In a another year or two the fronds will touch the ground . It is spectacular.
Sorry, I don't know the name. This small palm is about 5 feet tall and it looks great. But I'm not sure what it will look like when it's 30 years old, on a tall pole like trunk.
The accident was on Sept 29 09. This last week the specialists finally got here and humpty-dumpty has been put together
The Talipot (Corypha umbraculifera) no longer can be found in the wild. The Montgomery Botanical Garden has at least 10 of them. And I have 2 in our front yard.
With a pecan/apple pie.
And a pumpkin.
In the spring a friend gave me a lotus plant and I planted it in a small pool. It grew for three months and then a baby waterlily popped up. A waterlily seed must have hidden in the roots in the lotus. Its 5 to 6 months old and the flowers should now only get bigger and better. Oh, the lotus didn't bloom the season.
This Caryota gigas and often called the Thai mountain giant palm or black trunk fishtail palm.
The average house doesn't have room to have more the one or two. It's nice to see a Cyclad collection that has the space that it needs.
Yes, the clouds did turn pink. But I liked this picture the best. 
Three summers and we have a tree. Now if we have a warm winter maybe we will have fruit next year. The first year was covered in the cold nights, but now it's too big to protect it.
A few years ago the new owners removed the mature landscape for something rather plain (take a look). This past year the house was enlarged and now the professionals striped the shrubs and grass so they can sell their perfect landscape. It looks like the same old garden just a little smaller.
This is a wheelbarrow full of a palms beard. 
Olympic divers often used this pool in the 30's. Now most of the diving boards have been removed because of damage and litigation. 
Fortunately we don't have too many houses for sale in our area. The turnover is rather slow. Once you'r here you want to stay.
This Adenium blooms in spurts all year around. I have 5 different Adeniums and usually at least one of them will have some flowers.
The Chorisia trees started to flower in June and now they are flowering all over the city.
Some are dark pink (almost red) to very light pink.
Then you might find a white one. This one is three blocks from our house and as clear white as they come. Unfortunately I have never seen this one in full bloom.
Now the city has to remove the stump and all of the large roots that are above the ground. So far it has taken 4 days of hard work. It lost it's last leaves 3 months ago.
The door to the basement is a rarity in Coral Gables because we don't have basements. You can strike water within 10 feet down. The owners of this house have a sump pump that keeps the water out. Can you see a problem in this picture?
