John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on July 3rd, 2011

Yippee… a newly purchased plant for our garden in June 2011! Aglaonema ‘Miss Thailand’ (a Thai hybrid) We got this beauty for only RM20! A very good bargain indeed as there were 4 plants in the pot. Had they been separately potted, each would had been sold at RM10 per plant or more. I love [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on July 1st, 2011

Pseuderanthemum reticulatum (Golden Pseuderanthemum, Yellow-vein Eranthemum, Golden Net-bush) These stunning sun-loving flowering shrubs, growing at the The Little Sisters of the Poor St. Francis Xavier Home for the Elderly in Cheras K.L., certainly caught our eyes. Golden Pseuderanthemum simply adores the sun. From afar, we saw smiling and sunny faces, reverberating in the sunlight that [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 28th, 2011

Alternanthera ficoidea (Joseph’s Coat, Parrot Leaf, Calico Plant, Sanguinarea) Simply gorgeous! A non-stop riot of fall colours greeting us each day ever since we planted these dazzling Alternanthera ficoidea plants as ground covers in our garden beds last March! Being in tropical Malaysia, we do not have the joy of watching the autumnal turning of [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 23rd, 2011

Agave desmettiana (Smooth Agave, Dwarf Century Plant, Smooth Century Plant) Wouldn’t you be captivated with this 3-meter tall flowering beauty if you chance upon it? We were very impressed, indeed! And, captured a lot of pictures too as we monitored its blooming progressively for several months. A pity though that Agave desmettiana is monocarpic and [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on May 2nd, 2011

What marvels The Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. (Psalm 126:3) Simply unbelievable! Not only was our potted Proiphys amboinensis (Cardwell Lily) blooming for the second time around in two years but once again resurrected during the Easter season!

Posted by Jacqueline on April 29th, 2011

Pandanus amaryllifolius Fragrant Pandan/Screwpine) a lone ranger in a terracota pot at our backyard, was almost wrecked but ended remarkably well eventually! Usually, the edible P. amaryllifolius or Fragrant Pandan suckers freely when grown in the ground with ample space to expand but very rarely in pots due to space constraints as observed and experienced [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on March 1st, 2011

Birds breeding again in our garden! Woo hoo! Nesting on the same potted Lady Palm trees at a corner of our porch that seem to be a haven for potential breeders. The same species, Pycnonotus luteolus (White-browed bulbul) that never tire of visiting us and throwing such wonderful surprises and happenings! The pair of Pycnonotus [...]

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!