My condo building is built like a square with a garden in the center. Each of the 3 floors has 4 sides. My front door opens to a walkway on the 4 sides with 2 points of access to the stairs down or up, and one elevator door. I can look sideways at the trees and sky beside the building.
I enjoy having a small garden to greet me every day. Year-round, one of the loyal members of the garden is a peace lily. Remember, I live in central Florida with a semi-tropical climate. For most of my life I lived in south Florida, which is a zone 10, tropical climate. Peace lilies are often planted in zone 10 shade. Full sun burns peace lilies' leaves. Here in zone 9, I see them less often as we are exposed to times of freezing temperatures occasionally. I believe being surrounded by the 4 sides of the building helps to protect the plants. Of course, last winter's night of 28 degrees F did kill a tropical plant in this garden. Luckily, the peace lily lost some leaves but survived to come back beautifully.
I hope you're enjoying October wherever you are.
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ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have a garden, right outside your door! That really lifts one spirits.
ReplyDeleteLovely garden and beautiful skies. What more could you ask for?
ReplyDeleteI love the hardy peace lily in your apartment gardens. I agree having gardens to look out when you outside is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAwesome sky photo and your garden sounds delightful ~ love lilies too ~ Hugs ^_^
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ReplyDeleteSo nice that you have a garden near your door. In South Florida in my condo , the building has a company come and plant mature flowing plants each season.
ReplyDeleteI love buildings that are square and have a garden in the center.
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LOve tha garden work
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely little oasis to have right outside your door. I love it that the peace lily managed to survive the cold and come back so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks lovely! And I totally get your enjoyment of the beautiful garden view.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely garden view to greet you every day! It’s amazing how well that peace lily bounced back. Wishing you a wonderful October!
ReplyDeleteGardens are very nice to have.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice little garden to have right outside your door, Carol! I’m so glad the peace lily came through the cold spell too. It’s certainly looking happy now!
ReplyDeleteHow nice! Autumn in my favorite time in the garden.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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Those are pretty! I have a giant peace lily inside but we definitely do not put them out here.
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