Since we are nomads, so to speak, when it is time to make the migration from our winter home to summer all the plants have to go, except for the lovely Caesalpinia gilliesii (Yellow Bird of Paradise) shrubs which grow along the side at our new place. They are highly drought tolerant, but as we will be away for many months this summer, a kind neighbor has agreed to give them a spot of water once in a while.
I have posted a new photo showing the pods of this exotic plant here:
Also Called Mexican Bird of Paradise
The Neem Oil was somewhat effective in keeping the whiteflies off that much-neglected eggplant, and they left the tomato alone altogether after having ravished my petunias. I put a yellow sticky pad out there just in case, and now it is black from all the little gnats that flew into it and got stuck. It is hard to tell if any whiteflies landed there or not, as they blend into the color of the glue.
