There are some advantages to finding and re-logging old pictures in that some new information can be added that wasn't know at the time of the original pictures. The Rose beds in front here have been moved to New Dawn Garden.  The Fireplace bed in the background remains.

Many of the plants giving this picture its lushness were in pots and are now plants at New Dawn Gardens.  The small greenhouse has been relocated there as well.

The beautiful Sesbania behind me was moved to New Dawn Gardens and was just as beautiful in 2003.

This Gargoyle, a gift from my stepmother, still has not found a permanent home.

The Live Oak at New Dawn.  Girth is 15 feet.

Passion flowers at Thibodeaux gardens.  They continue to thrive into 2004.

This beautiful little Hibiscus was given up for dead in the winter of 2002/3.  After being dug up and placed in the bone pile, it came back in the summer of 2003 to bloom all summer and fall.  I expect it back in 2004.

These pretty little guys did not return in 2003.

Same for these.  They returned after their first winter, but not the second.

Hurricane Lily pretty much wiped out the Candlestick Plants.  They did return in the spring but never back to the glory of this photo.

This Rangoon Creeper was moved to New Dawn in the spring of 2003.  It did well for it's first year there which was a tough spring due to a drought.  It is dormant, but should return in the spring.

I call this area Tropical Corern.  It went on in the summer of 2003 to out grow its surroundings.  I will have to move some stuff this spring.

This nice little Bauhinia just doesn't like our winters.  It froze to the roots and came back in the summer of 2003, but never bloomed.

We must have ideal conditions for the Castors.  The reseed every year and grow to this height in one year

This Jacaranda took a hard hit in the winter of 2003.  It grew back from the roots to about half this height during the summer.

These Bougainvillea still live.  I am having a tough time finding large enough pots for them so their future is in jeopardy.

Another view of Tropical Corner.

I like the rustic building in this magazine article.

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