More photos of my backyard

mullenium · Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Posts: 192

with everything planted now and spring starting i took some quick cell phone shots this morning.

Looking to the west of my yard, notice the mulberry's location sort of in front of the banana near the wall

Passion fruit on the west wall coming back from frost damage with my banana's in the background

grapes on the north west corner (flame on the left, thompson on the right), with boysenberries in the middle

another shot of this side of the yard, the mulberry is in front of the wheelbarrow

my banana is flowering!!! there is only one leaf though (which i think is the flag leaf) will this affect its photosynthesis?

looking straight out of my back patio, apple tree and mango trees

another similar shot, looking towards the north east side of the yard with my lame non-fruiting purple plum tree in the far corner.. on the left is my new gold nugget mandarin

i recently purchased shredded cedar mulch to help protect the shallow roots from the summer heat and help retain some moisture

glenn mango flowering like crazy

both mango trees with their new mulch barrier Smile

last but not least... another shot of my newly planted gold nugget mandarin

phoenixtropicals · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject:

Looking good. March sure is a great time of year for planting things here.

Dauntless · Joined: 20 Nov 2010 Posts: 174 Location: Mesa, AZ

How old is your flowering banana plant? I have 3 different plants but I just planted them last Spring and I'm wondering how long it takes before they bloom.

My Glenn Mango is flowering for the first time but it seems to be behind yours a bit.

You are inspiring me with your pictures to figure out my camera and get out there to take some pictures to post. Thanks for posting them Smile

phoenixtropicals · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:30 pm Post subject:

You should get flowers on a banana plant about a year after planting, as long as its not frozen back. Every time a large stalk becomes mature it will flower, fruit, and then die. Just the stalk dies, not the whole plant. So, yours is actually flowering while growing back from from frost damage. That is interesting.

I'm glad you enjoy the photos. It's very interesting to see how things are doing in your yard too. I'll be taking some more of my mangoes later this spring. They seem to be recovering nicely. One is even flowering, which is a big surprise.

CRFG has a photo contest every year if you are interested.

http://www.crfg.org/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=5208

Oh, by the way. AZRFG is holding the fruit festival this November. It's being held here instead of California this year. I think you might enjoy it.

http://www.azrfg.org/festivalOfFruit/fof.html