Gifts from a neighbour and suddenly I have another path
I was sitting down for a water break on Saturday afternoon when I noticed my neighbour in her front yard. We began chatting and she asked me what all the blue flowers were on her side of the fence. My jicama has been running riot so I went over to cut it back. Only when you cut the flowers and seed pods off does the energy go into making bigger tubers. While I was there, she asked me if I would like to take her two sago palms that she had in pots, and felt they would do better in the ground. Well would I? Would you say no to free plants? What a question? Within the hour her pots were empty and I had a re-design! It seems my shady garden that I have been wondering what to do with needed two sago palms! There has been a bit more colour and lightness lately with the easter lillies and impatients blooming. Even the cordelines are showing more colour. The front area just sort of naturally extended out into the g...