Beautiful sparkling water, DHS! I've gotten so used to algae covered canal water!
This is the left side of the back yard with the tree fort. Arikury palms with Chamaedorea metallica (the placement and pairing my concept.) I convinced dearest to finally plant those Fiji Island Fan Palms- which so far is working out well.
This yard is only 6 months old and everything is small but I think we are off to a good start. This spring there will be much more color and we will be adding a couple more trees....
Dann_L - Beautiful backyard..... Don
i went there with my grandpa... it was sooo fun. now we only live like 2 - 2 1/2 hrs away from there (savannah/ hilton head island area) so i've been trying to get my family to take a day trip there.
you have a wrap 'round??? lucky... we used to live in a contemporary victorian house, and we had a partial wrap 'round plus a screened in and a huge deck... added all up it was 2/3 the way around the house... i miss the way you could sit in the front, but be nestled away so you could watch everyone, and they not see you.... now we only have a double... both in the front, and no where to hide... (see picture above... the one with the columns)
857- I love the fountain. Good hardscaping, too. I looooove the sculptered lines of the planter beds. A long time ago I did landscaping jobs during the summer for my Dad's friends in Colorado. The look I was going for at one house was exactly like this outline you have. Very nice.
Here is a shot to the left of the tree fort. The morning light does not do justice to this incredible cecropia. You can barely see the Michelia alba that I planted that will one day be as tall as the sabal palms. This is another area that I carve back and "manage" the brazilian pepper. Will put in rabbit hutch soon, plant coffee tree this spring, and when in the budget I really want a Dypsis lanceolata because this is my semi shade area.
yeah nice opportunity... as dutchlady would say... lots of plumie space! lol
Under the tree fort- the chicken coop and all my new bromeliads. Most of the bromeliads were cuttings- a gift from a great neighbor. I recently decided to put them around the coop for now to deter whichever annoying dog comes around at night and tears down all the roosts.
DHS- how funny! My next picture is this- the "empty palette" to the right of the tree fort. Another brazilian pepper takeback area that is on my not so immediate to-do list. I keep it pruned for now, but would eventually like to have this semi-circle area cleaned up and planted with something.....prob. bushy, prob. all the same thing (I have textured plantings, uniform plantings, and one island not posted yet that is my "anything" planter bed.) What did dearest suggest- persian violet? I get my violets mixed up because there are a couple of the tropical ones that sound similar to me. Yes, I've noticed that about Dutchlady and her plumies! I need to take a picture now of the plumie I bought last year for the "rock garden." It was like a Charlie Brown Plumeria. The guy was like- you want which one? It was all bonsai-ish. Not upright at all. It is a yellow one with the buttery smell. Also same neighbor that gave me the bromeliad cuttings gave me some plumies. They are in the "putter area" until I figure out where in the yard I want them this spring.
DHS. I just saw your posting about Cumberland and the wrap around. I KNEW you would appreciate that! Dearest says the house is "Florida Cracker" style. I also wanted to put a lot more than 2 rocking chairs on it, but I let go of that one! Ok, I looked for your picture but I am having trouble finding......does double mean two porches front and back? I have noticed additional pictures of your yard before on other postings as well....very nice.
Ok, this is to the front of the tree fort area. See the little monstera leaves? I planted those last year. I love the mature ones mixed in with the cecropia and spondias. There was a big bare spot that just had to be filled in!
yeah... that's it... there's no excuse for you not to become a plumeria nut! you have way to much room at the perfect climate to not adopt some beautiful, homeless plumerias...
These are the Monstera deliciosa fruits. Has anyone ever eaten one of these? I watched them for months and they never turned orange, and then I forgot about them. I hear the raccoons like to get to them before you do........
double means two porches, one on top of the other
Here is the rock garden. I know NOTHING about cactus. This was another one of my concept gardens, and a way to curb my shopping! I am notorious for leaving to buy one terra cotta pot and coming home with a car load........so I allowed myself one cactus a week and just plunked it in there. They all seem to be cold tolerant and doing well. Needs to be weeded and cleaned up. My favs are the variegated ponytail, the hoya with sand dollar leaves and the unusual kalenchoe. You can just barely see one of the s-shaped bonzai plumie branches in between the aloe barbadensis and the pencil cactus.
Putter area. Seedlings. To be planted items. Can't wait to plant that baobab soon!
This picture started out as an example of my every tree ring needs to be planted up (just planted the calliandra between this pine and sabal recently.) This native ball moss was so naturally attractively arranged I thought it was more interesting.
we get the ball moss around here too...just a lot less than the spanish moss
Well, I would love to learn more about Plumeria and collect more as well. I don't know any of the variety names. I agree there are plenty of places to tuck some more. One thing I think the yard really needs are feminine splashes of color.
you know what you could do... you could get a night bloominmg cereus and pout it on something to grow on... i've seen a mature one growing on a tre, and it is spectacular!
Good idea. That plant is on my wish list, too. I love fragrant plants.
This was our jungle in 2006! We have to repair the "hut" because the storm took it down, and have added some more plants...The back yard is surrounded by banana trees!
The back yard pond
Canopy over porch (view from hut)
Hot pink plumeria
I'm jealous.
Want a banana tree Robin? In the Spring I will send you a couple.....
I would love a couple yes, please and thank you so much.
All those banana trees look great...no tatters nothing...
Whole place looks pretty good.
That picture was taken before the winter. They are totally tattered at the moment, but come Spring.....at least after March 15th we will cut them all down to about 4' and in a couple of months they'll be leafing back out! For what little time we have the cold here it is worth it.
I really like that pond area, the plummie looks pretty too. Are all the bananas planted in the ground?
Yes they are......well, 105, one lonely plant is in a pot. I was going to relocate it and never got it done. It's still hanging in there!
Wow that's a lot of banana trees.
Yes it is....actually too many. They are starting to crowd some other things out so we will need to relocate some of them, or find another home for them.....
what kind are they??
Just plain old banana trees! I got them from 5 different sources and nobody knew the names of them. Most of them are edible, some tastier than others. They grow like crazy and multiply even faster! We started with 29 three or four years ago and now have approx. 106. We will lose a few because they had bananas, but with the warm weather we probably gained numerous babies.
Oh I have some cavendish bananas and thought they might spread out like those
I love them, but they are getting a little too much!
Gonna call it a night! Sweet Dreams all!
