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 tricolor beauty, [...]
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 by [...]
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 as a [...]
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 time [...]
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 Sunset [...]
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)
Podranea ricasoliana with showy pink trusses
Podranea ricasoliana (Pink Trumpet Vine, Port St Johns Creeper)
A gorgeous vine or shrub that is decorated with trusses of attractive pink trumpet-shaped flowers all year round in warmer tropics, and from late summer to fall in colder regions.
We had a potted Pink Trumpet Vine, growing at our backyard for more than 2 years from mid [...]
Bright sunny flowers of Allamanda cathartica
Allamanda cathartica (Yellow Allamanda, Golden Trumpet, Buttercup Flower)
Bright, sunny and cheerful!
That’s how the showy trumpet-shaped flowers of Allamanda cathartica adorn its bush or vine, bountiful in terminal cymes and shining radiantly in rich yellow.
An outstanding ornamental shrub that is ever-blooming, grows easily and requires minimal care.
