That's looking really great. Obviously a lot of work in it.

I can't get that Spanish Moss, Tillandsia usneoides growing here. It just wastes away slowly. Got a few tall Scheffleras but none have flowered yet. And also have a Mandevilla similar to yours, except possibly a bit darker, "Cherry Ripe".

Thanks Tropicalbreeze! I'm surprised Spanish moss doesn't grow by you considering how nice your climate is for other tropical air plants. I'm sure mandevillas reach incredible heights by you. My record is 20 feet. It looked really beautiful covering one of my shrubs.
-Alex

Such a beautiful garden!
Thanks for sharing the amazing pictures.

Mima

One of these days I hope to have a garden like yours! Everything looks great.

Alex, my Mandevillas are heavily pruned so they remain like large shrubs. I was surprised myself at some of the things that either won't grow, or else grow extremely slowly here. Monstera, for example, I have one over 10 years old smaller than yours (even though thicker stemmed). On the other hand I grow things like Amorphophallus titanum and Cyrtostachys renda outdoors all year. "Win some, lose some".

Beautiful color Alex..well done.

Thanks a lot Mima!

Thanks Us_marine! You have an awesome climate there. Hope your plants are liking the recent heat!

Tropicbreezent, wow I'm surprised that Monsteras won't grow well but Cyrtostachys renda will! Definitely a win some and lose some situation. I wouldn't even dream about growing a Amorphophallus titanum or Cyrtostachys renda. I bought a breadfruit once of the internet in April. It died after 2 weeks because we had 2 nights in the upper 40s!

Thanks Jim! I try to bring as much color with as few flowers as possible so I don't get disappointed if the annuals stop blooming.

Thanks everyone for looking!
-Alex

Great idea....I went out looking for a Coleus for the garden after looking at your pics.(-:

Very nice Alex, definitely cant tell you had a slow start. This colder and wet spring has stuck around here. I have only had 2 days in the 90s. Yard got flooded again today, which my bananas are loving.

Very nice tropical look to your yard. Always wanted to grow Oleander but I have three dogs that roam my back yard and like to nibble on my plants from time to time. Can't wait to see more of the in ground tropical.

Thanks Chadec! Glad that some of your plants are enjoying the wet weather by you. The past few days has been very muggy and warm by me. Days in the low 90s, nights in the mid 70s, and dew points maxing out at 79F for the past 3 days. The plants are loving it though, especially since it's coming with some pretty decent showers.

Thanks Chicago palm! My dog is good with the plants and the oleander is in a part of the yard she can't reach, otherwise I can definitely see why you would want to avoid oleanders, definitely not worth the risk even though the flowers are great!

Thanks for looking!
-Alex

Everything looks great. Where did you get that southern magnolia?

Another summer of ogling Alexs garden. Looking good.

Thanks Dennis! I got it at sweetbrook. They have a few locations on the island and they all seemed to have decent sized mags.

Haha, thanks a lot Jacklord! Appreciate it.

-Alex