CORDYLINE

It is always a pleasant surprise for me to see the flowers of Cordylines. This cultivar with dark mauve foliage has interesting pinkish-mauve flowers.

PURPLE

This is a very beautiful garden despite the size. It does not always look like this but it took shape gradually and I am so proud of the industry partner.


The plant heights, purplish-pink colours and leaf shapes of the Cordyline and Pennisetum contrast so well with and against each other that it looks amazing.

HOME GARDEN

The Tarenna odorata was flowering profusely once again. It has proven itself to be very reliable in its flowering frequency. Here is another uncommon narrow-leaved Cordyline, Begonia, Tradescanthia zebrina (Family: Commelinaceae), Trevesia palmata, Guzmania dissitiflora or sprucei (Family: Bromeliaceae) on the vertical wall, Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri (common name: Donkey Ears, Giant Kalanchoe; Family: Crassulaceae), Dracaena deremensis cultivar and Kohleria cultivar.


A link on the Guzmania is shown here:


http://fcbs.org/butcher/Guz_sprucei_vs_dissitiflora.htm

FLORAL WALK

I love the contrast captured in the first two photos. The leaf shapes,  sizes, colouration, venation patterns etc from the Sanchezia, Ligustrum and Excoecaria provide a very beautiful picture. What can I say other than I really dig it? The Sunbird was perched on the flowers of the Acanthaceae shrub and was startled by me before it flew off.


The Megaskepasma erythrochlamys is also growing so well and it adds a splash of lime green leaves and red bracts to the darker green landscape background. The uncommon Heliconia episcopalis and fan-shaped Cordyline fruticosa cultivar provide an interesting allure to the Floral Walk.

TOA PAYOH TOWN PARK - PART 1

It was drizzling as I descended the stairs from the overhead bridge from the bus interchange. The view of the tree crowns were amazingly spectacular. I was first greeted by overlapping crowns of Filicium decipiens and Xanthostemon chrysanthus with leaves of different textures, sizes, colour and shapes.

Some of the landscape plants were the same as when I planted them years ago and they are still beautiful. Amongst them include the Cordyline fruticosa cultivar and Costus curvibracteatus. Then I came across the circular pergola planted with the unusual Millettia reticulata climber which was never heard of by me back then.