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Calling all garden voyeurs: Joyce is showing her stuff

Posted Sep 16, 2010 by Loren Omoto

Updated Sep 16, 2010 at 05:33 PM

Thanks to Joyce for figuring out how to upload photos to The Dirt gallery (you can see it across the top of the page here.) It’s really easy and makes it a snap for me to post them here.

Joyce lives in Riverview and has been gardening forever. When I finally chased her down via email, she reminded me that we already know one another—kind of. Awhile back, she was looking for Vietnamese hollyhock seeds. I mailed her some, and she returned the favor with two kinds I’ve never tried: tweedia (Oxypetalum caeruleum) and rose mallow (Lavatera trimestris)..

She now has five little hollyhocks and I am carefully nurturing one little tweedia. (I haven’t tried sprouting the rose mallow yet.)

In her backyard garden, Joyce has a few plants I’ve never heard of. But I’d know the Brazilian red hots in the center of this photo anywhere! And that chartreuse sweet potato vine in the back, below, is another personal favorite.

The Mexican sage salvia really brightens up the fence with feathery lavender blooms. Mine was a late-bloomer this year, but I’m not complaining. It was frozen to the ground in January, so I’m happy it came back at all.

The mandevilla vine winding up and around the sunny plant stand is an interesting combo. I like it!

Joyce says she has had no luck growing roses in the ground, so now she’s trying them in big buckets. Looks like she’s having some success, too. I see some gold duranta to the right of the container in the center, but I’m not sure about the yellow flowers to the left.

Here’s the bigger picture view of the garden. Among the other plants Joyce has: plumbago, allamanda, bat faces, gardenia.

Thanks again for posting your photos, Joyce!