Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Murraya paniculata

"Wake up, wake up" It is hot "summer" now. 
The flowers seem to bloom during the hot season and produce nice fragrant odour for a distance. It is also called "nine mile fragrance".


Pilea Cardieri (Aluminium plant)

These dark green oval leaves with irregular bands of white mid-ribs can form good ground cover in the garden. These herbaceous plants seldom grow beyond 30cm height. But they need shed to give fresh colours. The can propagate by cuttings.


Cosmos Flowers

I used to buy a lot of imported  perennial flower seeds from supermarket. Cosmos plant was one of them. These seeds do produce nice and beautiful flowers. But most of them only survived for a few years and then became extinct. 
Nowadays, I do not buy seeds but plants from markets which can survive longer.



Spotted Dracaena surculosa

This plant is too small and sparse to be noticed among the huge lush of leaves and colourful flowers in the garden. 
Unless the plant is hung indoor, probably you will find the spotted leaves attractive. The spots are initially yellow in colour and turn white as the leaves get older. Very old leaves have fewer white spots.


Lagerstroemic speciosa (Crape myrtle, Pride of India)

This small tree is the only plant with terminal inflorescences blooming profusely in Sibu Lake Garden. You can see the pinkish top far away.
This plant is popular in India as can be deduced from the name, Pride of India. It is also promoted in Philippine for its medicinal values.



Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Alligator Tears Coleus

My garden used to have a lot of this plant, but this is the only one left now. Perhaps, green and white leaves are not colourful enough.  


Allamanda Carthatica

This shrub is normally grown and maintains at less than 1.2m height to give best blooming yellow appearance. However, if it is grown near another tall tree, it will climb up the tree and reach more than 5m height. The yellow flowers are still outstanding at high level.