ok, i'm learning how to do these click to enlarge pics, i really should have read the beginners guide,,,,,,first. west island bed you can see the Siam Ruby banana in the back and there is a Pink Velvet Banana to the right of the Jap maple with Joe Pye Weed behind it
ok, these plants just do NOT look earthlike to me. i always think of Dr. Smith and Will Robinson especially when they flower
i now have black mondo grass coming up in unexpected places thruout the garden under trees/shrubs. the birds eat the berries then plant it for me. Gentsch White Hemlock with Picea orientalis aurea 'Skylands" in the back . i can see a variegated ginger to the left of the Picea as well as Colocasia antiquorum illustris just at the corner of the house
i have an undying fascination with all cacti and succulents. Agave victoria reginae in the back, it flowered last year and is now dead, Kalanchoe thrysifolia in front of it (flapjacks) with Agave havardiana in the blue pot. that is a glimpse of Adenium obassum in the upper left corner,,,,,,now dead i "loved" it to death with too much water
if i can't live in the tropics i'll just have to create my own world . Ti plant in the front (with pink edged leaves) Colocasia behind that, antiquorum illustrus behind the fountain (black leaves) there is a pot of some variety of pink caladium
this plant Kona Koffee i got at Home Depot and it was almost dead,,,,,,,,clearance rack. has turned out to be one of my best all summer performers. full, nice color, never flagging in the heat AND it flowers with a fragrant bloom
NO clue what type of orchid this is. anytime i have one to flower i gloat
gotta love Pachypodium for their weird factor