The Front Yard: Croton, Canna, Ti Leaf Plant, Coleus, Dracaenas 'Song of India, Pygmy Date Palms

Pretty planting Delonix :o)

Fantastic!!!!!!! Loving it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing border Delonix, just amazing.. Loving your Coleus, mine are just the red/green variety, Is that a Colocasia I can see? I grew 5or6 this year from corms, they done OK :))), im overwintering them in the shower soon, I havent told the hub yet tho lol..

It all looks so tropical - I was looking for parrots!

Terratoonie, Tommymoo:

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :>)

Youngdaisydee:

Thanks! This variety of Coleus is called 'Amour'. The middle plant has been in this spot for more than 3 years.

The Elephant's Ear is Alocasia 'Calidora' or Persian Palm...it's still small, it can grow to 15ft/4.6m tall. I have an Alocasia 'Portodora' which is 7ft/2.2m tall, which has been in the ground since late summer 2008.

Here's a photo of my friend's Alocasia 'Calidora':

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/177254-alocasia-calidora-persian-palm/member/Delonix1

Poppylover:

Believe me, the parrots are here. There's a flock of 25 of them living in the neighborhood, they're very noisy. They used to just fly over for many years...they just recently moved in for good.

The feral populations of parrots have exploded in San Diego over the last 4 or 5 year. They're driving some people nuts!

Oh wow, that is huge Delonix, reminds me of me and sis buying our Aliums from the same GC at the same time, she allways got 7/8 flowers while i got 3/4 :((( every year i checked mine against hers just in the hope of mine having more flowers but, it didn't happen, then last year she left hers out in the BIG freeze and it died! hahahahahaha (evil laugh) I still only got 3 flowers this year lol..

I like your little jungle.

Youngdaisydee:

Sounds like you were the smart one. :>)

Alexandramou:

The backyard is even more overgrown. Everything needs a good trimming soon.

Looks wonderful Palmate :o)

Palmate:

Thanks! The front yard looks pretty good this year. I put in some grass (sod) a couple months ago. It looks green for once in summer. lol! :>)

Hard to believe this is all outside. It looks beautiful.

Frybo:

Thanks! It's not unusual when one lives in a mild (frost free) subtropical climate. :>)

Yeah, yeah, no need to rub it in.

You can go off people you know!

Frybo:

I always rub it in! lol! :>)

Seriously, we're very lucky here...we can grow pretty much any subtropical and many tropical trees/shrubs/plants here in San Diego, CA.