Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Is It JUST Me or is this Exciting!!, 1 by tobee43

tobee43 wrote:
josh...actually if you can believe this......

it was actually easier for me to create tropical designs in northern landscapes..(which was what i did for 25 years plus)..than to actually put tropical gardens into tropical climates... and yes...I AM that kid in a candy store!!...just can't get enough..

.but i still find myself...although i promised to slow down...i am always looking for the rare and unusual...just never had it happen in my own garden!! so i just i have to admit i really loved it. i'm rather anxious to see what else comes out of this colocasia...if it will continue to "mutate".

i did promise i would retire once i got here and found i just can't....it's in my blood!! darn it!! and just my luck....we had 12 days of below freezing here and i lost one of the only all white agave that was known....:((((((....i know it brings horticulture to the edge...dangerous...and i go where no one should...LOL!! white agave and mutated variegation...LOL,,what absolute fun!

water issues...not just lack of water only.... but the yucky chemicals..yikes we had to put 4 filtering systems on our property. i could never hurt my babies with those chemicals in the water or the heavy organics ....so i have special systems to filter and purify the water so the plants will grow properly...something i never gave any thought to before!!

here's a stuttgart canna that also happenstance on the same northern side of the house.......with an all white leaf..while i understand we have some interruption with the actual photosynthesis...it's still an interesting site to behold...healthy...maybe not..