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Who can resist Lucinda Hutson‘s purple casita with mango trim and festive garden? Not me! When Lucinda invited me over last week for a spring garden visit, I happily said yes.
The color-party starts on the alcove-like porch, where grape walls and a deep-rose screen door are accented with floral tiles and sacred hearts.
A David Marsh cabinet displays a tableau of Mexican folk art.
A tiny window makes a perch for a Saint Francis.
And now let’s take a look around the garden. Lucinda fills pots with pansies and ornamental cabbages that last through spring, coordinating with her purple house.
They make a pretty top-down view too.
A froggy birdbath adds more color.
Like the rest of us, Lucinda lost structural plants in recent winters, including a favorite kumquat tree that used to produce tons of fruit. Where it once grew, Lucinda expanded a front patio, and now she has an inviting sitting area to enjoy.
When guests arrive, she tosses tapestry pillows on the metal chairs to add softness and color.
Roses add more softness and color along the front walk.
At one corner of the house, a decorative chair painted purple and lime-green perches in a patch of river fern, alongside tiered pots of pansies.
More pansy faces — color-coordinated with the house — gaze out from a rustic windowbox.
Along the driveway, a raised bed holds vegetables and more purple pansies.
A praying mantis plate decorates the chard bed.
Cabbages and violas in terracotta pots
A head-high stone wall separates the front garden from the back. Perched on top, stone angels and a fish watch over the gate.
View from the other side
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