Tropicals & Tender Perennials: new brug..., 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
Hi Donna... yes it was the worst after the main storm.. the trailing arms wipping about gave the worst winds of the storm... I've lost a few flowers..and the other flowers which had been open..are now passed...and every yellow leaf was removed... all the long forming buds are fine...so it is just a few days of under 50 open now...but then we're back to a full fall complement of heavenly flowers..
Spider... well yes the pictures are of my rooftop.. I have deeded access to it.. it's a residential building... with three residental units.. we are a co-op .. the three residential units are in a condominum arangement with the lawyers in the store front..we there fore are a cond - op..
How can I have so many plants.. well it's a merger of no common sence.. I work myself like a rented mule.. too much available cash.. too many enableing friends.. too crafty and resourceful. an individual. or are you refering to roof supports... they are mostly sitting on the common bearing walls..or a part of an elaborate box beam. front and back. that it's self also sits on the bearing wall on one side...and spans the 22 ft to the other bearing wall on the otherside.. this is the front and back planters... and fence/trellis they are suspended above the roof..
how do I have so many...well they grow together...and I keep order and their behavior with a clipper and knife.. yes.. some breeding of the brugs. daturas...Morning glories... Plumeria..and other plants...mostly growing them.. some field trips to capture native speces in the wild... and their research and study.. it is enough in my limited spaces..budget ..time .. I'd look foward to retirement...so I could do it full time... but my retirement progran has me working up to and including the day I die.. but that last day is optional.. so I play in the garden...mostly full time anyway... Gordon
OK.. this is the front planter... it's the box beam...from the far left sid of the picture.. to the plants on the far right... 5 brugs five rose bushes.. and a few dozen other plants... all in the same planter...all hanging on the bearing walls on both ends.. suspended above the roof... plants.. fence and all... in mid air... for the last 8 years [ note... this is a posessed professional.. do not try this at home ]

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