Nandia is so pretty in the fall.

the speed weed is still blooming it has not stoped blooming since spring. not bad for a 3.00 plant

the honey suckle is still in bloom.

the lace leaf mohania is in bloom

barberry has great fall color.

acuba stays green all year around.

Cast iron plants are still lush green

the beauty berrys are so pretty this year.

the rice paper plant all snug in its cage of leaves for winter.

I piled mulch over all the cold hardy elephant ears. notice the rosemary in the background stays green all winter.

the windmill palm in its cage it is perfectly cold hardy here but this is the first year its in the ground so wanted to give it extra warmth.

this is a palm seedling when it gets big it will be perfectly cold hardy but put this pickle jar over it this year cause it only has 5 leaves on it. word of advise if you use pickle jars make sure you wash them good. pickle juice acts just like roundup and will kill plants or weeds.

banana Musa Bajoo in its cage. trying the cage for the first time on it, it has always come back but want to see if this will make it bigger as you can see in the second pic it doesn't want to go to sleep.

time to put all tropical to bed for the winter this is the fatsia in a cage filled with leaves.

Cleome 'African Princess'

Cleome in front of the Alaskan weeping cedar.

Hibiscus Texas star

Voodoo Lily

Canna 'Australia'

Hydrangea 'Pinky winky'

Cold hardy hibiscus

not sure the name of this one but it is dark pink and this year is over 7 feet tall.

Snowflake Viburnum

this one started blooming in the spring and has not stopped blooming this year.

Hypericum 'St johns wort'

Verigated hydrangea

Colocasia' bikini' look at all the pups she produced this year

Water lily

Tetrapanax papyrfera 'rice paper plant'

Musa 'Bajoo'

Windmill palm

Caryopteris Hint of Gold

Hydranga

Colocasia Black Pearl

penston

Azalea

Water Hyacinths

water Hyacinths

Swallowtail butterfly.

The Canna 'stuttgart' has bloomed again.

Hedychium 'greenii'

cold hardy ginger

this is the ginger starting to bloom

in full bloom

lots of the flowers togather.

This hydrangea is 'limelight' it is now 7 feet tall and the largest flower head is the size of a basket ball.

swallowtail butterfly

Hibiscus ' texas star'