Plant orgy at the LaLa
Let’s see, there was the initial landscaping of the LaLa that got pretty much half blown away in Gustav and then in the subsequent snow we had that winter (wasn’t it that winter?), then I replanted, and then there was the next round of landscaping done mostly by me where I lost about half of the plants to a streak of freezes we had last and this past winter, and now this year, Marcela Singleton, gardener and artist extraordinaire, has landed in my yard with a ton of natives and eye towards the delicate, the beautiful, the colorful, and wow, what a fabulous garden the LaLa has now. It’s hard to pick a favorite but here’s the list of plants added to the side and back:
Backyard:
Kerria japonica ‘pleniflora’, Double Japanese Kerria
Heuchera ‘Palace Purple’
Orthosiphon stamineus, Kitty Whiskers (gotta love anything called Kitty Whiskers)
Bletilla striata, Chinese Ground Orchid
Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’, Autumn Fern ‘Brilliance’
Aloysia virgata, Sweet Almond
Brugmansia arborea ‘White’, Angel’s Trumpet ‘White’
Bulbine
Rhododendron canescens, Native Azalea
Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’, Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Amythyst’, Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Amythyst’
Cestrum aurantiacum ‘Orange Zest’, Cestrum ‘Orange Zest’
Musa ensete maurelli, Red Abyssinian Banana
Side Yard:
Adiantum mairisii, Southern Maidenhair Fern
Alpinia zerumbet ‘variegata’, Variegated Shell Ginger
Philodendron ‘Pink Princess’