John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on December 31st, 2010

Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia, Christmas Flower/Star, Lobster Plant, Mexican Flameleaf) The ever-popular flowering plant for the holiday season of Christmas worldwide! About 30-40 potted plants of the vibrant red Christmas-flowering Poinsettia were being used to decorate the base of our Church’s altar and rostrum for this Christmas season. How lovely! When grouped together, they appear so [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on December 23rd, 2010

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO ALL OUR DEAR VISITORS AND FRIENDS Yay! Just 2 more days to celebrate the birthday of our beloved Jesus Christ, Savior and Redeemer of the world! COME, LORD JESUS…COME! Lord, let your loving kindness be upon us; – your salvation, as You have promised! Sound the trumpet in Sion, [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on December 3rd, 2010

How wonderful, the White Mussaenda or Tropical Dogwood is back to its glorious days again! Several large and striking clusters of white ‘flowers’ (bracts actually) to brighten our front yard. Definitely our garden star for November 2010!

Posted by Jacqueline on November 30th, 2010

Aglaonema cv. ‘Valentine’ (Thai Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen) About 13 months ago, we received a 4-inch tiny pot of the most beautiful pink Thai Aglaonema we’ve ever seen! This wonderful gift came sweetened with a box of mouth-watering cheese cake too from Cheah of No-Frills Recipes in Ipoh in appreciation of blogging help/tips rendered by me. [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on November 24th, 2010

Thunbergia laurifolia (Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky Vine, Laurel Clock Vine) An impressive flowering vine with long dangling flowering stalks that are beautifully decorated with numerous lavender-blue to lilac-coloured blooms. We sighted this beauty for the first time at Botanical Garden Putrajaya (Taman Botani), about 2½ years ago and were mesmerized by its spectacular display. [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on November 2nd, 2010

Passiflora edulis (Purple Passionfruit, Purple granadilla) – our garden queen for just a day! Woo hoo! How marvelous…our Passiflora vine had finally flowered for the first time in mid October 2010 after a 15-month wait! John and I are absolutely thrilled! As a potted seedling at our backyard, back in July 2009, it had matured [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 29th, 2010

Potanthus confucius (Chinese Dart, Confucian Dart, Tropic Dart) I’m absolutely delighted to have snapped some lovely photos of this teeny-weeny beauty basking in the sun at our flower bed a few months ago! So tiny yet attractively colourful, capturing my attention as it flew swiftly and darted restlessly from flower to flower seeking nectar. Or [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 27th, 2010

Jatropha podagrica (Buddha Belly Plant or Gout Stick), a popular tropical herbaceous perennial belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family and native to Central America, is ever so generous! Not only does it produces flowers and seeds so readily, it self-sow as easily too without any fuss from seeds that are thrust far and wide when its [...]