I hope it’s still not too late to wish everyone who happen to come to this gardening blog, a new year wish! May your garden will be flourished with blooms and bountiful of harvest in 2014! What’s your gardening resolution? Mine will be to have a bigger edible garden...

Since the akar dani plant take over most of the space nearby my kenanga plant, I sometimes forget its existence. Last month I noticed there were new blooms coming out from the ylang ylang. I quickly snapped some pictures. The first bloom is usually in green then after a...

There are many types of basil, but this particular one is known as Thai basil or Ocimum basilicum ssp. A friend gave me the plant several months ago. I’ve seen the leaves being used in Thai dishes but never like the taste and the smell of it. Thai basil...

After 12 days of sowing the seed of labu manis which I bought at pasar malam for the purpose of cooking sayur air, this is how the leaves look like, very green and healthy. But check out 3 days later, a bad and evil grasshopper (as reported by Mr...

When I bought this flowering plant at Floria many years ago, the seller told me that the Malay name is bunga susun kelapa. That time my main intention is to have as many scented tropical plants in my garden like kesidang, kemuning and bunga cina. Over the years, the...

I have decided to stop planting flowering plants and try edible gardening. About 2 weeks ago, I bought labu manis or pumpkin from the nearby pasar malam to be cooked sayur air. Since I have to remove the seeds, I thought why not try to plant them in soil....

These pictures of seven sisters rose were taken earlier this month. It has been raining almost daily since it’s monsoon season. Fortunately the seven sisters does not suffer so much except for the attack of thrips and occasionally blackspot fungus on the leaves. This was taken right after the...

I have mentioned about this wonderful red rose before in my post Rose Lavaglut. These 2 pictures were taken in September. At the time it was taken, it was blooming profusely before I neglected it for 3 days. To save the plant from further abuse (haha!) I have pruned...

I bought this wonderful yellow rose plant in May 2012. Ever since then it has bloomed quite profusely. I am not sure what kind of rose the plant is, even the real ID is unknown. The other rose lovers I know call it Lemon Sonata. So for the sake...

I bought this in May but only able to write about it in September. It’s called Clair Martin rose. I think it belongs to modern shrub rose family. The color of the blooms is pink. It has a very sweetly scented blooms which are semi double. Continous flowering, healthy...