Just looking over the last few posts I think the sun is finally seeping into my psyche. I’m craving vibrant color like the kind that Kevin has captured in his small but very tropical garden.
I love his idea of hanging umbrellas in the trees to make a much more interesting shady area. I also wonder if those are real flowers on the cactus? Could it be, such beautiful burgundy blooms on cactus stalks? I was given a tiny cactus recently and the flower was a strawflower glued on… I don’t have a problem with this, especially since it doesn’t seem to hurt the plant.
Would you dress up your plants with fake flowers? I’m not a purist here, I think why not? But what do you say?
See more of this garden over at Apartment Therapy .
I do not agree with the practice of fake flowers on real plants. Is that an echinocereus, a beautiful night blooming cactus pollinated by fruit bats? i cant tell, its covered in those red pimples,,,, Part of what makes a good garden designer is using the vast array of plants to get what you want in a space…. surely in such a tropical environment, one could find a flowering plant for that spot. Beauty is truth… and somebody please plant a vine on that wooden fence!
and now you can grow a real house plant that moves and closes its leaves when Tickled!
Just search pet TickleMe Plant
Here is direct link to grow your own TickleMe Plant
http://www.ticklemeplant.com
that mimosa grows as a weed here in new orleans