Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Chinoiserie Outdoors

Luxe Report Designs

I have always loved using blue and white Chinese porcelain outdoors and I love banana leaf, but the combination together for a lanai or outdoor area is really fabulous. Combining green with blue and white is a natural, but outdoors it really pops.

I discovered this quite accidentally when I happened upon a set of banana leaf outdoor cushions for my lanai dining set at HomeGoods. Here is a lovely example above combining banana leaf with blue and white Chinese porcelain, garden stools, and orchids. 

It occurred to me that my lanai would be a great location for an orchid collection. I might be on the lookout for another bar cart! And I am dying to try tying orchids to my trees. One follower sent me an article on how to do this. A neighbor of mine has many palms with orchids growing on them and it is quite a sight.

Here are shots of my new bromeliad bed. Several neighbors stopped by to admire it. 

Pink Bromeliads


Today another fun day in store in paradise - HomeGoods, Sushi Day at Publix, and stops at a garden center or two. I was disappointed that the Master Gardener program is on hiatus here because of the pandemic, but I am learning SO much just visiting garden centers, reading, and taking walks with the pups and seeing all the plants in neighbors' gardens. BTW, it took me minutes to plant the bromeliad bed. You can literally dig the holes with your hands - the soil is a wonderful sandy loam. In NOVA you could make pottery out of the clay soil.

20 comments:

  1. Looks lovely! Reminds me of Hawaii. We're a little north of you in Georgia. My husband is putting in a new flower bed in the back yard. The plan is for a butterfly bush. Gardening is such a rewarding hobby. Your yard is looking very nice.

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    1. Thanks - I had several butterfly bushes in NOVA - great plants.

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    2. Amy, propagating butterfly bush is super easy. I have started several this year by dipping a broken-off branch in rooting hormone and shoving the stick into a pot of soil. And some seeds have dropped and started themselves in various close-by pots. So if you like a more expensive varietal, buy it and propagate it! You won’t regret it. I’m a beyond lazy gardener, and I rooted 4 hydrangeas the same way a month ago.

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  2. Love the bromeliads! I have one hanging in my crepe myrtles that circle our patio! They as well as orchids will grow on trees! Gardening in Florida is so much fun!
    Michelle

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  3. I love the pink bromeliads! I wish I could plant them outside in Canada! I'm constantly researching flowering bushes and trees for the spring when we move.

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  4. Welcome to South Florida! Your home and garden are really coming along beautifully. I live just south of Palm Beach. I am also re-landscaping. Your photos have given me lots of ideas. Thanks for posting

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  5. The new plantings in the beds look so lovely. I think I will pay a visit to my closest HG today as well....why not? You never know....

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  6. Even your garden is feminine and stylish! Love those pink plants.
    Hope you have a good day out - it sounds like you are on vacation every day!

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    1. The whole point of Florida is being on vacation every day. Thank you.

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  7. gk is right - your garden is feminine and stylish! That picture from Luxe Report Designs is just stunning. How does one get orchids to grow on palms? As a Californian, it's doubtful that I could ever accomplish this, but it sounds beautiful, nevertheless.

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  8. Love the new beds. Just beautiful! How low maintenance are they and what effects would FL’s torrential rains have on them?

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    1. As close to zero maintenance as you can get and tough as nails.

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  9. Gorgeous bromeliads!

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  10. I give every orchid I get to my daughter and she ties them to her trees. They always re-bloom and look terrific! I believe it is really easy to do and require no care.

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    1. I am posting on this tomorrow, but it sounds very easy.

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