Ichiban Eggplant waiting for a little warmer weather before being set out in the garden. Herb seedlings (basil and chamomile) in background.

Butterfly Ginger, grown from a friend's plant - prized for fragrance rather than the ginger root.

Our olive tree - it's a arbequina variety, and it's planted with some sage.

Two variegated ginger plants and a sweet potato vine in the hanging basket.

Roma tomatoes in an old zinc water trough. They have their first blossoms already.

Old blush roses in the foreground with Dortman and Don Juan climbers in the background.