Flowers and gardens, Eco-friendly Gardening
Today I’m sharing older photos from my posts on beautiful Bok Tower Gardens, An Island of Tranquility. It’s one of my favorite places in Florida. I have visited periodically throughout the years. It is a woodland contemplative garden with carillon concerts from Bok Tower during the day.
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Today’s photos were snapped here early one morning before the heat of a central Florida summer drove me inside. Most days start with startling blue skies and white clouds. Most afternoons rains move in.
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No matter the heat, the large peace lily in the quadrangle garden is covered with blooms. Peace lilies are native to tropical regions, so they thrive in environments with higher humidity. That’s the summer environment in Florida – hot and humid. They also prefer bright, indirect light. Avoid direct sunlight, which can scorch their leaves. The bush is thriving despite the fact it receives some direct sun. Surrounded by the condo building I live in, many hours of the day it is in the shade. As the sun travels in the sky each day, it also receives some full sun. A few of the leaves have scorching on the edge.
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I’m relaxing this afternoon after several days of working on blog posts. Some posts like this one are just easy to write. That’s what I need after working hard for several days on brunch for mothers and then a look of low maintenance flooring.
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The weather here in central Florida has been beautiful, warm days with highs in the upper 80’s or low 90’s F. We’ve had no significant rain in the last week. Summer temperatures are here but the humidity hasn’t risen like summer.
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Native to tropical regions, amaryllis thrive outdoors in USDA hardiness zones 8-10 (and potentially 7b with protection) and can be grown indoors in colder climates.
My forced amaryllis by my condo door have been steady bloomers for over a month starting mid-February. They are blooming early as they are forced, and I expect next year to see them bloom later in probably April. Let’s start with the last white amaryllis flower.
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The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
– George Bernard Shaw
During winter when you are dreaming of your spring blooms, you can’t wait for warm weather. You look out the window to a view of your garden. Every sign of green makes me happy. For many of us, just working in the garden can be a joy in itself.
I moved to Lakeland, Florida in mid-January 2024. I’ve been enjoying beautiful blue skies most days here. In February and March, there is an added pleasure of spring blooms.
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