USF Botanical Gardens Sale

This is the weekend of the USF sale. I usually go, but have decided to fore go the sale in favor of the GreenThumb Festival in 2 weeks. I hope you all got to go and found treasures for your gardens. Let me know if you found something special!

I am digging up a lot of my hedychium this weekend to prepare for the Rakes and Blades meeting next week. I have lots of shoots coming up, so while they aren't blooming yet, they will be in a matter of a few weeks.

I was out there today to check on the drip system and found lots of new things popping up. I have a Thai Beauty caladium that just popped through the mulch with its first leaf, which I almost forgot I had. It is on the pink side of the house. I say that because I have mostly pink flowers on that side of the house. There's the hot pink hibiscus, the morning glory tree, a couple of plumeria, a fuchsia bougainvillea, an apricot brugmansia, and the red schizopetalus hibiscus. Most of these are very leafy, so there is always a fairly lush look about that side. Oh, and there is also my white bird and some heliconia that has yet to bloom - very tropical looking!

I have a few plants that I won recently that are still in pots waiting for a permanent home. I was hoping to find places today that would welcome the clerodendron and the variegated chiflera, but I haven't found any spot screaming out to me. I have decided to wait until I get a few more and will put in a new bed in the middle of the yard, around the birdbath and bird feeder. I am also trying to find places for water features. I have an idea for a small fountain, based on a 18" fiberglass ball, that I want to put together. I also got three big fish from Pier 1 that are screaming to be made into a fountain. I guess I need to get a big base pond somewhere and go from there. I want to have a fountain that you can sit and watch for a few minutes of rest and solitude in the garden, maybe with a couple of small benches. I picked up a pair of bronze ceramic seats at Target a few months back that were on 75% clearance. They weren't exactly what I was looking for, but the price was right! I want to incorporate them into the scene.