Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Morning shot of the Jungle., 1 by henryr10

henryr10 wrote:
Speaking of my partner she gets as much credit here as me.

We don't only do Tropicals as many of you here know.
She's more a flowering Perennial, Giant Hosta and Fern person.
I'm mini-Hosta, Succulents, Tropicals (most ESPECIALLY Aroids), Aquatics and recently Orchids.

I'm propagator and Containers (about 300), she's the ground planter.
I'm the nurturer and maintenance, she's weeds. lol!

We combine on building projects such as the fence, ponds, stonework, Hoop-house, GH and sculptures.

I'm the wacky one (giant rolling planters, rope-light Pink Flamingos, Christmas lights scattered thru the yard, etc)
She's more traditional.
(So the rope light Flaming is in the yard........
not being used as a weather vane on the roof! LOL!)
Though she's getting more insane thanks to all you here at Dave's.
We now have 'Her' Flamingo Garden ;-)

Between us we have amassed over 700 named plants in the yard.
(We gave up counting the hybrid Hosta, Pulmonaria, etc volunteers a long time ago.)
Quite a trick on 1/8 acre.
We said we'll stop at 1000.
Course we said that at 500 too.......................

Thanks for the comments!

And MANY thanks to all you here for plants,
(W/o the cuttings, trades and gifts we've gotten here we wouldn't be nearly as lush..........
Well we probably would but we'd a LOT poorer)
planting ideas and tips!

Thanks also to you in the warmer climes.
Listening to the Zone 8+ gardeners here has really helped.
Your day to day growing experiences influence a lot of my growing techniques.

Most especially I'd like to thank the un-tropical Tropical gardeners here.
I couldn't have done it w/o your help.
It's fun pushing the envelope ain't it?
We are a weird breed!

I'll try to get some better shots.
I usually do single plant shots for our Database and Plantfiles.
Getting scene shots is a lot harder because of the tight angles involved here.

Here's a shot from a few minutes ago.
The EE's are submerged in 5 and 3 gallon commercial iced tea dispensers.
(Hey where else you gonna do Manure tea???)

Ric