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| The Sci-Fi/Fantasy garden - 2013 |
I’ve got a small garden at the corner of my garage that has
evolved over many years in both size and theme. For the last few years, and
likely for many to come, it has been my Sci-Fi/Fantasy garden, thanks in most
part to my love of Star Wars.
The first plant I found in 2012 was the Dark Angel Star Wars
dahlia, a bushy plant with red and yellow flowers and burgundy foliage – it
totally reminds me of Mustafar. The same year, I added the Darth Vader coleus
from Rosy Dawn – dark and dramatic, like our favorite heavy-walking,
heavy-breathing bad guy.
When both did well, I expanded on the Sci-Fi/Fantasy theme
for 2013: enter the Lord Voldemort coleus, another bad dude wreaking havoc on
the film world, also from Rosy Dawn. I love Rosy Dawn for unique coleus, which
have become some of my favorite plants as a gardener.
For 2014, the collection grows again: Harry Potter’s owl
Hedwig now has a coleus, and Game of Thrones enters the picture with coleus
Moon and Stars, as Khaleesi always called Khal Drago. I also found a succulent
called Hobbit from Michigan Bulb – gotta find a cool container for that one,
because it’s not hardy in the B-lo zone.
I also found another element for the garden – check out that
piece in another entry!
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