Images from our gardens

I was organizing photos on my laptop and found some 'unshared' garden images. These would be waiting in obscurity if it wasnt for this blog. So thank you very much.
First up: Our Nandina - a hardy little plant that produced the most beautiful colored leaves. This one was planted in a tall ceramic pot, always did well. It was the gift that kept on giving.

This was our makeshift herb garden. If you look closely you can see there is ground underneath where the planters are. The reason for this is: we previously had the herbs in the ground but I found after some heavy rain that the drainage was non existent, reason being that it used to be a fish pond. So we moved the herbs out of the ground and into planters above. Once the drainage issue was sorted we had a steady supply of fresh basil, rocket and dill.

Some potted plants: two Ficus's and an Elephants foot (Portiularia afra). These plants were with me for a long time. Sadly they were all sold once we moved out.

The following image is from another Fig that formed part of the same series . One of my favorites.

Im not sure of this succulents name but it came from one of my cousins, moved from garden to kitchen and then was finally immortalized on Instagram...

Since graduating, I have stayed in 5 different places. All of them not suited for proper outdoor gardening work either due to limited space or a settled garden (and I was not allowed to make any changes). This led me down the avenue of container gardening. And its been a satisfying road indeed.