When the walls come tumbling down!

This wall was designed and specifications drawn up by a professional engineer. The design would have stood tall if the contractor had actually built it according to the engineered specifications. The best plans and specs are worthless if they are not followed by those that actually build. This is a prime example of the many possible consequences of of going with the

"Low Bidder".

Cgreen will never be the "Low Bidder", but then again, this picture is not of Cgreen work.

Variegated Tapioca - Not What You think It Is!

This tropical member of the family Euphorbiaceae can grow to be a large shrub or small tree in the tropics, but is useful in Texas as a festive summer annual or patio plant. One gallon plants can easily grow to be handsome 4 feet to 6 feet rounded mounds in a single growing season so young plants should be spaced 4 to 6 feet apart. Plants are initially upright growers becoming wider as the season progresses. The rubbery textured bold leaves can reach up to 8 inches long and are lobed. New growth is a handsome reddish pink and the lobes mature to sport white, creamy white, to yellow-green variegated splotches that follow the main veins.

You don't have to worry about variegated tapioca "going out of bloom". Instead, the plants offer foliage as colorful as most flowers with the added advantage of providing a show all summer. Note the scientific name of this selection is 'Variegata' because of its variegated leaves. The common Tapioca which is native to South America (Brazil and Paraguay) has green leaves. Often this variegated form will have a green sprout or shoot appear. Any green shoots or foliage should be removed immediately or it will become dominant over the variegated foliage. The normal, green form of this plant will also grow much faster and larger than the variegated form. The 'Variegata' screams "fiesta" in the summer landscape and it is one of the few variegated plants on which the foliage will not be damaged by intense, direct summer sunlight. Plants work great as centerpieces where taller plants are needed in the center of circular plantings or as backgrounds for lower growing annual bedding plants. Perhaps the premier use of this variegated plant is as a patio or dooryard container specimen where it thrives despite the reflected heat from concrete or pavement

Another brick in the wall

From the traditional, to the not so traditional.

Cgreen builds walls. Whether you are looking for a formal brick or stone wall, as part of your outdoor space, or you are looking for something a little different, Cgreen has the expertise.

If you do not know what you want, let Cgreen design it for you.

Walls in your lanscape can be used to create special spaces and intimacy in outdoor spaces.

Walls can be used as borders and seating that can help form spectacular gardens.

Walls can create different themes in the landscape, from "Southwestern" to "Old Word European".

Let Cgreen design and create wonderful outdoor spaces for you!