About five years ago, a friend gave my sister a Hoya as she found the plant difficult to care for. Since it was an expensive plant, she does not want it to wither. Hence, she passed it to my sister, knowing that my mum would take care of it :-)The plant came in a hanging basket that has no bloom and my mum...
Here is one plant that is very easy to propagate and look very nice in a planter or as ground cover. Purple Waffle plants do very well in the open, even under the hot sun! Although the flowers do not show up plentifully in my hot-weathered garden, I find that the leaves tend to curl up and look attractive with its unique colours...
I spotted this Allamanda shrub by the roadside after my morning walk at Kiara Hill. The blooms were so big and has an uncommon colour. The shrub is in front of some wooden houses possibly where its owner lives. ...
Enjoy this... Kanak, the flowers are amazing. Thank you for recommending this plant for my garden! ...
I recall an interesting idea from Avis on a sweet potato vine project. I thought it was very fascinating and I was inspired to do a similar experiment.When I bought four sweet potatoes from a peddlar, who is a farmer herself, she recommended her way of planting i.e. by placing the sweet potato about an inch into the soil. So I tried her...
Kellie's Castle is an uncompleted, now ruined, mansion near Batu Gajah that was built by William Kellie Smith, a Scottish planter who came to Malaysia (then Malaya) in 1890. He was involved in planting of rubber trees and tin mining. In 1915 he started building the mansion, which was intended as a gift for either his wife or son.But soon after works on...
Brazilian Red Hot Alternanthera is a tropical plant that is often used as an accent plant. Many gardens have accent plants to create borders, focal points, contrasting foliage colour or as a companion to other plants or flowers. ...
I have not seen these creepers (below) before till I visited the Rose Centre at Cameron Highlands. These three creepers - Jade Vine, Lady Slipper and Passionflower - were creeping all over at certain parts of the garden.You can even touch it to get a feel of the flowers if you want! This blue butterfly Jade Vine actually sent a little shiver down...
I bought this Sarracenia Juthatip Soper, a showy genus of carnivorous/insectivorous plant, from Cameron Highlands last week. I was drawn to it as the pitchers grow together like a bouquet of flowers. At the time of purchase, I did not realise that this is actually a difficult plant to care for. Thank God that I am blogging now. When I told Prospero about...