Red Star Cordyline and Ornamental Sweet Potato Vines

This New Zealand plant is doing surprising well in this hot and humid climate and its skirt of ornamental sweet potato vines keeps its feet cool.

Crepe Myrtle Trying To Hitch Hike Down The Street

Today it is a sweltering 101 degrees outside but the tough Crepe Myrtles could care less. How could I dare prune off this wayward limb sticking out in the steet with this beautiful cluster on its tip? I'll let it catch a ride with a passing car.

Persian Shield Shimmering In The Morning Sunshine

Whoever named this tropical plant didn't know their geography very well. Its origin is Burma not Persia (modern day Iran), but I'm glad we now have it in Mississippi. The metallic-looking leaves of purple and silver are dazzling.

Coleus Playing Peek-A-Boo With A Foxtail Fern

I am turned on by the contrasts of shapes, colors, and textures of leaf combinations. This huge old Foxtail Fern is like a mother hen with chicks of coleus all around her.

Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave......

I don't have the heart to rip out this impudent, tenacious, weedy volunteer morning glory trying to strangle one of my Angel Trumpets simply because it starts my day off making me smile as I go out to pick up the newspapers.

Plumb Crazy About Plumbago

The light never seems right for my camera to adequately capture this rare shade of blue that I love.

Magnolia Seedpod or Seed Cone

Birds must eat and pass these bright red seeds before they can sprout.

My Favorite Ornamental Grass......Cabaret

This is the most beautiful variegated grass I have ever grown. A Frenchman who loved the nightlife of cabarets knew what's what when he named this champion.