Africanaussie

While I was watering the garden the back light behind these burgundy and red plants caught my eye - not sure that the beauty of the scene really shows up in the photo.   The rex begonia are beautiful when they flower, but then the leaves themselves are a delight too - not sure if the back of the leaf is even prettier than the front.   I love the red stems on this pink and green variegated plant.  It was pretty much crushed when the tree was pruned but has come back better than ever.  this is such a pretty little coleus - it keeps popping up every where and I don't mind one bit! This caladiums leaves are the biggest I have ever seen, and I love the curly edges. The sunshine on the reddish pink leaves of the cordeline were just waiting to be photographed. I am in love with the red and pink foliage in our garden: I thought since I eventually got around ...

While looking for flowers to post for Garden bloggers bloom day I kept think how lovely the foliage all is at this time of year.  It is lucky that we have  foliage follow up with Pam at Digging   to showcase the colors. During the wet season we don't get much sunshine and I think you need a lot of sunshine to get a lot of flowers. Clearly foliage doesn't have the same hang-ups. I have lots of green, but it is the other colors that pop out at you.  The purple leaved rhoeo is a great border plant.  This silvery grey rex begonia loves my shady garden, and from one little plant I now have three pots scattered about the garden.  As the new leaves come out they are a tender pink, and then they fade to silvery grey.  This new one I just acquired is brilliant red and green on the underside.  I think I will have to find a spot to hang it so that the undersides are visibl...