Relief is also my favorite type of Sculpting. But the combination of some of the Pleated and Relief do make a beautiful bloom to me.
Groove-billed Ani is the only "purple" that I have.
This is what it has looked like so far in my garden: I have only had it for about two years now, hopefully it will still improve, maybe become more purple?
So far it is not showing the really deep relief I am looking for in sculpted relief plants.
I just did a search for sculpted relief plants yesterday and was surprised to see so many that were listed as being relief showed no relief in the photos. I would think if someone was registering a plant as being sculpted relief, they would want that trait to show in the registration photos.
This is a photo of DIXIE SWEETHEART in my garden, it shows the type of sculpted relief I really like, deep, obvious relief.
Here is one by Fred Manning, this is one of the best growers among my sculpted relief plants.
Can't post without showing Char's Nazca Hummingbird, I have loaded this plant with pods two years in a row and it has not slowed down. Another good grower in the garden.
CHAN DOM VONGTHIRATH: By Dan Hansen, hoping as it matures the relief will get deeper. I was not able to set a pod on it, but I did set some pods on other plants with the pollen from it. We will wait and see if the seeds grow anything. It has gotten off to a great start and is multiplying pretty well so far.
