The plants in the front garden have gotten so tall that it’s easier to view them from below than the top or the side. This canopy includes napa palms and hibiscus. A bit further on is a golden shower tree, royal poinciana, orchids and more palms and bougainvillea.
In the Shadows
Cold hibiscus tea (called jamaica) is very popular in Mexico. It’s also very good for lowering blood pressure. After suffering the effects of blood pressure medicine for seven months, I’ve chosen to regulate with diet, including oatmeal, green tea and jamaica and it seems to be working! I’m not sure if this hibiscus in my garden is a jamaica variety, but it is the right color for it.
Dried Jamaica flowers for tea. (Pronounced Huh my’ kuh, not like the country.)
Jamaica tea. I added green tea as well. It’s usually served cold in Mexico or as an ingredient in ponche, an alcoholic punch that packs a punch!
For Cee’s daily flower prompt.
This wild garden tangle has a certain beauty for me. Not so for my gardener, who later trimmed it all away.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt.
Every day, at least one new gift from each hibiscus bush. Same bush, new flower.
One of the songs our dad used to serenade us with was “Sweet Violets.” It was one song I knew all the lyrics to when I was a little girl. Still do. I bet you wish you could hear me singing along as you listen to it here. I’m curious about how many people recognize this song. If you do, please tell me so in the comments section. Did you sing along? I did. Every word.
For Cee’s daily flower prompt.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day, May 24,2017.
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