by Keri Byrum | Jan 25, 2015 | Plant Spotlight, Succulents
Growing Succulents Indoors Succulents are hot right now. Look through any gardening website, decorating magazine or go crazy on Pinterest to see the designs and uses for this group of plants. From containers to wreaths to temporary installations, succulents have...
by Keri Byrum | Jan 19, 2015 | Plant Spotlight
Hearing the name “oxalis” gives most gardeners chills, invoking images of garden and lawn weeds that are almost impossible to get rid of. Now clear those thoughts and open up to this beautiful Purple Shamrock, Oxalis regnellii ‘Triangularis’....
by Keri Byrum | Dec 16, 2014 | Around Our Yard, Plant Spotlight
Graceful Bamboo for screening. For years I have heard folks tell me how bad bamboo is for the home gardener: too invasive, too fast growing, and just to big for most people. Growing bamboo in Florida is easy, and the truth is that some bamboos can be great plants for...
by Keri Byrum | Sep 18, 2014 | Around Our Yard, Plant Spotlight
Planting curcuma bulbs left me with a feeling of, “I hope we did that right.” Slightly unsure, but pretty excited about the results. Curcuma are a beautiful group of flowering perennials for Florida, and as you can see here, the results are stunning....
by Keri Byrum | Aug 28, 2014 | Around Our Yard, Plant Spotlight
Every 4 or 5 months, whether we like it or not, at our house it is time to spend an hour or so on a Saturday morning trimming the creeping fig along the side of our house. I have started to take it for granted, but I realize the topic of how to trim creeping fig can...
by Keri Byrum | May 7, 2014 | Around Our Yard, Plant Spotlight
I mentioned earlier how much I love caladiums, well here are just a few varieties to wet your palette. These are all from Classic Caladiums and were planted as bulbs, well tubers, nevermind that is an different post all together. Fancy Leaf vs. Lance Leaf caladiums...
