[Darth Reardon]

Here in the Tampa Bay area, spring continues to resist, but the battle will soon be lost. I suspect this will be the last week I can eat any lettuce and spinach, and there is only one more, small, head of cauliflower. Summer's coming, which of course means the plumeria is just starting to awaken.

This winter I tried propagating some cuttings from blueberries and blackberries. I want to use blueberries out front where my hedges should be (previous owner had some plants that attracted some type of wasps, which also liked to make nests over my front door), and blackberries along the fence in the back yard.

The softwood blueberry cuttings failed completely. The hardwood cuttings are still in the fridge. The blackberry transplants I put out in the yard all rooted, but aren't showing any other signs of life. But three of four root cuttings are just starting to grow.

Here we have a nearly focused picture of one of the parent blackberries flowering.

Which can only lead to one thing.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I love plumeria! That one is very pretty. Good luck with the berries. Blueberries will make a fantastic hedge of shrubs, especially some of the more compact varieties. I planted tifblue and climax, both good varieties in the south.

[trisham]

Lovely pics! Thank you.