Flanking the plant tray on the windowsill is Narcissus 'Erlicheer' (left), and Mitriostigma axillare "African Gardenia" (right). Both are heavily (and heavenly) perfumed. Brackets: Tolmiea menziesii (left); Impatiens (right)Frame: Philodendron scandens. Photo: R.H. Blackburn (with hat-tips to Randy Hinz and Patricia Decker).
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My African Violet Window Garden
African violets, or Saintpaulia ionantha, make a captivating window garden all by themselves -- even when that window is in one's bathroom! If only you could soak in the Victorian slipper-tub in this room, with a pleasant view of these everblooming standard, miniature, and trailing saintpaulia varieties. (For a closer look, click on the image)
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Beautiful - absolutely beautiful. Fill up the tub, and I'll be right over!
I love your window garden! Maybe I can do the same thing. Are your shelves glass or plexiglass?
What a great idea for a bathroom window, or ANY window in the house! Love it!
Holly - the shelves are made from glass. Thanks for asking.
I have to ask: what is the huge tree outside the window? A sugar-sap maple? It looks very old, and very sculptural in this winter picture.
Justin - that is a 200 year old Beech tree. It completely screens a corner of the property when in leaf from late April through early November.