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Central, FL, United States
I am a former teacher, aspiring artist, inveterate traveler This blog is about my Florida garden experience and its expression though poetry, philosophy, photography and art. It includes my other creative endeavors. Here can be found posts about travel to other gardens around the world. My garden is a half acre in zone 9a which includes a large water garden. I have mostly a shade garden because of the huge live oak. To keep things easy, I love to grow bromiliads,ferns,gingers and other tropicals. I need to have a low maintenance garden. In the summer we usually have plenty of rain and it transforms into a jungle. I have converted my swamp into the water garden where I grow irises, waterlilies, papyrus, radigan, spikebush and swamp lily. I also grow citrus (lemon,key lime,grapefruit,tangerines,pineapple,and loquats). Me?...Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid)

May 27, 2013

flower power


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African iris
bromiliad


snapdragons

Florida iris

ginger?


My Amaryllis bloomed I bought this bulb in Holland last year and now have painted it in oil.........


 

Amaryllis


Garden was so radiant
Radiance emanated from one
But for one it'd be all plants
Noticing the Amaryllis
With pink flowers
She glowed with attention fixed
Fixed so hard it hurt
Nothing was more beautiful.
 Grace Amorue