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A Collection of Florida Gardening Blogs
Trellis With Carolina Jessamine and Coral Vine: Two vines, Carolina Jessamine (left) and a coral honeysuckle, which should intertwine, are planted in the second box.
5-1-2008 Link to Cable Trellis Project Story: I posted a story about my recently finished cable trellis project.
Bare Trellis: Second trellis. Update: we decided to put a coral honeysuckle vine and a Carolina jessamine vine both in this planter.
Bougainvillea Side: It dropped all its flowers and when planted, but sprang back within a few weeks, thanks to daily watering and generous initial fertilization.
Bougainvillea Front: Bougainvillea on trellis.
Pygmy Date Planted: Planted in March 2008
3-10-2008 Pygmy Horriblis: We bought a massive pygmy date palm for a price we couldn't refuse. But the full price had not yet been paid.
Cable Trellis Project: I wanted to get the Sun off the western side of the house, for energy saving reasons, and because it is a flaming BALL OF GAS!!! Also, I did it to make a bare space more interesting. So I extracted the ol' cable cutter and ferrule crimper from my afro and plied my nimblest of trades.
12-13-2007 Bottle Brush Tree Invaded My Deck!: From low maintenance backyard to high maintenance wasp haven.
How to Build Stone Veneer Raised Planter Beds: A step-by-step pictorial of the process we used to build decorative, raised, stone veneer planter beds in our front yard.