Plumeria have always been high up on the list of my favorite flowers. Give these guys the proper surroundings, and they grow into big, big trees with the most fragrant and beautiful flowers. No wonder therefor that amongst the first plants for our garden were two Plumeria trees. Tiny they were, not even shoulder high…
Category: Gardening
Kurapia – Part II
Two weeks in the experiment is running full steam ahead – with very varying success. The range covers “full, healthy plants spreading out” to “sad, brown corpses”. But then again, this is the result after only two weeks. Somehow I assume that some of the slightly lagging plants will recover over time, with the total…
Kurapia – The Experiment Begins
Kurapia is a new highly versatile drought tolerant groundcover that replaces traditional lawns, turf, and erosion control plants. The plants establish fast and are easy to control, and can be mowed into a low cushiony turf or left to bloom into a lush groundcover. Adaptable to many landscaping situations, including extreme weather, heavy slopes, irregular…
It’s Always The Heat
“You stay in your air-conditioned house, until you need to go out. Then you get into your air-conditioned car and drive to an air-conditioned store.”