Showing posts with label Ornamental. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ornamental. Show all posts
Dec 4, 2009
Retro-parties for Portulacas-Gals.
These gals, they love to party, the 60s style. Look at their silk dresses!
Sep 8, 2009
The corridor evolved...
Then, it was bare. We lived with a naked corridor for half a year when we moved here.
Now, we rejoiced in the jolly entrances and exits to work everyday. Much skill and confidence were built up along this long journey, gathering up this neat little corridor-collection.
Pests attack our green-pets frequently. Strong wind had blown some down twice in the past. Blankets from above had flown down and broke a branch of the maple tree... yet, we are not dampened in our spirit.
Grow and flourish you will, kids!
Now, we rejoiced in the jolly entrances and exits to work everyday. Much skill and confidence were built up along this long journey, gathering up this neat little corridor-collection.
Pests attack our green-pets frequently. Strong wind had blown some down twice in the past. Blankets from above had flown down and broke a branch of the maple tree... yet, we are not dampened in our spirit.
Grow and flourish you will, kids!
Amusing fittonias
I have a soft-spot for fittonias. It started with the first touch at Maggie's garden, feeling the raised veins as I rubbed the leaves between the index finger and thumb.
Then I set eyes on This Fittonia. That must be Love-at-First-Sight! ...though gardeners frequently fall in loves without being able to identify the drive.
Dear Waimun, sweet as he frequently (not always) is, put together a box of four varieties of fittonias, now standing joyfully at the corridor (his designated gardening zone).
Then I set eyes on This Fittonia. That must be Love-at-First-Sight! ...though gardeners frequently fall in loves without being able to identify the drive.
Dear Waimun, sweet as he frequently (not always) is, put together a box of four varieties of fittonias, now standing joyfully at the corridor (his designated gardening zone).
Apr 1, 2009
Colors (2)
Silverbeet Brightlights. Pink and yellow petioles;) 
In the 06Mar2009 blog entry, i wrote about them. Now they have already grown up to be big-kids, upgraded to their own pots.
In the 06Mar2009 blog entry, i wrote about them. Now they have already grown up to be big-kids, upgraded to their own pots.
Colors (1)
These fair ladies are cheerful additions at the door. They seem to enjoy the bright location (=no direct sun) very much, throwing out flowers continously since they came few weeks ago.
Orange & yellow dwarf Crossandras.
Orange & yellow dwarf Crossandras.
Balcony update
Our green-pets on the balcony are enjoying their lifes, generally.
Those perched on the low balcony wall get good wind and nice views of the communal garden downstairs.
The siverbeets especially, are enjoying their spa-bath while taking in the views out there.
Missy Picotees (the morning glories) climbed to get an even more advantages viewpoint.
Bay-sir grows himself up and out of the gap between the wall and railing.
All's good. The Hydroponic box of PakChoy (KY-early fr Known-You) was harvested a few rounds before being 'taken down'. Purple french beans are harvested too, and they continue to throw up flowers and new pods. New vegetable seeds are sown. Sweet basils grew up to 40cm tall, and upgraded to their own container. Ditto dills who stand in their own tub, perched on the low wall, looking out of the balcony.
... Except an unlucky chap, Bonsai-Shuimei, who's infected with black spots on the leaves. Skyfiery came visiting yesterday, smelled rat, and got diagnosis from Sixhunter that its probably black spot disease. Tat is a messy problem.
Poor handsome Shuimei got trimmed down brutally (ALL leaves n secondary branches gone), soil changed plus a root trim to downsize the root ball. He probably will take a long time to recover from tis brutal trim down. IF he survives :p
Today will be an April Fool's gardening day -making concoctions to spray down the plants from fungus-growth (in case of spread), and continue fixing the spider mites problem in the mint box.
Those perched on the low balcony wall get good wind and nice views of the communal garden downstairs.
The siverbeets especially, are enjoying their spa-bath while taking in the views out there.
Missy Picotees (the morning glories) climbed to get an even more advantages viewpoint.
Bay-sir grows himself up and out of the gap between the wall and railing.
All's good. The Hydroponic box of PakChoy (KY-early fr Known-You) was harvested a few rounds before being 'taken down'. Purple french beans are harvested too, and they continue to throw up flowers and new pods. New vegetable seeds are sown. Sweet basils grew up to 40cm tall, and upgraded to their own container. Ditto dills who stand in their own tub, perched on the low wall, looking out of the balcony.
... Except an unlucky chap, Bonsai-Shuimei, who's infected with black spots on the leaves. Skyfiery came visiting yesterday, smelled rat, and got diagnosis from Sixhunter that its probably black spot disease. Tat is a messy problem.
Poor handsome Shuimei got trimmed down brutally (ALL leaves n secondary branches gone), soil changed plus a root trim to downsize the root ball. He probably will take a long time to recover from tis brutal trim down. IF he survives :p
Today will be an April Fool's gardening day -making concoctions to spray down the plants from fungus-growth (in case of spread), and continue fixing the spider mites problem in the mint box.
Feb 16, 2009
Divide the 'land'; together we will grow.
These are days of mudfish-morale : you know you are a fish, yet you can only crawl on your stomach on the muddy floor of the ocean-of-unlimited-opportunities.
To keep the morale afloat during this period where things just dun seems to go the way they should, i chose to work on one aspects of our life. Knowing and doing at least one thing right/victorious feels uplifting now:)
Now that Wm has chosen also to 'taint' his fingers green, we divided up our gardening area into two sectors :
- Corridor will be ornamental. This will be Wm's domain.
