around the garden...

just a few shots of some of the ruellias in the yard... these are really great plants, producing flowers by the hundreds. Sometimes called Mexican Petunias, these are native to Mexico... this is a cultivar named "Chi-Chi" which gets about 2 1/2 feet tall and has fine, thin leaves...

This is the old standard... with wider leaves, to 3+ feet tall and invasive. People sometimes plant these in alleys, as they spread quickly and thickly, can survive without watering, and grow thick enough to suffocate the weeds.


And this is my Pachypodium lameri, which I'm only posting because I'm feeling cantankerous and I want to make Julie jealous...
later!