The portrait of a lady

Unseasonably rainy and grey.  The garden wing of Home Depot, had a new load of roses in. The very quiet scent of rose was to be had for the curious nose. If I had a house with on a bare, sun burned lot, I'd plant HUGE mounds of the toughest rugosa that I could find and just let them grow wild.   Perhaps against the sad, plain house that baked in sun, some heirlooms would make their stand (with assistance).  Now, add bougainvillea- and don't scrimp here-- to the mean, sweet roses and you have a beautiful soup cooking. Add 1 everglades palm to a side of the property, away from bougainvillea and rose. Spanish bayonet would fit in nicely with the roses/bougie riot theme; HOUSE OF THORNS.

Bought a lady palm for a very pretty urn I've had for a while. Will need to do some work cleaning it out and preparing for planting, but it is a nice size and will hold the palm for some time if I keep the new growth around the edges of the pot trim. It will get some sun, but if the soil is kept moist, it should be ok.

and the lady is mine.. Rhapis excelsa, can take shade and in time will provide a 6' + mass of dark green .  

 

Here is one of my favorites, a mini-bracted bougie who is coming back from a rude pruning. No more! (i swear).