John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on August 29th, 2008

Our garden plants are thriving well in spite of our erratic weather this month. Extremely hot one moment and the next, stormy rains with angry lightning flashes that scare the living daylights out of our pet dog, Maxi, a cross-bred miniature pinscher!

Posted by Jacqueline on August 27th, 2008

Moving on to Part 4 of the Photoshop tutorial series on how to create simple photo borders or frames. This is the first time though that I will be using Photoshop CS3 on Mac instead of CS2 on Window-based PC. (Hehe…recently switched to a 20-inch iMac). Not to worry, this tutorial can be applied with [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 16th, 2008

Elymnias hypermnestra agina (Common Palmfly) The Common Palmfly is a nymphalid butterfly that often visits our tropical garden, especially attracted by our potted palm trees, located at the frontyard as well as the backyard. We grow three palm species, namely Manila Palm, Lady Palm and Macarthuri Palm and all have been ‘invaded’ by caterpillars of [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 14th, 2008

Lerema accius (Clouded Skipper) This attractive dark-brown skipper butterfly seems to love visiting our urban home-garden. It is seen so frequently flitting from bloom to bloom that I was never in a haste to capture its image knowing that I will never run out of photo opportunity. However, one morning early last month, it decided [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 11th, 2008

Solenostemon scutellarioides (Coleus, Flame/Painted Nettle, Painted Leaves) Dazzling! Dramatic! Decorative! These are but a few of the many adjectives used to describe the amazingly colorful display of its variegated leaves. S. scutellarioides, a species of the genus Solenostemon and formerly known as Coleus, are well-known for their ornamental foliage that come in a wide range [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 7th, 2008

Aglaonema spp. (Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen) Without doubt, foliage plants are as treasured as flowering plants in our tropical garden. More so if they have variegated leaves and air-purifying properties! One such treasure is Aglaonema costatum ‘F. Foxii’, as pictured on the right with attractive evergreen foliage. It produces glossy dark green leaves that are wonderfully [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 2nd, 2008

Yippee! We purchased some new plants for our garden in July! :) John and I are always excited when we go visiting garden nurseries. Even if we finally end up buying a couple of plants or none at all does not matter. Just being able to check in and admire all the beautiful and awesome [...]