A home, a yard, a never-ending adventure

A home, a yard, a never-ending adventure

Chinese lantern adds a bit of color

By Published On: December 13th, 20190.3 min readCategories: Photos
Last Updated: January 12, 2026
Abutilon pictum

Painted abutilon (Abutilon pictum) in bloom in December

It’s cold, it’s wet and most of the plants are hunkered down for the winter. Were it not for this one little Chinese Lantern (Physalis Alkekengi) painted abutilon (Abutilon pictum), the view out my office window would be very earthtone.

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I’m just a guy with nearly an acre of dirt, a nice little mid-century ranch house and a near-perfect climate. But in my mind I’m a landscaper survivalist craftsman chef naturalist with a barbeque the size of a VW and my own cable TV show. I like to write about the stuff I build, grow and see here at Sage's Acre.

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