My Spring Garden in Florida

My cassia trees have been blooming for about 3 months now.  It is so beautiful to look out the window and see yellow flowers.  .  The leaves are so delicate, they remind me of spring up north.  I underplanted them with purple lantana. But, they are still small.  Red crown of thorns is in the background.

 I put this orchid on my sable palm last May.  It just bloomed.  Yea!  The yellow allamanda has been blooming for months now - once I got the landscapers to stop trimming it.

Color In The Garden

I am teaching a course at Palm Beach State College in Boca Ratone called 'Color in the Garden'.  Here's some of the pictures I used in the talk. 

Warm Colors - Daylilies and Coreopsis from my garden in Maine.  What a cheerful sight.

Coneflowers and Black-eyed Susan's from my garden in Maine. They go well together because they are a similar shape.  Pink shows up well in front of a grey fence.

Golden dew drop tree has beautiful blue flowers followed by gold berries.  Underplanted with blue lobelia and white osteospermum daisy like flowers and euphorbia 'diamond frost'.  Looks great in a white planter

by a white fence.  Both Mom and I bought the tree here in Florida.  

Yellow allamanda and pink bouganvillea - a surprisingly pleasing color combination.

A monochromatic color scheme - 2 shades of purple petunias

Using primary colors - blue argeratum and yellow zinnias with white.  Even the butterflies like this one!

Happy Easter

Sometimes you just need a bunny...

Pretty in Pink

Pretty Katie in front of the azaleas at Morikami.

The Bag Ladies

My sister Judy made us these beautiful pocketbooks.   My colors certainly 'brighten the day'.

Jersey Boys

I went to see the Jersey Boys which is playing at the Kravis Center in W. Palm Beach through March 28.  It is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.   The many hit songs woven into the story brought back memories - Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man, My Eyes Adored You, Oh, What a Night, Sherry, Bye Baby Bye.  After the show we had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory where I got this great shot of Frankie (left) played by Joseph Leo Bwarie.  I would love to see it again!

Emily loves her toys

When she finishes playing she likes to sleep with them all around her. Here are some of her favorite things - an octopus, soccer ball, and that big long thing.

She also loves her little octopus and hedgehog.

Such a funny dog.