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Category: Sharing Garden photos | Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:07 pm

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We just returned from visiting our daughter in Tampa, FL. The townhome complex she lives in is beautifully maintained by a landscape service. I enjoyed seeing all the tropical plants and palm trees on our morning walks knowing I would soon be returning to the barren landscape of my TN garden.


Entrance to townhouse complex ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






coleus at front entrance ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






Banyan Tree ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






10 feet tall bougainvillea ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






Palm trees along the walking trail ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






unidentified tropical plant ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






close up of tropical plant? ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






live oak ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






galphimia ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )






bougainvillea ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )

It's going to be a long winter!






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Accidental Gardener wrote on Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:15 pm:

Gail, I knew there was something I missed about living in FL. Take heart, the winter in TN is not as long as MN, MI or MT. Nor is it as cold.

Great pictures.

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eileen wrote on Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:26 pm:

Super photographs!! I'm so glad we have such great shots to look and keep us going throughout winter.

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cajunbelle wrote on Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:54 am:

Your unknown plant resembles Ixora:

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies/plants/images/maui_yellow_ixora.jpg

http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu/News%20columns/Ixora.1.gif

It comes in many shades of yellow, red, orange, and peach.

I love all of your pictures.

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Jewell2009 wrote on Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:19 am:

It is fun to see the warmer climates when mine turns chilly. Kind of like taking a mini vacation without the hassel of packing :) Thanks

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daisybeans wrote on Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:56 pm:

I needed that little pick me up after spending the morning mulching in my brown and barren yard.... How many days until Spring?

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