Monday, September 29, 2008

Favorite Plants from my Tropical-style Backyard, 2008

Well, this list would have been different a month ago (maybe a week ago?). I thought I should mention these while things still look good, before frost shows up.....

Hardy Plants:

Tetrapanax "Steroidal Giant"
Eucomis pole-evansii
Pleiboblastus viridistriatus
Carex "Amazon Mist"
Rhus "Tiger Eyes"
Blechnum chilense
Tradescantia "Bunny Ears?"....or is it "My Little Bunny?" (these names!)
Crocosmia "Walberton Yellow"
Kniphofia "Little Demon" (never stops blooming! )
Musa sikkimensis (got started awfully late with the cold Spring we had)
Eriobotrya japonica
Stipa tenuissima

Tender Plants that really made a big impact:

Euphorbia tirucalii
Senecio serpens
Aeonium "Zwartkopf"(?)
Dicliptera suberecta (may be hardy?)
Purple Fountain Grass (of course)

Next year...even more grasses! And I gotta get something decent in there for flowers, in addition to the ones I listed above, which are great. Maybe another Crocosmia, and a couple Fuchsia "Gartenmeister".....and a Brugmansia. Oooooh!

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