isreal

 

[karadekoolaid]

Red guava - Red lava variety, maybe DA3 if the price comes down.

OK, but on the tree, they're going to be green/yellow. Only red inside, I imagine?

 

[SoCalZone10]

OK, but on the tree, they're going to be green/yellow. Only red inside, I imagine?

It’s red fruit, red skin, red inside. The leaves are dark red, the flowers are pink. The guava is the shape of a regular pear, but red, not round like some other red guavas, like DA-3.

 

[SoCalZone10]

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It’s ok, I feel it’s best to go through winters thinking of positive things about your garden. It’s better than thinking depressing thoughts. I had a serious case of SAD when I was living in New England so I know.

 

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[badjak]

I have a lot of those "not sure" and "no idea" ones