With 2 other creative minds and 4 times the space, the garden will be teeming with magick all summer in 2011.  Bulbs mean flowers in February and some even only flower during the winter.  Colour all year long.  It doesn’t have to be in the sky!  Indeed, this is my intended home.  For now, the amranth is still bright pink in late October, and I got some free bamboo  eace:  The world’s fastest growing weed is somewhat expensive, $99 for a small patch.  I walked passed a condo for sale that looked nothing like it belonged in the area.  These places are an eye-sore.  The real estate agent had just installed some bamboo clumps, I guess to increase the appearance of the property, thereby affecting value?  I couldn’t help but grab one as we had been wanting the addition of live bamboo (got some cut pieces intended to be free last summer) – it was very small and hidden, no real damage done!   It certainly does grow fast…it barely reached the windowsill when I replanted it.  Here are some pics of what is, and what is to come!  (Can you see Phoenix camoflauged among the fall leaves in the unused backyard-type plot we have?  She loves to attack the leaves as the fall from the trees…: