Random Shots - Backyard this week

Elephant Ear ..one falls down, two more grow in its place.

Orange Hibiscus and palmetto bush..

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Staghorn Fern

Asparagus Fern - Protasparagus setaceus

I posted yesterday that I did not know what type fern this is. Thanks to Debbie@Just Breathe for sending me this LINK. it appears I have two different types of Asparagus fern and this is one of them.  The other one that I have no photo of is Asparagus Fern - Protasparagus densiflrus sprengeri

Click LINK to see a photo of it.

Berries and Frogs OH MY

These berries are from Asparagus fern under our living room window. YES silly, they are OUTSIDE under the window.

I know they all look the same but they are not, the focus on on different berries.... that is my excuse and I am sticking to it!

While Snap! Snap! ing the berries, my foot bumped my mothers Frog. She collected everything frog from kitchen curtains to glasses and cups and this ceramic one sat in her yard. he is almost 2 feet long. When she passed away I gave away all the frogs but brought this one home and sat him by the front door and there he has been for 22 years.

He does look just a tad upset with the photographer... remember he was on the ground and I was not.

Bob and The Staghorn baby

To find out how to grow one of these go to Growing Staghorn Ferns

Once upon a time, a 70 pound Staghorn lived in Bob and Sandra's front yard with its sister plant.

One morning Sandra was backing out of the drive way, and throwing the car in park, jumped out jerked open the door

"Bob, Bob, the Staghorn fell, its on the ground, come Quick!"

Yes he came running. 

I left Hubby standing in front yard staring at the Very Large and Heavy plant on the ground. When I returned, the VLH plant was not in the oak tree with its sister, but hanging in the back yard. (yes I fussed and said why did you do that by yourself)

The limb the VL plant hung on had rotted and fell with the plant.

Oh, good said Sandra, I can see it better back here. but LOOK, there is a tiny little frond on the ground, it has the cutest little brown thingy on it.

What did Bob do? He took the little brown thingy and picked up a piece of limb that fell with it, wrapped the little brown thingy around the limb and wired it fast.That was a year ago, and now it is 4 times larger than when he "planted it". The frond was about 8 inches and the brown thingy was about 4 inches. If you want to know how he did it, the link is at top of page

And now the little brown thingy has grown into the cutest baby Staghorn and lives next to its mother in our back yard. The big sister lives in the oak in the front yard. Both sisters started out life in orange crates, as they grow it covers it completely, one day our little baby will cover that limb and just hang in space.