Ornamental Flowering Cabbage Combo Planter

"Thriller" is Mexican Feather Grass and the "Spiller" and "Filler" plants are asters and ornamental purple flowering cabbages.

Angel Trumpets Playing a Symphony

This is my second flush of blooms...counted 27 open today....last month there were 48 during the first round...overpowering fragance in the evening...hummingbird moths love these huge flowers.

Wagon Load of Weekend Work...Flats For Fall

Stopped by the local nursery for 8 flats of bedding plants...case of pansy mania??

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

This puny little Copper Plant is finally beginning to show some interesting color. I guess it has not had enough whiskey or sunshine or something to get happy this summer.

A Baby Variegated Yucca

This is my first year to grow this variety of yucca. Cold weather is supposed to make the yellow stripes change to partial red streaks, so I look forward to seeing if that happens in this climate with this odd plant.

Hodge Podge Gumbo

If ever I saw a mixed mess of a flower bed, this is it. The recipe is simple: just plant a few different things and let them run hog wild.

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright...In The Forest of The Night..

The aggressive new growth of this Bengal Tiger canna is very rude and pushy against one of my sago palms and will have to be transplanted. However, I like its bright striped variegated leaves at times, but I really dislike the strange orange color of its flowers and always cut them off.

Swaying In The Wind

One of the interesting features of Purple Fountain Grass is the way its tassels and leaves catch the slightest breeze and then the whole plant starts dancing.