Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Crowley's is like a theme park for gardeners! They had a big sale area at Tropiflora today with lots of interesting stuff, and I had to slap my own hand to keep from buying one of those giant Tibouchina plants. I just don't have a clue where I'd find room for it. Ditto the mulberry tree c/w ripe mulberries on it . . .
I did come home with 7 beautiful bromeliads, though. Five of them are Billbergia 'Hallelujah' with the dark red foliage and creamy spots, and the others are Billbergia 'Casa Blanca' and Billbergia 'Mariposa'. I just love the Billbergia blooms, and these have really interesting foliage, too. They should make a pretty feature next to our cream stucco wall. I have lots of shady spots for broms in my garden, and they are the one thing that really does well with no fuss in the shade of the oak trees. They have a few hundred thousand broms of all shapes, sizes and colors there at Tropiflora . . . it's pretty overwhelming! The one in the last picture is 20ft. up in a huge oak tree, and its leaves must be 5ft. long.
Elaine
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
