flowers - my favorite living things

 

for example

 

 

when I first bought this house

the east side was full of lemon grass

 

it did nothing to keep the morning sun from beating on that east wall

it heated up the whole house

in the evening you could still feel the heat in that wall

 

 

one of the first things I did was transplant the grass to the front

buy an arbor

and plant this vine

 

 

Thunbergia grandiflora

or as it's commonly called - the Sky Plant

 

my friend in Mexico was my inspiration, she has it flowing all down her 2-story house

I have always loved the color of the flowers

 

 

this is from last year at this time

it was starting to bloom

 

this year - holy crap

 

 

it has taken over

 

 

just like I had hoped it would

 

 

it now shades the wall quite well

 

 

 

and has lovely cascading flowers

 





 

this is the kind of thing that makes me happy