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Antigonon leptopus
Mexican Creeper, coral vine or San Miguelito Vineis native to Mexico. It is a vine with pink or white flowers (Antigonon leptopus 'alba' ).This is among my favourite flower. The bright pink flower is...
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Flowering bulbs
After prolong drought finally it started to rain, even thought it just drizzle but it is enough to wake up my dormant bulbs. Let take a look at what is flowering in my garden. I've few other varieties...
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welcomed surprise
I was very busy since last 3 months, hence the infrequent blog entry. Three days ago I get a very amazing surprise; I receive few packet of gladiolus bulb with seeds from my friend Peter. But I really...
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laurus nobilis (bay leaf)
Laurus nobilis leaf is usually available in dry form. It is usually grow from cutting because seed takes a long time to germinate (can be up to 6 months) hence it is usually rot in the process. Last...
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lilium
I am experimenting with Asiatic lily since the last 3 years. The first year the bulbs grew a shoot for 4 cm then it stopped growing and dies because i grew the bulbs at the height of hot...
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Fruit of my labour
I'm very busy lately hence no post for a while but never too busy check and pluck ripe fig every day. Since last 3 months i start picking ripehome-grownfigs. Out of 70 odd pots of 31 varieties of...
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long overdue post : grapes
I’ve six grape vines, four of which unknown variety which i bought in Cameron highland and the other 2 are Muscat Hamburg and Alphonse Lavelle. The vines were neglected until i hard prune it in early...
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Lonely calla
I’ve about 15 tubers of various colour of calla growing since April this year. This year the weather is not kind to my callas and various imported bulbs. In some pot the tuber show vigorous growth,...
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White Brooklyn Italian
That is the name given to a variety of fig that i grow. I bought this cutting from Israel; the seller bought this cutting from USA who in turn got it from an Italian immigrant who settled in Brooklyn...
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Rarely mentioned flower
I’ve grown this rose moss since i started gardening which was donkey years ago because it is easily available and easy to grow. Initially i started with deep purple and pink bicolour. Subsequently my...
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black berbera : the sweetest fig
Of all the varieties of fig that i grow which is already fruiting Black Berberais the tastiest and the sweetest. This is also the most expensive variety that i bought followed by black madeira.Both are...
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A gift from dear friend: Buddleia Davidii
My good blogger friend gave me her extra buddleia davidii or butterfly bush plant when i visited her in July. I have tried to grow this plant from seeds so many times but so far none of the seeds...
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Sunflower: comparison
I love sunflowers; i have more than 20 varieties which i grow in succession. But this time it is really disappointing, the plants were tall and wiry with small flower and some have less vibrant colour....
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Night jasmine
I love fragrant flower, i always have a few varieties in my garden since i start gardening at the age of 7. Over the years i keep adding to my collection. This night jasmine has been residing...
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Gladiolus in new house
It is hard to look after sick family member, a small daughter, holding 8-5 job, being sick frequently and doing a landscape in my new house. I neglected the blog since it is the easiest,...
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Japanese Rose
The flood in Dec ’14 managed to almost wipe out my entire Japanese rose collection. I think i have almost all varieties in my collection. I managed to rebuild my collection from a few cuttings that...
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Prolonging the season
This year i planted 200 gladiolus bulb, in 4 stages starting in June, In August the first batch started to bloom. Since then my gladiolus do not stopped blooming. greenish yellow ruffle...
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rangoon creeper
Last 2 years was very hectic. I was taking care of growing up very active beautiful daughter, my elderly parents, a job which sometimes extend beyond normal working hour, an almost completed new house...
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grapes
I have 3 varieties of grape known by colour: red. Black and green since the seller did not know the variety. Altogether i have 7 plants. But last 2 year they were neglected, so many...
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Asparagus
This asparagus is grown from seeds which were sent by my friend from Holland in 2011. Initially it was grown in a polystyrene box, but it only produce small shoot because it is a heavy...
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banana /plantain
I plant these bananas nearing the completion of my house. It keeps the weeds down, save money on herbicide and i got to eat the fruit too, every week a bunch or two will ripe....
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four angle bean
As soon as i move in to my new house, i started planting many fruit trees and vegetable since i planned to eat pesticide free vegetables. Most of veggie that i ate is from my garden. It was planted...
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chives
Chives are perpetual greens. I have 3 varieties: local chives (Chinese chives), broad leaves chives (it is what i call it) and western chives chives ( allium schoenprosum)....
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mulberry
I planted this mulberry 15 years ago. I shared the fruits with birds, but this year the harvest was bountiful. I picked between 1-1.5 kg a day. The black ones were sweet, it was...
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kemunting
As a kid i used to eat fruits from kemunting bush. It is sweet when it is ripe (colour purplish black) and has a little bit of crunch due to its small seeds. i think it taste better than...
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