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A floral display in Saigon, Vietnam, where residents celebrate the Lunar New Year, and all places in between. Vun com-
known as Tet. memorates each trip with a flowering
memento, many of which are showcased
into a truly “Wow!” property bursting Over the years our vacations have always in the diverse array of species growing
with flowers and resplendent with color. been directed to cities sporting beautiful in our yard. Vun’s favorite acquisition is
Flowerbeds replaced the grass in our gardens, from Tampa, Florida (home her wild white Texas rose bush, which
backyard. When she ran out of ground to Busch Gardens) to Victoria, British we found abandoned in an old parking lot
space, Vun began supplementing with Columbia (near the Butchart Gardens) along Highway 71. From that one lonely
potted plants - 20 in all. Now our garden plant she has propagated hundreds of
is her place of tranquility and enjoyment. new plants, all at home here in Sun City.
Vun never met a flower she didn’t love, Everyone is welcome to visit her garden.
a bloom that didn’t need deadheading or As long as she is out there tending the
a cutting that didn’t need re-transplant- garden no appointment needed. Vun
ing, and she has never been afraid of changes out her plants to match the
getting her hands dirty. Is it work? Not weather, so there is always a flower
to Vun! This is her obsession, and the blooming no matter the time of the year.
results show. While you are there, take home a cutting
of pothos or begonias or plumeria…please!
Vun’s garden showcases an ever-
changing array of blossoms, many of
which she has acquired from her travels
or rescued from previously failing plants.
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