Cheerful Marigolds (Tagetes erecta, Tagetes patula)
Tagetes erecta, Tagetes patula (Marigold, African/American Marigold, French Marigold)
Though we don’t quite fancy annuals, Marigold like Butter Daisy and Globe Amaranth are the few exceptions that we favor to adorn our tropical garden every once in a while with bright intense colors. Colorful, stunning and inexpensive too!
In the tropics, Marigold is a year-round [...]
Gomphrena globosa (Globe Amaranth), a colorful everlasting
Gomphrena globosa (Bachelor’s Buttons, Globe Amaranth)
These globe-shaped blooms in brilliant magenta-purple contrast beautifully with its cool and refreshing bluish-green foliage.
Wonderfully catchy and everlasting in color and shape, their showy flowerheads are popularly used as cut flowers or dried flower arrangements!
Lipstick-like buds of Aeschynanthus radicans ‘Crispa’
Aeschynanthus radicans ‘Crispa’ (Lipstick Plant/Vine, Basket Vine)
Aren’t these blood red buds held in deep maroon bracts like red lipsticks drawn forth from their cases? How pretty and attractive they look! It is no surprise that this lovely plant bears the common name, Lipstick Plant! So aptly named and so easy to remember as compared [...]
Chlorophytum laxum ‘Bichetii’ or is it Chlorophytum bichetii?
Chlorophytum laxum ‘Bichetii’ (Bichetii Grass, Siam Lily, False Lily Turf, Wheat Plant) -
This lovely lime-green foliage plant is another of our potted garden babies. It goes by the cultivar name, ‘Bichetii’ or ‘Variegatum’ and is the commonest variegated form of Chlorophytum laxum in cultivation.
Popularly grown in home gardens, this petite herb plant is quite [...]
Garden Star in February 2009
Our Miss February 2009 is none other than this striking beauty, Oxalis triangularis spp. Triangularis, with such impressive foliage in the most unique shape and colors.
Just look at those lovely shamrock-shaped leaves in the right image and you’ll know why this plant is commonly known as Purple Shamrock or Purpleleaf False Shamrock.
