I just made Crimson a noun but Shakespeare messed with words all the time – ‘brevity is the soul of wit‘. For the first time in 15 years our dwarf crimson crape has fully matured and she is beautiful.
Doesn’t she just make you happy? Our neighbors love her.
Meet Shrimpy Shrimp, as I call our shrimp plant. Shouldn’t all our plants be named? The early botanists made a marvelous job with the Latin monikers. This is her much more gracious formal name – Justicia Brandegeeana. She seems to dance with hot pink petticoats. Justicia is a native of Mexico and seems to love our garden as you can see from the shot below in front of our other pink crape.
I deliberately clothed the garden in pink at the front – it just looks so pretty together including the Ti plant which is to the right of the tree. He is a Hawaiian native – aloha!
Even our dragons live in luxury on the porch with velveteen pink cushions. This is a spotted Gecko, unnamed, as there are literally hundreds all over the garden. You can name him if you like?
Postcards from Kerry 
Your trees, shrubs and reptiles are beautiful. What a lovely smorgasbord of beautiful life around you.
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Thank you, Rob. It is a beautiful smorgasbord today even though it is as hot as Hades.
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, Pit!
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Great use of “crimson” as a noun. Your dwarf crimson crape sure made you wait! 🙂
Geckos let you get that close?
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The poor crape was being overshadowed by the large pine next to it. Some branches have been lopped and it is free to expand. Our Geckos live with us…they are almost pets. 🦎
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I just love the names you picked out – Shrimpy Shrimp is my favorite 🙂 And wow, looks like Crimson was worth the wait! 🙂 Just beautiful
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Thank you so much, MB. Shrimpy Shrimp is my favorite plant. She is just so luscious and exotic.
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That crimson crape m is the best I’ve ever seen!
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Isn’t it fabulous? They cut back the Pine this year and it has really blossomed. Thank you, Liben. ❤
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Oh wow, thanks for sharing your garden with us.
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You are most welcome, Peggy. I was just asking another Aussie if they had Crape Myrtles Down Under.
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I have a pink one in my backyard.
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To match the bathtub!!
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Hello again. Sorry for my radio silence. I have not been blogging a lot lately. Life got in the way. Lol. But I am back. And now I have lots of catching up. Oooh, I love the idea of naming your plants and how cute that lizard is! 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend.
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It is lovely to hear from you and I have been absent too. My health has been up and down but looking forward to catching up/posting. ❤
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Sorry to hear that. I’m guessing you are feeling better now since you are blogging. I have read your latest posts but I still missed a few I think. I’ll tried to do more catching up over the weekend. Keep well. 💜
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What a lovely garden Kerry and I like the colour theme idea!
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Thank you so much. Do you have Crape Myrtles in the Antipodes?
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yes I’m sure I’ve seen them around but I’m so nomadic I only have a few pot plants 🙂
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That makes sense. You can enjoy global botany. 🌱
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I do indeed although some places are becoming so built out they are forgetting the greenery .. 😦
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We live in a master planned community in an indigenous forest. We cannot cut down any tree without permission. There has to be a certain proportion of grass to earth. No guns can be discharged in the township nor fireworks. The local lake has a sign saying ‘Do Not Molest Alligators!’ It is not perfect and it is expensive but perhaps the way forward. You would hardly think it was in Texas…🤠
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not the texas portrayed in the movies we see! And who would be foolish enough to molest an alligator, surely they would sort that out themselves pretty quickly …
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They are actually quite vulnerable animals, especially when younger, and shy too. In other places they hunt them.
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how very sad …
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Gorgeous flowers Kerry. I like shrimp plants, and especially love the crimson flowers. I always call my bush ( pink variety) of this bush/tree by its second name Myrtle, after my Great-Aunt who was named the same. Our tree is also pruned to show off the amazing bark. I would love to have one in the crimson shade. It’s really rich and royal in appearance.
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Thank you so much. Myrtle is a much nicer name than just Crape. The crimson one was planted by the Home Builders when we moved in. It took years to flower and I have never seen one like it until our neighbor got one to match. We have 5 crape myrtles on our property – all shades of pink/mauve/red.
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Glorious! I have one and it bring me much pleasure.
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A lovely garden 🙂
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Thank you!
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Justicia.. what a pretty name.. and pretty flower.. The garden looks gorgeous.. 🙂
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Thank you so much. After many years of drought, the garden has enjoyed our catastrophic floods…
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A good name for a gecko is Sonny 🏜
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I will look for Cher…
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maybe it should be Sunny?
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I’ve just started gardening in the new place (been here a year), you’ve inspired me to plant more and to take more pictures of it all!
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Beautiful Kerry.Everything is flourishing!
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Thank you! ❤
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I love the crimson crape bush. Stunning. The shrimp plant I had a chuckle as here it is a house plant. The gecko I am not going to name as you didn’t a door prize. Another interesting post. Thank you.
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Thank you, my Canadian friend! Half of my sub tropical plants were houseplants in my old life including the Ti plant. You are just jealous of my many lizards…🦎🦎🦎
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I wish I had a lizard lol
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I could send you some…
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Even the word crimson makes me happy. Add the color, and the flowers. WOW.
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I am so glad it made you happy, too!
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Those are gorgeous! I’ve never seen a flower that looks like a shrimp before, but I love it!
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It only grows in hotter places but it comes in yellow too. Thank you!
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Belle semaine à vous profitez bien bisous Bernard
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Merci, mon ami!
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