So I had a circular bed of soil in the tree grove that had been empty for a while and needed a freshening up.The low budget answer: 3 donated cigar plants (cuphea ignea), 3 rocks from other places in the garden, 1 chunk of driftwood and 1 bag of leftover pine bark mulch.
Cuphea, from the Latin for 'fire' is native to Mexico and the West Indies and will grow to a height of around 3 feet with a similar spread. Attractive to both butterflies and hummingbirds, this little circle of garden should soon be quite the party spot for local insect life.
In short, I'm quite happy with how it turned out and I can't wait to see what it grows in to when the cuphea fills up the space.
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It has been almost 1 year since this post. I would like to see how it looks now.
Here is how it looks today: http://lepcurious.blogspot.com/2009/12/centerpiece-revisited.html
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