Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Butterfly Ginger

It's so beautiful, and so so fragrant.
At its best.

Plumeria




Siam Red still in full bloom.
Celadine perfumed the whole house.

Bougainville




Orange, a new addition.
Bicolor cutting obtain last year.
This pink is beautiful in this cool weather, deepen into a cool red in the summer.


Figlets

In this greenhouse, we house the figlets.
first year cuttings.

Tropicals

Night temperature dropped, all tropical are in this little greenhouse (10x10)
Nightblooming Cereus.
Ratail cactus.
Jasmine de Sambac.
Pandora Vine.
Angel Wing Begona.
Night blooming jasmine.
Bougainville.
Hoya carnosa.
Blue Bird Of Paradise.
Angel Wing Jasmine.
Pakalan Vine.
Meyer Lemon.
Kaffir Lime, Tangerine, and an Orange tree. The Brug a still in bloom. And bunches of Vera Cruze plumeria seedlings. The greenhouse is totally fragrant!

Water Fountain.


Excavated the soil, still not quite level, but I'm not known for my patient.
All are found found objects except the water feature is a flower pot, from the local nursery.
Surrounding with rocks I picked on the Hampton beach, NH where I used to live.
Seashell I picked on Hallandale Beach, Florida, our frequent vacation spot.

Summer

Summer's gone.
my beloved cat Jean-Claude passed-away in August, it was a very difficult time.
slowly...but I am back to painting, almost every day now.
I laid JC in my garden closed to the spot where we sit everyday.