A beautiful metal arbor and choice plantings form a warm, inviting portal to the garden. The arbor is a birthday gift to Shirley from her husband Rocket. Growing up its right arm is 'Sunny Lemon Star' Thunbergia (Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Lemon Star'). On the left, a 'Nigra' Alocasia (Alocasia plumbea 'Nigra'), also called Black Elephant Ears (it can grow to 4 1/2 feet), rises from 'Trailing Fanfare Coral Bright' Impatiens, a new Impatiens walleriana cultivar that grows quickly and resists heat so well that it can take full summer sun even in our hot Midwestern summers.