Bloom Day Luxury

I hear tell that not even a crocus has begun to bloom on the low spot on a North Carolina mountain top. These typical tropical blossoms will have to do for my March Garden Bloggers Bloom Day report.

Red Ginger are a common, durable and versatile garden plant for year round tropical flowers.



Heliconia of all kinds abound. They are bit more maintenance trouble being seasonal bloomers needing a seasonal heavy cleaning, but well worth the effort.



What could beat a display like this?



I do miss the year round, three year life span of a Pentas in the tropics. In my new zone they are annuals and at my elevation most likely a fussy one crying for warmth.



The odd white plumbago, most of them are blue. Big shrubs covered in blue flowers all year long.



The hibiscus are still around though much less common after being assaulted multiple times by newly arrived insect plagues.



Treated as specimen small trees they may have some value in a tasteful landscape.



It is my last Bloom Day on Maui so even the typical tropicals must be appreciated. Yawn.

The sky however is always magical.



Maybe there is something more exotic and luxurious out there to see for Bloom Day. The real leeward side of Maui actually looks like this.



It is a dry savannah grassland with scrub kiawe trees.



Simple small blooming shrubs like the ilima, a relative of the showier hibiscus grow wild in the savannah and bloom with the winter rains.



Or find refuge in churchyard gardens, reminders of times past.



This dry land is sold for millions of dollars, water is added and turned into this, the real image of tropical Maui. Luxury is so now.



This garden appears to be all about foliage.



In the tropics, color can easily be obtained with the use of foliage only. Flowers can be an after thought.



Luxurious foliage protects and screens a luxurious home with some luxurious architecture.



Out in the other parts of the neighborhood, Tiare Gardenia trees bloom.



I do not remember what this exotic blossom is.



These are full size images and will expand to full size if you click on them, showing plenty of detail. Red ginger and colorful foliage mark the entrance to condos in this ocean front neighborhood.



Back to luxury. I would love a slow tour of this house and garden.



I am sure the view is exquisite.



If you still crave more flowers be sure to visit Bloom Day head quarters in the zone 5 Indianapolis garden of Carol at May Dreams.



Bloom Day from Maui is now signing off.