looks like a carnival costume!

Jim, all your tropical beauties make me want to move to FL.

Here on the prairie, Hollyhocks and oranamental grasses do well.

Maybe one of the reasons I love lilies is that they do feel a little tropical.

So pretty and great red hollyhocks!

Yes, and I love the Hollyhocks!

Speaking of ornamental grasses, I'm putting in a new bed to display several types that grow down here. Included in the bed will be:

Dwarf pampas grass
White fountain grass
Muhley grass
Miscanthus sinensis Arabesque (a zebra grass)
Eragrostis elliottii (Elliot's love grass)
Calamagrostis arundinacea Brachytricha (Korean reed grass)

I'm also sticking in a cycad Dioon merolae. I'll cover it all with landscape cloth and red mulch. Then I may put lime green sweet potato vine in as a ground cover. The main obstacle is the heat.

Jim

Native swamp hibiscus are in bloom down by the lake.

Jim

One of the Crape Myrtles caught my eye.

Jim

Here is an agapanthus in full bloom.

Jim

Great show, Jim. Hope the heat lets your new grasses grow.

I'm not nearly as worried about the grasses growing as I am about these old bones wilting.

Jim

Ahhhh!

Jim, beautiful! And I like the grass bed.

The swamp hibiscus is neat. It's lily time here. This is Stunning.

Starburst

Midnight

Beautiful. I used to buy lilies every year but now I have the lily beetles and never buy them.

That's sad. I don't think they have made it here yet, but I bet they do.

Enjoy while you can!!

Stunning is well...STUNNING!

Jim, be sure to post pictures of your grasses. I lost my muhley last winter My agapanthus stays in the sunroom during the winter and it has already bloomed this year in AR. I had one bloom this year from one I grew from seed.

Jean