In early June—when I shared photos and short videos of the Leo planters on the fence—blog reader and frequent commentor Chavli requested a video of all the fence plants. I did not forget about the request, but video is not a medium I naturally think of using. Fast forward to a nice day at the end of August and I finally decided to grab my phone and record. Is there audio? No. Just the sound of cars, and birds, and planes, and me crashing around. Maybe I'll be good enough to narrate someday. For now enjoy a few short videos, which I did upload to YouTube, I think that results in a better experience (click through to watch them there, where the videos are a little larger) and then photos, because what would a dg blog post be without photos?
The first video (or short in YouTube parlance) is a pan around the area...
The next is a little longer and looks closely at the plants on the fence...
Then a view from the west end, looking back towards our garage.
And finally a look at the bromeliads on the tall columns in the far southwest corner of the garden.
Here's the story in photos, approaching the shade pavilion via the walkway through the upper back garden.
The fence plants—starting on the far east end, closest to the back of our garage, and working west, towards the property line.
A chunky form of Billbergia nutans that sends up frequent flower spikes.
More Billbergia nutans that tend to bloom in early summer.
Rake and cultivator heads make good fence shelves.
Pteris vittata
The
fern frame, a few months after putting it together.
I did this pyrrosia planting in August of of '22, I'm thrilled it's still looking good (and starting to grow through the burlap) two years later.
The bromeliad bowl planting...
And new pitchers on Nepenthes 'Miranda'.
This plant still thrills me some five years after bringing it home.
Yes, both pitcher styles are on the same plant. How cool is that?
A stepped back look at the shade pavilion area. Note, you can see two of the tall columns in the final video on the far right, behind the stock tanks.
And a rarely seen view from the west. I'm behind the stock tanks, near the columns, my back is to the fence at the back of the property (the west side), the brown building is our garage. I liked this angle because it shows off my oldest/tallest tetrapanax, which grows in a large stock tank.
And here's more of a straight-on view. The variegated fatsia is growing in a stock tank, and you can see the tetrapanx trunk as it arches up on the left. The metal and terracotta on the right is the top of the shortest of the column planters.
That's the tour! I am curious if the videos are something you'd like to see more of? Do they add to the experience in a way photos do not? Thanks, as always, for stopping by!
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