CONTRAST

I love the contrast in the big leaves of the Musa against the Costus woodsonii in the mid ground, Heliconia indica and dark green palm fronds in the background. 

ILLUSION & CONTRAST

The 1st two photos are misleading in the sense that the buildings on the left and right are close together and the connecting floors are very short.

However, with the glass facade, they created an illusion that the connecting floors were longer.

The latter 2 photos show an opening on the ground floor where the trees were grown from the basement level. In time to come, the Sterculia nobilis and Schizolobium parahyba trees would tower above the ground floor. The colour and textural differences between the hard and softscape are splendid.

LANDSCAPE

This is a beautiful landscape. It is as simple as that. What more can I say?

Like I said before, the contrast and harmony in colours, textures, sizes, heights, forms etc is amazing.

CONTRAST

I love contrast in everything e.g. landscapes, colours, textures.

The orange-flowered Spathodea campanulata (common name: African Tulip Tree; Family: Bignoniaceae) in the background has smaller dark green leaves compared to the larger elliptic-leaved Dillenia grandifolia (Family: Dilleniaceae).

In the 2nd photo, there were a lot of birds, presumably swallows, in the sky circling around this Ceiba or Alstonia tree. Too bad I didn't manage to get most of the birds in the photo. I wonder what they were doing?

VIEW

This is a view that I always enjoy although I was on the wrong side of it. I eyed the shelter for quite some time and when it was affected by some works, I moved in on the kill, I mean moved in to request for it to be relocated to this corner of the garden.

To me, this was a strategic corner and sitting on the bench within the shelter looking out was an enjoyable experience. I then added the Plumbagos, Bougainvilleas, white-flower Thunbergias and pinkish-flower Stachytarpheta to accentuate the landscape.

I have a few grouses though - the Stachytarphetas were allowed to grow too much and blocked the view from the shelter, the Bougainvilleas and Thunbergias were not fertilized enough, the Syzygium campanulatum (red-leaved) were overpruned at the base. The latter was my fault because I didn't give specific instructions on it.

I wasn't supposed to do that, but I planted the light bluish-white flower Thunbergia to partially block the red fire hydrant. Towards the right above the directional signage, the variegated Ceiba that I posted previously was peeping above the Syzygium hedge.

Whilst all the featured plants have small leaves, I love the strong contrast in the colours of this landscape.