Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Some Tropical pics, 1 by celt33040

celt33040 wrote:
Thanks everybody,
It's fun to show off your work.

Azreno....Well as you all know already they are both Ti, I figured as much but got my hopes up thinking maybe I had missed something. I never really liked Ti plants very much because I thought they always looked ratty with dead leaves untill i was standing talking in my garden with a friend from Hawaii and he justed started to peel away leaves from the bottom up . Right before my eyes the eyesore turned into an elegant burst of color, Now I know what to do with them I look for unusual colors.

Ardesia.....The trunks are from an Areca Palm. I have many around the garden as screens that I Iet get dense with new fronds but this one I keep trim inside so you can see the trunks.

Ashley....The travelers palms ( whhich are not palms at all I learned ) were big when we put them in. One first then the other 6 monts later. Although the leaves were tall the trunk was nowhere near the size they are now. But they have taken off since. I have tried unsucessfuly to remove huge pups a few times.

Heres a pic i found of the travelers palm in 2004 after 6 months in, the trunk doesnt even reach the top of the fence.