I planted this Brazillian Plume Plant (justicia carnea) last fall. It is doing quite well in this semi-shady area against the house. It was beginning to need support and recently I found this wonderful walking stick at an estate sale, so decided to use that. Now I have a Giraffe in the garden! I can't wait until this plant blooms.
Notice the artificial leaf on the walking stick hiding amongst the real leaves; I like to think it is helping the plant stay green. I read somewhere that if you put red landscape fabric underneath your tomato plants that they will produce more tomatoes. I will have to try that one day.