Purple Plumbago (say hello to spring)

I mentioned in a prevoius post that I happened upon some plumbago plants while shopping at Lowes a week or so ago and I purchased 2 of them (to replace the one l lost this winter).  Well one of the plants has actually started to bloom and the other is soon on the way.  I don't know what I love about the plant, I think it is the pretty pastel purple flowers and how it moves in the wind.

Things Lost Due to Whatever...

Here are few things that I lost either due to weather or my inexperience with gardening. I started really being into gardening the past summer, which we had an excessive number of days of over 100 degree temperatures and we had a strangely cold winter with several freezes and then snow.

Ponytail Palm

O'Leander (had 3 of them in separate pots, since they were overgrown in this spot)

Plumbago (turns out this is an annual, not sure I would have been able to save it by bringing it indoors or not)


Palmetto Palm (this was given to me while volunteering at a local garden)

Coleous (I did not do enough research on this to know that it was an annual and I should have saved a piece of it to replant this year, this was given to me while volunteering at a local garden)

Mexican Buckeye (this was given to me while volunteering at a local garden)

Drummond's Wild Petunia (this was given to me while volunteering at a local garden)

Meyer lemon plants that a  neighbor of mine took from his lemon tree that he has had for over 10 years.

I hope to eventually replace some of these plants and figure out how to keep them growing in my space.  They were all pretty cool plants.

My Flowers-Can You Recognize These Flowers?

Revised previous post....I have had some of these for quite a while so the tags have since disappeared or got covered up by dirt or mulch and can't be located. If you could help me rediscover what they are it will help me a whole lot. Thanks.

This is a purple plant that is real pretty. I think when the time is right I will prune it so that it is not so leggy next year when it blooms.
You are a Plumbago (http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/plumbago.htm)








This flower is more red to me than pink.
You are an Oleander-(http://www.floridata.com/ref/N/nerium.cfm) now I remember why I moved you from the back with the dogs.




I am just plain baffled about this plant, it was given to me by a co-worker who found it on the property they were building on, she said that it produces big orange flowers. I think I have seen this plant at the garden center before, but can't recall.
You are a Canna-(http://gardening.about.com/od/plantprofile1/p/Canna.htm#)


This plant produced a beautiful white flower with pinkish like stripes. See the picture next to it. The flowers dropped off and nothing since then. The head of the first flower looks so weird (alien like, wonder if a bug did this) now.
You are an Amaryllis-(http://www.amaryllisgarden.com/)



This plants goes woody like when it gets cold, but it produces these beautiful yellow flowers when it blooms.
You are a Tecoma (Yellow Bells)-(http://www.floridata.com/ref/T/teco_sta.cfm)


This plant finally bloomed this year. I believe I have had it for 3 years now and all of a sudden this year I saw the long flower stalks come up (5 of them) and then in the last 2 weeks they opened and these beautiful blue/purple flowers came out.
You are an Agapanthus, Lily of the Nile-(http://www.ehow.com/how_13986_grow-lily-nile.html) This video was very helpful (http://www.ehow.com/video_4986800_grow-lilyofthenile-agapanthus.html)




Hope you can help with some of these.