Back in the saddle

Pieced backed together with some new compositions

Gardenzone10b; fern, bird-of-paradise, croton
philodendron, bougainvillea. Lush. 

There had been three of the birds in one pot. I un-potted them and split them into single plants.Their height and substantial leaves make them striking echoes to have around the garden.

Planted the Burly Marx with one bird. I'm looking forward to the beautiful shiny leaved philodendron pouring up and out of the pot.

A new macho fern planted with a second, the sizable fronds of the fern form a skirt under the banana like leaves of the bird-of-paradise. Sexy tropical.

The jungle of tropical foliage adds depth and coolness to the sober masonry of the terrace.

Bromeliad primogeniture: replaced dead mother pup with eldest son.  Other pups were planted in the big pots around the terrace. Although container gardening generally is about single specimens, having repetitions of a single variety make for a more natural looking environment.

A large litter of pups

The re-potted bougainvillea doesn't seem to be giving up the ghost after having lost half of it's root ball. We'll see in the coming weeks how he'll fare.

Applied a dose of Bayer to the small bougainvillea that was suffering from caterpillars and to the Vietnamese Gardenia who's new leaves were coming out stunted.

The weather has changed, it was one of the most beautiful evenings of the year. Though hurricane Rina is gathering steam near Cuba.

Single and loving it