John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on October 27th, 2009

Cyrtostachys renda (Red Sealing Wax Palm, Lipstick Palm, Rajah Palm) Considered one of the most colourful and exotic palm tree in the world, Cyrtostachys renda is such a marvelous sight to behold! Standing tall and majestic in its erect and beautifully clustered trunks with vibrant red crownshafts and fabulous green feathery fronds, the Red Sealing [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 10th, 2009

Ptychosperma macarthurii (Cluster Palm, Macarthur Palm, Hurricane Palm) To add elegance and beauty to a garden or landscape, include a palm tree in your must-have garden list! Especially recommended if it is a tropical garden setting. Macarthur Palm is one attractive and impressive palm tree you may want to consider. Best to plant it straight [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 8th, 2009

Chilades pandava pandava (Cycad Blue Butterfly, Plains Cupid) This species of blue butterflies are really very tiny and diminutive. You have to get real close and have good eyesight to enjoy its beauty. Thank God that we live in the digital age, where a simple point and shoot digital camera can work wonders to bring [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 30th, 2009

Gardening is truly food for the soul and its rewards are endless, a tonic for stress and a sight for sore eyes! We’re absolutely delighted to be maintaining a garden blog here that gives us the opportunity to share online the many treasures seen in our tropical urban garden. They may look very ordinary to [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 24th, 2009

Tristellateia australasiae (Shower of Gold Climber, Vining Milkweed/Galphimia) An attractive ornamental liana that is widely grown for its beautiful and showy trusses of bright yellow flowers. Mostly cultivated in the tropics or sub-tropics to lend beauty to the landscape. Its rampant and vigorous growth make it ideal for trellises, arches and pillars at porches, or [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 13th, 2009

Jatropha podagrica (Gout Plant, Buddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub) Here is another unique and fascinating herbaceous perennial plant like the Adenium obesum (Desert Rose), that will develop an attractively swollen and knobby caudex as it ages.

Posted by Jacqueline on September 9th, 2009

Came home, fully refreshed and rejuvenated after a morning trip to Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden on Saturday, August 1. Malaysia’s world-renowned ‘Forest of Knowledge’ (its English name) that is located in the University of Malaya campus, Kuala Lumpur. So aptly named, as its botanical concept is not a formal flower garden, but rather a tropical [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 3rd, 2009

These are such everyday occurrences in any garden, but they never cease to amaze us both. John and I can easily get excited over very ordinary things that many gardeners may take for granted. Either one will update the other if something worth mentioning or happenings are observed and we’ll monitor them ever so closely [...]