The side of my yard

beautiful

Very colourful.
I really like that purply leaf that's growing around the tree.
What is it called ?

The colours are Electric, they just jump right out at you..

Thank you all for the comments. I like a lot of variegated plants.

The plant in the middle of the picture I forgot to mention is a young
"Solo" Papaya tree. I have large bearing papaya plants in my backyard.

Gorgeous!

Thank you! Some of these plants have been in the ground for 4 years.
with the exception of the 'Solo' papaya which I just planted a month ago.

Love your color scheme ! Persian shield is one of my favorites, said to be the only plant in the world with that type of metalic coloring.Looks like it will get quite large when left in the ground year round, I have to treat it as an annual here.

Yes, this plant is two years old...however, it is not a long-lived plant maybe 3 or 4 years and they need to replaced. I just take cuttings and replant others.

What a great view... lovely!
I like the purple ones.. persian shields??

Aleyna:

Yes, purple plant is Strobilanthes deyerianus - Persian Shield.

My Papaya 'solo' in this photo was eaten by sow bugs and collapsed about a week ago. : > (

awww.... my suggesiton is grow it from the seeds (2 or 3 in a plastic bag covered with 1 cm of ground compost) until they grow to 3 or 5cm high, then you move the strongers to a clean area... the proximity to other plants allow the sow bugs to find the papaya softy leaves and branches.
I'm not a gardener but helped my grandma with her fruits and veggies garden, during my childhood.

Aleyna:

Thanks for the suggestion!

I actually just painted all my papaya tree trunks white this past weekend.
This will prevent the sow bugs from eating the trunk.

wow Andy. Thats a showstopper display. What is the twisty old trunk?

Stan,

I just saw you posted comment from six years ago. Lol

The old trunk was a pyracantha. All these plants are long gone. I took the Pachystachys, Crossandra, out because the snails ate all the leaves on these plants, constantly. It’s funny now my yard has absolutely no 🐌 snails.

Times change. For me, Possums ate all the mollusks. Its cats for gophers- some of them- and the wild possums for crawly creatures.

Yes, now only wild Thunbergia blushing susan and some Ixora, and Acalypha is there now. I’m going to take pretty much everything out.