John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on April 4th, 2008

Firecracker Flower (Crossandra infundibuliformis) – It is such an interesting and fascinating shrub, that blooms almost unceasingly throughtout the year. This lovely cultivar, Crossandra infundibuliformis ‘Lutea’ or Yellow Crossandra with deep rich yellow flowers, glowing above its lustrous deep green foliage is simply stunning to say the least.

Posted by Jacqueline on April 2nd, 2008

Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis – Commonly known as Dark Blue Tiger that aptly describes its blue tigerish stripes! What a fascinating butterfly it is! Even if I had wanted to, I could not forget this beauty that captured my attention almost a year ago. It provided me my first ever butterfly adventure in our garden and [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on April 1st, 2008

Papilio polytes (Common Mormon) – Looking out into our backyard from the kitchen around 1pm last July, I spotted this gorgeous beauty flying restlessly, moving from the Curry Leaf Plant (Murraya koenigii) to the Annona squamosa (Custard Apple) tree, then back again to the Curry Leaf briefly and settled on the Pigeon Berry (Duranta repens). [...]