Calypso Garden is located on the semitropical island of Eleuthera, in the Bahamas, where I spend the first 5 months of each year. It fronts the Atlantic Ocean, but not many plants can be grown close to the shore. Oleander and coconut palms, shown here, are some that can. Initially, I will describe what already exists, and then, from time to time, update this blog with musings, successes and failures.Let's start with a few of my favourite scenes. The garden has 2 sections, the oceanfront section and the back garden, lined by a long causeway which crosses a long pond.
The top image shows the view from the causeway across Calypso pond to the pondfront shore of the oceanfront section (I will have to create a map to makes this clear; the oceanfront section lies between the Atlantic ocean and Calypso pond. The image shows desert roses in terracotta pots sitting on limestone "plinths", with coconut palms behind. Desert Roses (Adenium obesum) does very well here. They have the amazing virtue of surviving - indeed, flourishing - in pots without any added water (other than natural rainwater). However, flowering is induced by watering, with a sprinkle of "Osmocote". In hurricane season, the pots are taken down from the plinths. Luckily, we have not had a hurricane for several years, so the garden is recovering from the devastation wrought by Floyd (Category 4).
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