What's blooming in paradise

Their beauty makes them look fake, like brightly crinkled paper perfectly formed. My cranberry hibiscus plants are loaded with buds and I just noticed the first blooms the other day.  They are a different species than the tropicals, these are more like a native plant, requiring less care, drought...

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Organic pest control

Someone left a comment on one of my posts asking the question . . ."how do I keep bugs from eating my basil?" I'm an organic gardener and don't use chemicals in my garden, especially on herbs and vegetables.  There are several recipes that I've used to control pests, but the one that is...

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Calissia fragrans . . . thriving in my Paradise

This is an older post from another blog  that I am currently restructuring. The calissia fragrans are still thriving, although the unusually cold winter knocked them down a bit this year. I'm currently propagating them from runners and cuttingsin containers and will start another "farm" in the...

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Screening with container plants

My gardening theme for this monthis container gardening. We plan on restructuring the carport jungle and the surrounding area this month and look forward to starting many herb and vegetable plants that we will grow in containers. Container gardens can add a green privacy screen to a balcony...

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Container gardening at Busch Gardens Tampa

Inspiration for our garden is one of the reasons I love visiting Busch Gardens. Container gardening is my preferred method of gardening since it allows for quick changes to the landscape and makes it easy to move plants into the greenhouse or indoors in the event of cold snaps or hurricanes. I've...

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