Our yard in the winter in Southern California

[Orchidbyte]

My wife and I are plant nuts and have been for years, so I thought I would show off our yard. We moved to this house 3 years ago and ripped out most of lawn and other plants that were not wanted. All of back yard is brick pavers so no dirt area to plant, so I pulled up some bricks in areas and made raised beds out of them and a little morter. We also built a shade structure to hold our orchids and tropicals, till we built a greenhouse which we did 2 years ago.
In the second pic. there are petunias, pansys, stock and a daffidill all in bloom at the same time, the petunia looks better now then in the hot summer.

[Jon]

Great yard!

[Brant]

pretty blue petunias
what color/name is the plumie ?

[Alexis]

Nice and colorful!

[Orchidbyte]

Originally Posted by Brant

pretty blue petunias
what color/name is the plumie ?

There are 5 different plumerias white, pink, red, yellw and a really nice candy stripe one I got off ebay, there is also infront of large Plumeria there is a nice dwarf one I got last year and so far has done great despite the dredded dog tail incident that ripped 3 branches off.

[Mary Jane]

Love your most colorful yard, thank you for sharing with us.
What is the red tree in the first photo, please?

[Orchidbyte]

Originally Posted by Mary Jane

Love your most colorful yard, thank you for sharing with us.
What is the red tree in the first photo, please?

The red tree in forground in called Sticks on fire, Euphorbia tirucalli, A great drought tollerent plant, I had that in a pot for about 5 years and it stayed small, but when I put it in the ground 3 years ago, she took off, now over 7 feet tall and about 3' wide. Easy to make cuttings. Only red in full sun and mostly fall-spring, more green in summer.

Be warned that this plant can get over 25' tall and 10' round, but with the right pruning it can be kept in check. Maybe?

[Brant]

i did not know the sticks on fire got that HUGE - i wll keep mine in a pot
the size yours is now is good, but 25' tall !!