Category: Flowering Plants

This is another unidentified rose I have in my garden. The rose gang call it Romantika. It has a distinct character of double color on the petals. The inside color is like peach red while the outer petals are yellow. This is how it looks like when it has...

Not sure what is the type of this rose, but I suspect it is hybrid and not floribunda. I said this because I have noticed that every time it blooms, there’s only one single flower on the stem. The local rose lovers call it chili red. So far since...

Those ladies in FB rose group that I joined told me that this is Queen of Sweden. As I am still new to rose gardening, I researched around about the one David Austin bred in 2004. From gardenersworld.com: Plant type : Deciduous shrub Flower colour : Pink, Salmon Feature:...

I’m not sure whether what I have here is really a floribunda Shocking Blue. The canes of the rose plant I got have so many thorns but other characteristics like color and fragrance are quite the same as the Shocking Blue described on helpmefind.com: Mauve or mauve blend Floribunda....

I think ever since I bought the plant in Floria 2011 (or was it 2010?), this is the first time that my kenanga (Cananga odorata var. Fruticosa) blooms so many buds. I have started my rose garden early this year and used the Honeybee organic fertilizer, produced by a...

Remember early this year I mentioned about adding roses into my garden collection? Well from the first 9 pots, now I have 28 altogether. From the first 9 pots, 2 are dead..heh! The latest 18 pots were bought in conjunction with my birthday month. After repotting them in terracotta...

Bought this plant without knowing the name at Pasar Bunga Shah Alam about 2 weeks ago. I thought it will look good in container garden. I asked around for the name and found out that this is Mona Lavender. Info taken from pma.com.au: A new and particularly attractive form...

Please click on the picture to view a larger version. I was so happy when I saw that my kesidang plants has buds. I think the last time it bloomed was in 2011. After waiting for the buds to mature, this is what I managed to snap. There are...

Despite the heavy rain in December and lack of tender care on my part, my ylang ylang (kenanga) plant has been doing well. I was amazed to see a lot of buds coming out and none of the white pest problem mentioned earlier. After some reading, I got to...

The seller at Floria told me that the Malay name for this plant is mayang sari. Later I found out it is called fiddlewood or also known as Spiny Fiddlewood. Here are some details taken from burkesbackyard.com.au Fiddlewood The fiddlewood is a lovely West Indian native tree grown for...