I adore ferns! It started with a small start of an Elkhorn fern back when we lived in South Florida. I quickly added Boston fern and a st...

I always wished for a flamingo, finally got one for my birthday :-)

OMG, they have such a cute name: Solanum Pimpinellifolium. Say it, and say it again and again :-)

So I am meandering through Myrtle Glen, and I keep hearing the coaxing cheep-cheep (or peep-peep?) of the Red Cardinals. I know their kids a...

This Passionvine is a volunteer. Where I had planted it originally, on the opposite side of the yard, it did not want to grow. I guess the ...

My bromeliads sure make me happy.  This Billbergia clump could not look prettier. It grows between gingers and ferns in light shade.  ...

One year ago in February  the bananas started to flower, my azalea was in full bloom, I had roses.... This year, not so much. But in the m...

My favorite Winter flower, the huge pink and very fragrant flowers of the Dombeya wallichii Also known as Pinkball or tropical Hydrang...

I love living in Florida, I do not miss the snow, not one bit!  Farfugium giganteum, Gloxinia sylvatica, Aechmea 'Little Harv...

It's a jungle out there! Summer morning in Myrtle Glen 

Florida summer days are oh so hot! I do not go out much, but the front yard needed some attention, a bit weeding, cutting back long branch...

Plumeria 'Aztec Gold' with Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Snow Queen' Finally, we had a thunderstorm, not enough rain by far, ...

Stapelia Leendertziae I love stapelias, and this one especially. It is just as showy as the Stapelia gigantea , flowering on and o...

My one and only! I love Azaleas, but my garden is not right for them. Azaleas want partial shade, well-drained and slightly acidic soil, I ...

I love Florida! February, sunshine, blue sky, snowbirds singing, flowers here and there sprinkled throughout the 'winter garden', ...

Looking through my photos from 2016 I came across the ones from this vine with glossy dark green leaves and over a foot long bright sunny y...

Ok, not really snowballs, but the flowers of the white powder puff remind me of snowballs.  This evergreen shrub flowers here in Ce...

Just a quick stop in my garden again, the Clerodendrum wallachii, Bridal Veil, is flowering.  This Clerodendum does sucker, make no mistake,...

Before I keep on posting pictures from my trip, I want to show you one of my smallest flowers in Myrtle Glen. One needs perfect eyesigh...

You can see a flower bud to the left of the red berry A few years ago a south Florida gardener brought a few handfuls of red berries ...