Good fences

The jatropha I mentioned the other day is the farthest right plant in the picture, and I'll forgive it for dripping tiny red blooms into the pool.

You can see the fishtail palms at the left, flanking the outdoor shower along that side of the house.

All weekend we watered the plants that the landscape guys put in -- and they're beautiful already.

The big help along this end of the pool, of course, is the green wall both our neighbors have created. There are big red hibiscus at the edge, and then the wall rises into palms, various tall shrubs and even a poinciana or two.

And as for the fence: I've become so attached to its pretty face that I'm sorry we're going to have so many plants in front of it.