Are the garden rats gone forever?
Continuing from our previous article Rats storming our garden, February 2009.
O, what bliss! Joy and peace at last in our little garden paradise!
No sign of the abominable vermin for almost two months!
No more stinking stench!
No more cleaning their mess!
And, no more setting useless traps and the like!
Big, bold and beautiful foliage of Philodendron bipinnatifidum
Philodendron bipinnatifidum (Tree Philodendron, Cut-Leaf/Split-Leaf Philodendron, Lacy Tree Philodendron, Selloum)
They were just tiny tots, less than 30 cm tall when added to our garden about four and a half years ago, but looking at them now, we’re absolutely pleased with their current status.
This duo have matured marvelously over the years, almost 1.3 m tall and [...]
Dainty lavender-purple flowers of Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’
Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ (Lavender Spur Flower, Mona Lavender)
Another love-at-first-sight flowering plant that was added to our garden in late April 2006. Within a couple of months, it grew into a very attractive compact bush with lots of dainty-looking tubular lavender-purple flowers in lovely batik design. Very showy and incredibly fascinating!
We got to enjoy its profuse [...]
Nephrolepis falcata with lovely fishtail pinnae tips
Nephrolepis falcata cv. furcans (Fishtail Fern, Fishtail Swordfern)
Ferns are must-have for our tropical garden, otherwise it appears incomplete! We simply adore these elegant ornamental greens!
Increase in site’s traffic and earnings!
Another Easter Season joy! We’re overwhelmed!
Hehe…not flowers this time but money literally raining down from heaven!
This is the first time ever that our adsense had peaked above US$60 per month, almost double the average monthly earning since last July. Even, traffic to our website has increased almost twofold.
Propagating Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm) by division
Did you notice in the right photo that the Lady Palm had broken its pot?
Hence, we were forced to replant them but it took an awful long time for us to actually do so….which we finally did early last month. Unbelievable, we procrastinated for almost a year!
Anyway, it was a blessing in disguise as young [...]
Propagating Calathea roseo picta (Rose Painted Prayer Plant)
Just to illustrate how Calathea roseo picta can be easily propagated by division.
Our lovely cultivar ‘Eclipse’ had blossomed last October and having seen how fabulous its flowers were, we thought it would be wonderful to multiply their presence in our garden. Rather than buying new plants, we decided to separate our existing plants into 2 [...]
Hymenocallis caribaea, a spectacular garden jewel!
Hymenocallis caribaea (Caribbean Spiderlily, Spider Lily, White Lily)
An outstanding perennial beauty with handsome foliage and spectacular flowers!
Indeed, a garden jewel that will be excellent for tropical and subtropical gardens, parks and landscapes!
Even without flowers, the glossy dark-green foliage of the Caribbean Spiderlily continues to be a great attraction.
Caribbean Spiderlily, another Easter 2009 garden surprise!
What a marvelous Easter Season surprise, following that of the Hosta flowers that had us mesmerised too!
We didn’t even know that we were growing Caribbean Spiderlily (Hymenocallis caribaea) since last August until it flowered recently. Even Annette, a wonderful friend who gave us three kinds of Hippeastrum bulbs then, was positive that she parted with [...]
