John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on July 28th, 2009

For years, we had thought that our luxuriant-looking plant was a Hosta. Its beautiful and large heart-shaped lime-green leaves are such a wonderful sight for sore-eyes and provide added greenery at our courtyard, delighting us so!

Posted by Jacqueline on July 17th, 2009

Hosta (Corfu Lily, Day Lily, Plantain Lily, Funkia) Hostas are popularly grown as ornamental plants for their attractive and beautiful foliage. But, we hadn’t known before researching for this article how extensively varied are their shapes, sizes, textures and colors! The right image, courtesy of Mark @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/markescapes/3554195218/ presents two fabulous variegated form, so beautifully [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 30th, 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 [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 18th, 2009

Epidendrum species (Epi, Epidendrum Orchid, Crucifix Orchid, Reed-stem Epidendrum, Star Orchid) How enormous and diverse the genus Epidendrum L. is! It consists of about 1,100 species of orchids that are native to tropical and subtropical Americas and the Caribbean. Now though, it is widely distributed, naturalized and cultivated in many regions worldwide. The more popular [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 1st, 2009

Wow! Our baby is grown-up! Just two years old, short of one month. There’s always excitement and pride when a young plant blooms for the first time ever upon maturity. This time, it is an orange Crucifix Orchid that was added to our garden in May 2007. Voted as our star orchid for May 2009, [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on May 18th, 2009

Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ (Lavender Spur Flower, Mona Lavender) Another love-at-first-sight flowering plant that was added to our garden in late April 2006. Within a couple of months, it grew into a very attractive compact bush with lots of dainty-looking tubular lavender-purple flowers in lovely batik design. Very showy and incredibly fascinating! We got to enjoy [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on May 4th, 2009

Hymenocallis caribaea (Caribbean Spiderlily, Spider Lily, White Lily) An outstanding perennial beauty with handsome foliage and spectacular flowers! Indeed, a garden jewel that will be excellent for tropical and subtropical gardens, parks and landscapes! Even without flowers, the glossy dark-green foliage of the Caribbean Spiderlily continues to be a great attraction.

Posted by Jacqueline on May 2nd, 2009

What a marvelous Easter Season surprise, following that of the Hosta flowers that had us mesmerised too! We didn’t even know that we were growing Caribbean Spiderlily (Hymenocallis caribaea) since last August until it flowered recently. Even Annette, a wonderful friend who gave us three kinds of Hippeastrum bulbs then, was positive that she parted [...]