Plants! Loads of them. New ones.
Ambassador Kosh. Hallway plant extraordinaire:
Ficus. Was unhappy in the front garden, so we put it in a red thing. Now it happy :) .
Frangipani. Came to the house as a leafless stick, from Casa Tanya (thanks!)
Two new climby jobbies – on the tree, and on the pergola (Wisteria o’ Doom! Growing at a sillyfast pace).
Middle of the succulent patch, finally filled: yay!
Close-up of the amazing airbabymaker:
Along the edges of the leaves, it grows little babies. The babies grow roots, then they fall off and plunge the roots into the ground. They grow up so fast… *sniff*
The Amazing Miracle Tree TM:
Hopefully Parfles will correct me if I’m wrong, but this thing is about a year old and it’s already over 2m tall. Holy leafy goodness, Batman!
And now for some furniture.
2nd-hand bench, painted and shinied by Parfles:
Beautiful (and comfortable) bench bought for us by Eck (thank you!):
Screen for outside shower, made from old shutters, painted and installed by Parfles, with unexpected finishing help from Jean, on Sunday.
Apologies for the low-level commentary.
Work crazy!
Me crazy!
Mad people crazy!
It’s crazy!
What lovely plants. I’m particularly impressed by the frangipani, the miracle tree and the bench bought by Eck. They are beautiful. Are these all in your garden? Do you have some full garden shots, so we can see the full decor in action?
Thank you!
Yep, all in the garden.
Except, alas, the miracle tree which is currently just a stump (snapped in strong winds).
Once the rains let up a bit I shall attempt to snap a wide shot – it’s very, very, green at the moment!
Random question here, but what is the name of that plant you have that grows the baby plants on the edges of it’s leaves? I used to have one, but it out grew my parent’s kitchen and they gave it away. I would like to find another, but I don’t know what it is called to ask for it in any flower shops.
Your help would be much appreciated :)
Hello there!
We believe it to be a Mexican Hat Plant, and a Goggle image search seems to confirm this.
Good luck finding one – they are awesome.
:)