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Friday, February 14, 2025

Jeff’s Flower-Stuffed Patio Backyard – FineGardening


I’m Jeff Sisil. My spouse and I stay in Cypress, California. I began gardening about 20 years in the past. Listed here are some present images of spring crops and flowers. I’m having fairly good luck with hydrangeas and staghorn ferns. I additionally develop bromeliads, tillandsias, Spanish moss, succulents, nasturtium, senecio, and some others. The problem for me is managing the area. Our little patio backyard brings us a lot pleasure and sweetness. I hope you take pleasure in our footage!

close up of bigleaf hydrangea with purple and pink flowersAn abundance of hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla, Zones 5–9) with their large, lush clusters of bloom

close up of hydrangea on patioThese extremely lovely flowers in a little bit patio backyard present that you simply don’t want a number of area to take pleasure in lovely crops.

close up of hydrangea with pink, purple and blue flowersThese hydrangeas are displaying off the total vary of flower colours, from wealthy blue via shades of purple into pink.

close up of pink and yellow flowersNasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus, Zones 9–11 or as an annual) are within the entrance, a black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) is within the again, and a giant cloud of pink flowers from what I appears to be like like pink marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens, Zones 10–11 or as annual) are within the heart.

close up of orange and yellow flowers with silver foliageGlowing orange nasturtium flowers distinction with the silver foliage and yellow blooms of a Senecio.

patio garden with lots of plants in a small spaceThis view of the patio backyard reveals simply how a lot magnificence is packed into this little area.

various colorful foliage plants in containersFoliage dominates right here, with coleus (Coleus scutellarooides, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) and polka dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) taking heart stage and a silver mass of Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides, Zones 8–10) tumbling down from above.

more colorful foliage and flowers in containersA variegated bromeliad and purple-leaved tradescantia (Tradescantia pallida, Zones 8–10) reveals off within the entrance.

close up of a staghorn fern in a hanging basketTake a look at this unimaginable staghorn fern (Platycerium sp., Zones 10–11 or as a houseplant). What a gorgeous specimen!

 

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