While the weather is still warm, we took advantage of it today. We went to a local nursery where we had purchased our bottle brush tree earlier this year. That tree is doing very well, so we wanted to get some answers to our gardening questions. When can we plant flowers and bushes? When do we need to fertilize the bottle brush tree? What can we use instead of mulch (which attracts terminates!) in the gardens? What plants are drought and cold tolerant? And most importantly, what plants will love growing in a garden that is almost totally in the shade?
The woman at the nursery is extremely patient and knowledgable. She showed us some stone that she said they have been using lately in many of the landscapes they install. She called it "red cedar stone" and gave us some samples to bring home. I think we may have found something we like.
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| Red cedar stone will look good in the garden and against our yellow house. |
She answered all of our other questions and took us into a shaded area to show us some possibilities for my back garden. For the life of me, I did not know the names of what I bought. The red plants on each end, I found out, are "red sister" cordylines or ti (pronounced "tee") plants. The nursery woman said that they will not get as large as some of the other ti plants, so they should be perfect for this garden. The other plants she called "Lemon and Lime." As you can see by the pictures, they are aptly named. They also are known as "song of India" or dracaena reflexa.
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| Red, yellow, and green plants will add some color to the back garden and we don't have to wait for anything to bloom. |
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| The plants are in. We still need to add some fabric and stone to make this complete. |
Our back garden is now complete. We may not be able to put in a lanai for a couple of years, so having something that is tropical and lush will give the area a bit of color.
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