Fairy Fan Flowers

Mrs. Happy Housewife

on August 4, 2009 11:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

In addition to building me a bench this weekend, my husband took me to Lowe's to pick out some hanging baskets for our back fence. I didn't want Lantana (Shrub verbena) because it makes me sneeze, so we ended up with a pretty plant I've never heard of: Fairy Fan Flower.

This native of the sandy, coastal areas of eastern Australia is drought tolerant. Perfect for Florida.

Scaevola aemula up close.

Here they are: four baskets of Fairy Fan Flowers dangling from four, new wrought-iron plant hangers. Let's just pretend the grass looks better and there are no trailers behind my fence, shall we?

I trimmed the plants this morning and ended up with a vase of clippings. Despite my atrocious flower arranging, I think they look so sweet on the table today.

2 Comments

By Salena

on August 4, 2009 10:37 PM

Those are very pretty. I have never seen that flower before. They look very nice hanging on the fence.

By Mrs. Happy Housewife

on August 7, 2009 10:36 AM

Thanks, Salena. Isn't it an interesting plant? And I haven't killed them yet. ;)

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