The "Jungle" is now in session

More Brugs...this was from winter...alot of you have seen this one..but it's worth seeing again

Blue sage through the fronds of tree fern

fuzzy...but I think it was the color that zowed the camera! couldn't be the operator!?

Ti and Sage

Angel and Devil

Firecracker

and Firemans Cap
Erythrina Christi Gali

and now it's party time!

so don't get impasien!

snowbank

esperanza

zEEbra's

and one of the bromeliads off spring...this is a descendant of the "plant lobby sales"

Had been meaning to do a thread...but...they stacked up..!

Wow! Your garden is even lovelier than last summer, if that's possible. Still planning to come to Austin?

STUNNING!!! :)

Thank you for sharing!

-Joe

Thanks!

Yes- still planning on coming up.. couple weeks right?

So weekend of the 10th? Looking forward to it.

Yes..that sounds good for me

Excellent! The "face" is wonderful... there must be a story behind it?

BTW on the tropical thread your newly renovated area looks like it has been in the jungle for ages. Very nice....

awesome!!!

Thanks~
no...no story other than the face from this (pictured) lamp had blown off this winter..It was so windy...one week was from the North, then the next week it would blow from the south equally as hard.

I've since glued this one back together and put it back on the lamp, but had purchased the other one to replace it...didn't like it as well on the lamp

Wow. Beautiful garden. What a delight!

Absolutely stunningly beautiful!

RJ, I have always enjoyed pictures of your plants and your garden.
Thank you for showing them to us. I really enjoyed the show.

Rj your gardens are just so stunning, loved gettign to meet you at the Round-up and the tour afterwords we really ahd the best car there. Just was at Christi's place last night and those brugs are huge, the castor bean too... and the Morngin Glory tree... and everything - she is going to soon ahve a tropical paridise up here too. Very sharp - keep posting pics and one of these days I am going to have to make that trip in person.

Very inspiring. We worked very hard yesterday planting. Now must consult my "Randy's Dirt" file to get the recipe for the fertilizer solution once more. Will probably have to visit Rita and see how she does the hoop house before next winter. Way too much to go in my little hothouse. Seeing your garden just gives me "goosebumps".

Mahalo,

PK

Gracious what a beautiful garden. Something to aspire to!!!

Dee

For those of you that don't know, Randy's journal is a fountain of knowledge. Check it out. Gives hints and recipes for how he grows such enormous plants.
Very smart guy.

Christi

Thanks guys-
I'm just mother natures tool, she does with me as she wills. Truthfully she takes the credit and not me. The rest of it is luck luck luck, nice climate and luck.

The morning glories and popping today...my theme for color is...as many colors as possible!

Here's my plan for being green! Cover the front windows with foliage. It's fun to look from the inside out!

Known as a cottage house- Christi actually had an article cut out for me when I visited last week, with our neighbor hood in the magazine Cottage Living..or something like that.

and the only thing that's low in the front and back gardens..the roadside strip

The "glory ladders"
A coconut ladder I had brought back from Thailand (brought about 5 back) originally 40 feet long, I cut it in half and used it as a trellis for the MG's and whatever else...last year they hosted the Cathedral Bells...wish those would come back!

other side


Mitch, your welcome to come and visit- anytime...Ya'll were very welcoming and I look forward to more visits!

RJ - where are your plumeria?
I thought everyone in Houston had to have them

:-p

I do, the largest one is behind the landscaping by the fence, there are 3 large ones on the deck,
3 large ones in the front garden, 2 large ones along the back driveway garden, and then the other 23 are on the "out of season" storage table. They are now coming in season, and I have alot of re-potting to do

Thank goodness!!

Most of Randy's garden is too exotic even for Houston. Has something magic in his mix. Sure hoping he left some of it here.

Christi

Speaking of exotic..there are blooms of stuff I don't remember obtaining. I think this hibiscus was left at last july's plant swap...Can't say that I've seen it before...very cool looking...if anyone knows name....let me know.

This EE is getting pretty large for april...Course ..it's small stuff compared to Jerry's big leaves!