Share your late summer pics

Black stemmed elephant ear (colocasia fontanesii) bloom

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Variegated tapioca - 2 weeks ago stormy winds blew it completely over, but it's growing like crazy again.

I love that Variegated tapioca!

I had a surprise yesterday, my Parachute Plant, Ceropegia sandersoniae has a baby bloom on it!

And I caught my baby girl in the window when I was taking a picture of my geraniums.

Love the parachute plant - so exotic! Your baby girl looks like my Stella - a real spitfire. Who can resist gazing upon lovely pink geraniums?

batface cuphea

Donna, don't you love the color of that Cuphea? I have tons of it this year - to my surprise. From one plant last year - it reseeded like crrrazy! I like it though, so that's fine with me. :)

Curcuma alismatifolia (this was taken pretty late in the day, so very low light).
Deb

Wow .. beautiful .. if you ever decide to divide your curcuma I'd love some of your alismatifolia. I have the Emperor which is pure white and Panama Purple. I've also got some Costus NOID (see pix) that is doing really well if you'd be interested in a trade.

Yes, Debin, I love cuphea's knockout color combo. I also love your curcuma alismatifolia. I bought a few recently and I'm wondering if they are hardy when planted in outdoor containers. Until I solve my ground vole nightmare, I'm not planting anything else in ground.
Xeram, your Costus NOID is stunning. I thought it was an iris at first glance. I've never seen this ginger and I'm thrilled that it's cold hardy in zone 8a. Now I can't wait to check out your Emperor curcuma. Thanks!

Donna, all I can tell you for sure is that I have Alismatifolia in ground and in containers, and both have survived 2 winters out doors, and have multiplied. I did give the containers some protection, but not much.

Good to know, Debin. I'd hate to lose these beauties to cold.