It has been some time since we visited the attractive Puerto Rican backyard of Antigonum Cajan (Filling a Small Backyard With Range). Immediately we’re some extra photographs of this small backyard house that’s filled with unimaginable biodiversity.
One of many secrets and techniques to benefiting from a small backyard house is rising issues up—vines and shrubs up the partitions across the backyard to fill each inch with life.
Plumaria are native to the tropical Americas however are extensively grown in heat climates around the globe for his or her stunning and extremely aromatic flowers.
Nearer have a look at a pink-flowered plumeria
This backyard wall is topped with rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora), which is native to Madagascar and combines darkish shiny inexperienced foliage with great pink flowers. The cactus rising up by means of the vine appears to be like prefer it might be dragon fruit (Selenicereus undatus).
Nearer have a look at the Cryptostegia grandiflora flower
Right here is one other stunning plumaria, its delicate pink shading to yellow on the heart. Of their native climates, plumaria are likely to go dormant and drop all or most of their leaves within the cooler months, then push out new leaves and flowers because the climate warms. Right here you’ll be able to see the brand new flowers and contemporary new leaves rising collectively.
Gloriosa lily (Gloriosa superbum) comes from tropical and southern Africa and grows as a small vine topped with these unimaginable flowers.
The contemporary foliage and flowers of this plumaria look marvelous backed by a vine-covered fence.
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