John&Jacq~s Garden

An urban tropical garden in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Posted by Jacqueline on April 27th, 2013

Unpredictable weather can be so annoying at times! Blasting sunshine with extreme heat and interspersed with sudden erratic thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rainfall have been the norm for the months of March and April! Hardy plants just love them while the less hardy ones especially newly planted or repotted plants simply dread such extreme sudden [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on March 16th, 2013

Definitely easier to capture shots of plants/flowers than flying insects and creeping reptiles, right? Flowers are so well-behaved, like inanimate objects for still life painting, unless swayed by the wind. And, one can always choose to photograph them later when the wind subsides. Not the flying insects though. The fluttering butterflies, bees and others just [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on February 20th, 2013

It is always a much welcome sight for sore eyes whenever we see familiar faces in our tropical garden. These garden critters come and go. But when one had been missing in action for months or years on end, and suddenly decides to reappear without warning, it’s truly a great joy indeed! One recent happening [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on January 31st, 2013

While flipping over the fabulously large and lustrous foliage of our potted Cardwell Lily out of curiosity, I discovered some plantlets growing beneath, hidden from view. How delightful as it gave me the opportunity to do something with them. You guessed right! …a chance to do a tutorial on how to propagate Proiphys amboinensis (botanical [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on November 9th, 2012

Wonderful sight indeed when I spent my days in October to observe the unfurling of tiny tots on our flowering and foliage plants. What marvels the Lord had created and designed for our amazement, delight and joy! Sharing some images of their fascinating features that I had opportunity to capture on camera. I’ve created a [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 11th, 2012

Gardening is so very rewarding!! We’re blessed with plants and flowers that make us cheerful and happy everyday, like our beloved and faithful Miniature Pinscher, Maxi who uplifts our spirits endlessly with his charming ways. Mophead Hydrangea in blue is the starring beauty for September 2012 in our tropical garden. For the first time our [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 30th, 2012

The pink dwarf anthurium in a 5.5-inch (13.97cm) wide pot which was added to our tropical garden in September 2011 had outgrown its space and definitely need some attention from us. Hence I took the opportunity to do the needful, that is, dividing the whole clump into two sections and pot them separately as a [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 1st, 2012

A few unexpected surprises that thrilled us so last month and brought joy to our hearts! Hippeastrum with vibrant scarlet-coloured or reddish-orange flowers bloomed for the second time, about 2¼ years after the first flowering in April 2010. Seriously, we had wanted to thrash it but before removing it, I decided to cut off their [...]