I honestly tried to upload this photo because I've been having such difficulty getting Blogspot to accept photos I've always been able to upload. Since this photo seemed to work, I figured I would just let it stay.
This photo isn't the best quality, since it was taken with my phone a couple of days ago, but I think the container has handled the Atlanta summer heat really well.
It is in what I would call "bright shade," since the driveway where this is positioned has a bright white finish on it, and when the sun hits this pavement, it is almost painful for humans. This collection of three containers doesn't get direct sun, but it gets a ton of indirect light from that reflection.
The large fern is an Australian tree fern, that came to me in a 3 gallon container in April. I learned from my grower that the trick to these guys is to NEVER let them dry out. They can take a ton of heat and are even ok with a fair amount of sun, but the water has to be there all the time. We also fertilizer all of the tropicals really heavily (high nitrogen) all summer.
The other plants that stand out are "Kong Rose" coleus, Alpinia (Shell Ginger, which never blooms, but has great foliage), Kimberly Queen fern, Farfugium, Browallia, and Pseudoanthemum. If you want specific cultivars, let me know and I'll find that information in my files.
Hopefully this breakthrough with the photo means I'm back up and running on the blog!
I switched my browser to Google Chrome and all of the issues I was having with Blogger (and Facebook) seemed to disappear.
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