At first it took sometime to figure were each plant should go but I think I have started getting the hang of it over the past few years. I always put to much out no matter how many acres we have I never have enough and run out of space. But I usually stick to one basic rule from smallest plants in the front to the tallest in the back.
Beautiful, what a wonderful atmosphere. Excellent landscape.
Kaleem
I just made this my desktop!
Thanks
After Wilma blew all my color away I need all the inspiration I can get to redo some areas, and this is primo inspiration.
Is it really that tropical in Louisville? I was just in Owensboro and it was looking like fall colors there and getting very cold. Nothing like what you have. Is it an older photo and do you lift those for winter?
P.S. I was going to ask you a question regarding Alocasia cucullata. I bought one early in June via ebay and wondered how I should winter it over. It looks to be sprouting babies throughout the pot? Is that what they do? Thanks for any help you can offer.
It is looking more and more like winter here. But in the summer we have longer days than florida we have warm humid temps and our soil is many times richer than floridas sand. The plants do grow better but 3 to 4 months of the year its to cold for most. I dig a lot of the plants up but their are a lot I leave out and put mulch on to protect. I could make a jungle out of the hardy ones but I usually mix in the tropical ones with them most of them are a bit more colorful.
As for alocasia cucullata it is very much like a miniture version of Macrorrhiza it can grow trunks and get 4 ft tall but the leafs stay small. It is easy to over winter just keep it from freezing this plant can take a lot of abuse rot is your only problem. You should do well with it.
I meant for my gardens to look like yours! Your garden is beautiful.
wowzers!
Hey Vossner, wonder if he wants to come to TX and plant flowers????
bwilliams, do ya, do ya???????
We can catch a gator and BBQ his tail for ya!
For the right price im there. I have thought about moving for years to a warmer climate. But currently I have been trying to chase down a wild dream of mine to live here in a tropical climate. I might spill more to it later.
Vossner, I think we need to start a collection. I don't think the gator BBQ is tempting enough.
Wow !! that is gorgeous
Love it!!
Timing the blooms to appear,to get that colorful look must be a challange!
Thats my problem,but thats what I love about tropical gardening,that one momment you know hit the nail on the head!!!
GREAT shot Brian!
I'm thinking of getting a group from here and haulin' it your way come late Spring.
We may need to be U-Haulin' it back................
Susie how about I swing by Brian's and bring a load down?
I love Gator. Throw in 'dillo and frogs and I'm there!
Ric
Come on down Ric. We can sure BBQ one of those 'dillos, they're making me mad digging in my flowerbeds! The frogs, well, we might ought to leave them alone, they eat bugs.
We have a good selection of critters here........coyotes, wild pigs, wild cats, armadillos, raccoons and of course possums. I almost forgot the cute little geckos that come out at night.
That picture is awesome and it looks like what heaven should look like...thanks for sharing with us...Judy
Ooooooooooooooo My!!!!!
Brian, if you're moving (someday) to a more Tropical climate, I would like to cordially invite you to Florida. We don't have gator tail, but we have gators ;) Don't have a lot of plants to trade, but will trade you a day of shrimp and lobster on my grill, in exchange for you to walk around my yard and remind me of the names of all the things I have, that have lost their tags! ~MerryMary
I visit Florida about twice a year. I have not missed the aroid show in miami in years. If I am ever in your area I would love to come by and ID your plants for you. I have thought about moving to Florida many times but hate seeing what hurricanes do to my friends collections. I could not imagine that happening to my collection.
I thought I'd bump this back up to ask Brian a question. I've had the pic in this thread as wallpaper most of the winter, and it's certainly helped me get through the winter blues. Brian, I recognize most of the plants, but what is the caladium at the bottom center. It's really pretty and I love the way it's showing reds and creams on the same plant.
awsome....
is that on a mound or is that the hight working to make it look like its on a mound?
ely
Isn't it a wonderful & inviting pic ely?
I missed this first time around. Now I wish I had followed thru with my tropical island and not switched to a rose garden. I love it.
So which variegated EE is that at the front, the big one?
Do you take everything in when winter happens....or do they stay out and tough it?????
It's pretty, isn't it Kell? I'm not positive, but I'm thinking it is MilkyWay.
Absolutely gorgeous! Barb
I believe the caladium in the middle with pink and red leaves is Carolyn Wharton. I have a ton of caladiums and other stuff but that one is a nice one. The colocasia is milky way this is part of the largest island in the landscape. It is a bit hard to take a picture of the whole thing. But it is around 8 feet tall hill mounted with tropicals.
The car. wharton is directly underneath the milky way, the caladium I think we all want identified is to the left of the car. wharton-3rd clump up ( 1st is a red, then the little lime one, and then the one we are curious about) Do you know that one? It is very pretty-a lot of variation in the leaves.
Very pretty landscape-makes me think I am back in Hawaii!
Wonderful picture! Gorgeous planting! Listen, while you are thinking of moving let me give you some information to consider...I think you'd be much happier in TX- Florida is fine, I am sure, but it is clear that you are really needed and wanted in TX!
Wow, can I come and vacation in your backyard? Great combinations!
What is the speckled EE?
Teresa in KY
Brian, tigerlily is right. I would like to know the caladium to the left of CarolynWhorton. It's a big clump with some leaves having pink centers and some having cream colored centers. I think it is so pretty in this setting, and it's something that I've probably seen, but just can't remember.
OK I see that is a caladium I got out of India as a species. I have not been able to ID it but it aparently is fairly hard to find. I had a lot of them last season I hope I still have a few this season.
Uhoh, I sure wanted that one. LOL Oh well!! Thanks for answering our question Brian.
We just had our yard landscaped by BirdLady Liz in a very similar way to this. I was excited before, but after seeing this photo, I am panting. Just beautiful!!! Karen
do you re do them every year like that? every thing you put out there you dig back up etc? are they in pots?
ely
It's a beautiful yard!! I would be in heaven to have it!! Nice work!!
Bonnie
That is just absolutely gorgeous! I've got all kinds of tropicals, but no landscaping. I have one of everything.
This must take some real planning and work.
Kay
Well here in Kentucky I have a few obsticals that most in the tropics dont have but some of it has been a pluse. For instance I dont think most people would plant like I do unless they dig most of it up. Manly because a few fast growing colocasias and bananas in a tropical setting would take over and really fill in but with me digging them up each season I can plant all my plants very close together and no worries about it being to crowded to fast. I do leave a lot of stuff out and most are marked with poles or flags so I dont plant something on top of them this season. The areas inbetween these hardy tropicals are filled with the more tender tropicals. It is pretty showy but most of what I plant is not only for looks but for breeding. Most if not all are used in my breeding of new hybrids. I try to keep the best forms and healthiest plants to work with. In the summer I am usually walking around with a test tube of pollen and a paint brush.
