Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #124, 2 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Beautiful pictures everyone! Deb, the little dayflower is just heavenly. I love that wisteria, too, but can't think of anywhere I have room for it.

Come to think if it, . . . if I can rent a suit of armor and get somebody to remove one of my huge bougainvilleas, that would be a great spot for a wisteria like that.

Thereby hangs a tale - I was backing my car out of the garage last night and I hear this terrible "nails on the chalkboard" sound. The big bougie beside the driveway has suddenly claimed that whole side, flopping down to about 2ft. off the ground and is screeching along the body of the car! I had to get to a meeting, so when I got back and it was still light, I parked outside the thorny mess- for those of you who "love" bougainvillea from afar, yes it IS beautiful but it has many huge nasty thorns! Got my loppers and proceeded to do "a little trimming". About an hour after dark and a gallon of sweat later, I had mound of prickly branches the size of a volkswagen. I can now drive my car into the garage again without scratching the paint off it. Also can open the front gate, which come to think of it may be why the package I've been expecting hasn't been delivered yet . . .

So, there's a down side to tropical gardening, going from zero to Sleeping Beauty's castle in one rain storm! Oh, and of course pruning bougies just makes them grow all the more, so it's an ongoing battle. )) big sigh (( I just went out to get these pictures and spent another 20 minutes adding to the pile. Reward was the pretty little water lily. First pic is my variegated bromeliad, Mj, I think the one you showed above is from me. Glad it's finally blooming for you!