by Keri Byrum | Feb 28, 2016 | Small Spaces, Succulents
Brain Plants and Pot Heads? How can you be anything but intrigued by this title? My now infamous “pot heads” all started because of one plant. This guy, an Echinobivia cristata ‘Rainbow Bursts’ that we came across at a nearby Lowes. It was so...
by Keri Byrum | Feb 21, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
The controversy of pruning crape myrtle is heating up. Do you need to prune? Can you just let it grow? Read on my friends. It’s the time of year when I find myself cringing when I drive around town. It’s begun. “Crape Murder” is running rampant through our...
by Keri Byrum | Feb 17, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
Bixa orellana, or Lipstick Tree, isn’t supposed to grow in Central Florida. It is extremely tropical in nature and shouldn’t tolerate temperatures near freezing as we occasionally experience in Orlando. Don’t tell that to these lovely Lipstick Trees!...
by Keri Byrum | Feb 9, 2016 | Garden Visits
The Butterfly Rainforest at the University of Florida’s Museum of Natural History is an amazing place. I should be embarrassed to write I just visited for the first time! As part of a board retreat for the Florida Wildflower Foundation we spent a day at the...
by Keri Byrum | Feb 4, 2016 | DIY Garden Projects, Small Spaces
When I visit other gardens I am always looking for “take away” ideas. These are the ideas and things I can see myself adding to my own garden. It is one thing to visit an elaborate home or public garden and see ideas you know you will never be able to...
