I just updated the What’s Growing? page and didn’t realize how many fruit trees we have until I listed them all down. Below is the list so far, not even including all the grafts that I have made.
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Feijoa ‘Albert’s Pride #1’ Flowering for the First Time…
My Mom is extremely excited about our Feijoas (Pineapple Guava) 
that are flowering for the first time.
I got these as tiny seedlings from Mark Albert at the 2007 Golden Gate Chapter Scion Exchange. They were from a cultivar he introduced called ‘Albert’s Pride’. I can’t remember where the “#1” comes from, but he might have named this batch ‘Albert’s Pride #1’.
Here they are back in 2007:
Winter Vacation…
I can’t wait for winter to end…
I’ve hardly gardened in our yard after being discouraged by some really cold weather… well, relative to our normal weather. We’ve had a couple weeks below freezing, which is normal elsewhere… but is kinda rare for our area.
Here are a few of my indoor winter projects:
Coleus: I’ve been overwintering my Coleus in my bedroom again and I think I now have around 40-60 different cultivars. Several didn’t make it, but most survived, some better than others. I’ve had problems with mealy bugs and ants, and can’t seem to get rid of them. I actually took everything out of my room today and sprayed them off in the back. Hopefully, I got rid of a majority of them.
Orchids: I have also started a small collection of Orchids, which I got as gifts or pass-a-long, or $5 baby plants I got from Home Depot. I recently added a few more with plants I got from the Pacific Orchid Expo which was in San Francisco this weekend.
Cactus: I (re)discovered a package of Cactus seed and planted them…. and they are growing really well.
Mango: I thought I would try planting a Mango seed from a Mango we got from the grocery store, just for the heck of it… I didn’t think it would grow, but surprisingly it grew really really fast. It’s a little more than a month since I planted the seed and the plant is now about 7 inched tall.
Feijoa (Pineapple Guava): I got several seedlings of a very tasty Feijoa, which a grower was giving away at the last scion exchange. I’m trying to grow them and hopefully in a few years, I’ll have my own Feijoa tree.
One other kinda big thing happened last month was that the company I work for moved to the building next door… and luckily my new cubicle has windows!!! Now I can garden at work… and I now have more than half of my overwintering Coleus on my window sill :)