Tropics In My Own Back Yard

taken:
day forty nine
08.07.12

I scored big time when I noticed that these gorgeous Tropic Escape Hibiscus were 50% off earlier this the summer at our neighborhood Lowe's. I brought home 3 Hibiscus and 1 Mandevilla. How fun to have a bit of the tropics right in my own back yard {especially at those prices!}. 

I put the 3 Hibiscus on the back deck and the Mandevilla on the front porch. They all make me smile every day! Their big beautiful blooms gleam with bright color and I swear radiate a warm tropical feeling too. 

I plan to overwinter them in the house, hope they survive and bring them outside again next spring so they can flourish in the sun. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll brighten up the house with some of their brilliant blossoms this winter too???