LANDSCAPE PLANTS

Tecoma stans

Landscaping is a very personal thing because everyone has their own preferences, likes and dislikes. What appeals to one may not appeal to others.

The interesting thing about landscaping is no two individual designs and landscapes are similar, because of the vast palette of plants available to choose from, unless it is a deliberate attempt to duplicate it. Different species and cultivars also have different growth habits and conditions, so it makes a landscape even more personal especially if the owner is involved in picking out the plants for the garden.

Here is a range of flowering and foliage shrubs that I recently recommended for planting although big trees and palms were not included.

Close up of Tecoma stans flowers.

 

Galphimia glauca

Close up of Galphimia flowers

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Close up of Cuphea flowers

Sanchezia nobilis

Caladium bicolor

Codiaeum variegatum

Carphalea kirondron

Close up of Carphalea flowers

Melastoma malabathricum

Justicia brandegeeana

Ocimum basilicum

Aglaonema cultivar

Alpinia purpurata

Xiphidium caeruleum

Asystasia gangetica cultivar

Stachytarpheta cultivar

Nymphaea cutlivar

Arachnothryx leucophylla

Tibouchina cultivar

Xanthostemon cultivar

GOLDEN GARDEN

These are all plants in the Golden Garden.

I was told by my colleague that this variegated tree that I did not wish to prune is actually a Terminalia and not a Tabernaemontana, as initially thought, and I think he is absolutely right!

Fortunately, they heeded my advice earlier and allowed it to grow and now, looking at the top 3 photos, we think it is a Terminalia foetidissima (variegated) from the palmate leaves. But we can only confirmed it after it flowers and fruits.

I don't think I have posted about the commonly planted Galphimia glauca (synonym: Thryallis glauca; common name: Golden Thryallis, Gold Shower, Rain of Gold) from the Malphighiaceae Family before, so here are 2 photos of it. The links are attached here:

1. http://www.floridata.com/ref/g/galp_gla.cfm
2. http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Malpighiaceae/Galphimia_glauca.html
3. http://www.beautanicals.com.au/galphimia.html

There is this variegated yellowish-green leaves shrub that we bought overseas and which I planted in the garden for its foliage. So far, it has not flowered, so I can only guess it to be a Graptophyllum and wait for the flowers.

The last 2 photos are of the actual Tabernaemontana corymbosa (variegated). Upon closer inspection, the leaf arrangement is indeed different from the Terminalia mentioned above.