How The Great Wall Got It's Name

A few years back,when the first retaining wall was going in,I bribed our youngest son to come over and help me.

After a few hours of hauling fill dirt and the retaining stones,he looked at me and said,


"What are you building? The Great Wall of Lutz?"

And the name has stuck!


Follow along with us as we attempt to turn our Zone 9-ish/ 10-ish,semi-rural plot of land into a tropical paradise........

Thursday, September 10, 2009

That Was Then......

This is now......


Back on January 25th,I was in shock.

Total,
utter
shock
over seeing
.......this.......
But .......lo and behold,not only did the Angel's Trumpet come back and bloom....

It bloomed twice!


And thrice!!!

Each succesive bloom has been better than the last.And this time it is

incredible!
White blossoms changing to peach.........

Now,over six feet tall!
and many,many cuttings have been started off of it.....and passed around...............

Mucho thanks to Sue at Luxe Lanai for the idea of taking the lower leaves off,and making it more of a tree shape.
It soooo shows off the blossoms!Thanks,Sue!

3 comments:

Meems said...

VERY amazing how it is hard to tell now that everything looked like your Angel's Trumpet back in January. As a matter of fact I keep forgetting how sad I was back then as I'm buying more tropicals and putting them in the ground. *sigh* What happened to my vow for natives only? Forgetful I tell ya.

Those blooms are simply elegant and stunning all at once!
Meems

Rusty in Miami said...

Those angels’ trumpets are hardy plants and fast growing. I like that peach color, I have white and pink.

Jake said...

Very beautiful plant! I knew that they were rather hardy. I always mean to get one, but never do.

Jake

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