Showing posts with label cyclamen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cyclamen. Show all posts

08 October 2012

HOUSE GARDEN

I know the name house garden sounds a bit strange but I didn't want to use the words Home Garden to confuse with the theme garden at HortPark.

The Cyclamen is one of my favourite exotic shrubs and I got hold of this corm for planting. Let's see whether it grows. The second is a big Gloriosa tuber which I planted out recently too.

The others are photos of the Pelargonium xhortorum, one of my other favourites, that I bought recently. I am trying to see how this plant performs under my care without any air-conditioned facility. It is receiving afternoon light but the leaves have apparently turned a bleached colour. Some of the leaves began to have brown edges and the flowers are few. I water it once in every 2-3 days by soaking the pot in water, the way one waters African Violets. I will fertilize this plant with a high nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) soon to see how it reacts to the fertilizers.





22 December 2011

FLOWER DOME

The conservatory and plants look really different in the night and day. Just look at the various plants:

  • Protea
  • Agapanthus africanus
  • Cyclamen cultivar
  • Fuchsia cultivar
  • Heuchera 
  • Phalaenopsis cultivars
  • Aloe
  • Kalanchoe pumila
  • Moringa
  • Calanthe
  • Gazania cultivar with aphids
  • Chlorophytum comosum
  • Camellia japonicus
  • Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'
  • Phalaenopsis 'Elton John'