June 2010: update on our Passiflora vine
James of Garden Chronicles recently enquired on the current status of our Passiflora vines that were propagated from cuttings. He was referring to the cuttings that we propagated successfully last August as pictured on the right. Thanks for asking, James…that was about 10 months ago and I’m touched that you remembered it at all! Well, [...]
Passiflora miniata (P. coccinea hort.) with flaming-red passion flowers
Passiflora miniata Vanderplank (syn: Passiflora coccinea hort.) (common names: Red Granadilla, Scarlet/Red Passion Flower) What a beautiful sight indeed! Live and flaming red flowers decorating the vining stems of Scarlet Passion Flower that were draped on a trellis built of dexon steel bars!
Quisqualis indica (Rangoon Creeper), simply spectacular!
Quisqualis indica (Rangoon Creeper Vine, Drunken Sailor, Scarlet Ragoon, Chinese Honeysuckle) An extremely spectacular vine that just loves showing off throughout the year in our tropical heat! When in full bloom, this beauty will be dramatically covered with large trusses of tricolored flowers that are very showy and truly a traffic stopper. Similar to another [...]
Hylocereus undatus (Red Pitaya, Dragonfruit), the uniquely flamboyant cactus!
Hylocereus undatus (Red Pitaya, Dragonfruit, Night Blooming Cereus, Belle of the Night) What a stunning beauty, most deserving to be named ‘Belle of the Night’. John and I felt blessed indeed to have enjoyed the rare appearance of two flowers one lovely night more than a year ago on the Hylocereus undatus that is planted [...]
Vining Tristellateia australasiae with golden trusses
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 [...]
August 2009 Project: how-to prune/propagate a passiflora vine
Hmm…not only this garden blog of ours had been neglected, even our garden had been too! My garden chores like planting, replanting or repotting, and pruning have been sidetracked by my fixation on unexpected problems that surfaced at my Blogger blog and whilst guiding a friend to create her own blog via email. Too much [...]
July 2009 Garden News
Wow! We got to grow a Passiflora vine finally! The right image shows our first seedling, recently repotted (on July 23th) into a large pot and located against the chain-link fencing at our backyard. It’s growing very well and is now about 38 cm tall, growing too vigorously, I’d say! Pearly surprised us after the [...]
Garden surprises in June 2009
Bauhinia kockiana has always been a baffling vine for us. It is most elusive. Grows fast and vigorous with beautiful bright green and luxuriant foliage yet rarely flowers! We seldom get to enjoy their blooms in large stunning clusters, that are so often seen in most home gardens around our neighborhood or elsewhere. Just have [...]
Lipstick-like buds of Aeschynanthus radicans ‘Crispa’
Aeschynanthus radicans ‘Crispa’ (Lipstick Plant/Vine, Basket Vine) Aren’t these blood red buds held in deep maroon bracts like red lipsticks drawn forth from their cases? How pretty and attractive they look! It is no surprise that this lovely plant bears the common name, Lipstick Plant! So aptly named and so easy to remember as compared [...]
Sun-loving Tecoma capensis (Cape Honeysuckle)
Tecoma capensis (Cape Honeysuckle)