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

NYMPHAEA ODORATA

I posted about this white Water Lily recently, and this is another series of photos on the same plant found in the monsoon canal. Even a bee was attracted to the fragrance of the flowers.

NYMPHAEA ODORATA

The monsoon canal is flooded once again, allowing the Nymphaea odorata (common name: Fragrant Water Lily, Beaver Root) or its cultivar to colonise the shallow waters. This beautiful white water lily and other aquatic plants are a common sight in this man-made canal, especially since the canal is not cleared up regularly.

I hope the authorities would allow the plants to continue to grow this way since greening up our waterways is now gaining popularity. Rather than spending much money converting concretized canals like these to more natural looking ones, isn't it good if they occur on their own like this one when we do not have to spend a single cent to achieve this?

2 links on the plant is provided below for reference:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_odorata
2. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/lily.html