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Why Not?
I was installing a garden in the very cool Atwater area of LA, and this house across the street just about set my eyes on fire! Why not paint your little wooden house bright red? And while you're at it, pop a couple of snakes on either side of your door ... I'm sure they'll keep the bad ju-ju out or the good ju-ju in or something like that. The light blue trim really does it for me - it looks so fresh next to all that red. And then, as if the house itself wasn't enough, they get the biggest orange plant they can find (Leonotis leonuris - or lion's tale, it answers to both) and combine it with a sage in the perfect shade of purple (Salvia leucantha 'Midnight') and then let the two go at it, get big and intertwine at will. No fussy trimming for these folks! I'd love to see who lives here. I already like them!
Now try to imagine this same house without the garden.
Wow--you just posted while I was looking your amazing lizard post and the Halloween one and the dark peonies one. There are so many flowers around you.
And...please help me create a hanging pot in my house that my little kitties can't reach! My mom always had spider plants. Are there others that work well?
Hey Cath! I'll take some pictures of hanging ferns at Pollen. I know, they are an oldie - but to my eye, they are a total goodie. And I think the spider plant deserves revisiting as well ... it's so Seuss-ian. It'll also be an homage to Mom.
I'm not feeling like I can give much advice right now. Yesterday, I came home to a kitchen full of soil, root bits, chewed-up leaf wads, and a bunch of doggie yak. Sadie the Bad went berzerk over a new tropical I was testing out for indoor use. I feel like a fraud!