- Balcony will be edibles, thus strictly organic and hydroponic combo. Tis will be my domain.
Let life breath into our gardens !
To keep the morale afloat during this period where things just dun seems to go the way they should, i chose to work on one aspects of our life. Knowing and doing at least one thing right/victorious feels uplifting now:)
Now that Wm has chosen also to 'taint' his fingers green, we divided up our gardening area into two sectors :
- Corridor will be ornamental. This will be Wm's domain.
- Balcony will be edibles, thus strictly organic and hydroponic combo. Tis will be my domain.
Let life breath into our gardens !
Jan 13, 2009
Maple tree on a tropical island
Nursery-shopping bugs caught on waimun and i. We brouht back a maple tree tis time. LOL
Imagine a maple tree on a tropical island... hmm... is it ever going to survive, grow new leaves, turn red, and shed again next year ?!?! We dun koe.
Maple tree with cranberry-red leaves. Estimated height- 2metres tall.
Coleus simply look like colourful lettuces. And they will grow fine without direct sun. Perfect for tis location.
The make-over corridor looking and smelling great now :)
We self-imposed a ban on our visiting nurseries again for undefined period of time.
Imagine a maple tree on a tropical island... hmm... is it ever going to survive, grow new leaves, turn red, and shed again next year ?!?! We dun koe.
Maple tree with cranberry-red leaves. Estimated height- 2metres tall.
Coleus simply look like colourful lettuces. And they will grow fine without direct sun. Perfect for tis location.
The make-over corridor looking and smelling great now :)
We self-imposed a ban on our visiting nurseries again for undefined period of time.
Dec 26, 2008
Its delightful ! - more fragrance, more colors
This Xmas sees happy nursery-shopping trips with Renee n Waimun.
Renee is excited about moving back to tampines. She picked up loads of flowers, greens n hardware overnite to start her lovely little corridor garden.
And after 1 year of watching Rummi-at-work, Waimun starts to displays interest in what's growing within his compound. He'll like more fragrance, which sounds like a strange request from a person who wakes up with stuffy nose most of the days, hehe !!
I luv how the corridor look now, with the ornamental greens n flowers.
The balcony air is 'puffed' with Wrightia Religiosa and Jasminum Sambac... waiting for the combination of blooming flowers paired with breeze from the river. Here's pic of left section of balcony.
These 2 colorful pots of Pentas added splashes of colors to Rosemary n Indian Borage.
Maidenhair fern is a Pot-Of-Elegance:)
However, the two pots of polka-dot faces are under stress from repotting, some leaves are curling up at the edge, and some 'faces' losing their polkadots. Opps.
Here's a close-up of the little red lantern flowers on the hanging pot of Abutilon Megapotamicum, in the balcony. Ohh, its a conversation piece ;)
Jaminum Sambac is the flower that is used for chinese jasmine tea.
And finally, a pot of must-have =Wrightia Religiosa. After re-potting in small pot and trimming, it acquired kindofa bonsai-look;)
Renee is excited about moving back to tampines. She picked up loads of flowers, greens n hardware overnite to start her lovely little corridor garden.
And after 1 year of watching Rummi-at-work, Waimun starts to displays interest in what's growing within his compound. He'll like more fragrance, which sounds like a strange request from a person who wakes up with stuffy nose most of the days, hehe !!
I luv how the corridor look now, with the ornamental greens n flowers.
The balcony air is 'puffed' with Wrightia Religiosa and Jasminum Sambac... waiting for the combination of blooming flowers paired with breeze from the river. Here's pic of left section of balcony.
These 2 colorful pots of Pentas added splashes of colors to Rosemary n Indian Borage.
Maidenhair fern is a Pot-Of-Elegance:)
However, the two pots of polka-dot faces are under stress from repotting, some leaves are curling up at the edge, and some 'faces' losing their polkadots. Opps.
Here's a close-up of the little red lantern flowers on the hanging pot of Abutilon Megapotamicum, in the balcony. Ohh, its a conversation piece ;)
Jaminum Sambac is the flower that is used for chinese jasmine tea.
And finally, a pot of must-have =Wrightia Religiosa. After re-potting in small pot and trimming, it acquired kindofa bonsai-look;)
Sep 5, 2008
Jul 9, 2008
Mini orchids -new decor for ugly waterpipe
Once upon a time, i buy shoes and indulge in salmon-sashimi whenever i feel stressed out, depressed or generally moody...
nowadays, i just go nursery-shopping. LOL
here's 2 new pots of mini-orchids, hung on the waterpipe in the balcony. The decorated pipe turned out to be quite a pleasant decor style :)
nowadays, i just go nursery-shopping. LOL
here's 2 new pots of mini-orchids, hung on the waterpipe in the balcony. The decorated pipe turned out to be quite a pleasant decor style :)
May 29, 2008
New acquisitions from tai-tai shopping trip
Monday was a half-day 'tai-tai' date with Maggie. OMG, she sure luv nursery-hopping!
Here's new acquisition from World Farm...
Phyllantrus paker, sitting on the corridor
Rosemary
Sawtooth coriander, in the the beans trough
Holy basil
Here's new acquisition from World Farm...
Phyllantrus paker, sitting on the corridor
Rosemary
Sawtooth coriander, in the the beans trough
Holy basil
May 13, 2008
AV is a purple chiffon dress
All ladies should have an African Violet in their garden. Like a purple chiffon dress in the wardrobe, for the evening when one ditches the little black dress for a feminine piece.
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