HOUSEPLANTS

I couldn't stand the unkempt peacock-like Plumbago anymore and decided to give it an extreme haircut. I headed back the entire plant so it was almost leafless. 

As for the Lime plant, it has grown considerably taller but didn't seem to attract anymore Lime Butterflies and instead hosted so many white flies, so I brought it to the garden.

The Periwinkle was also suffering from the drying effects of the current weather and it's almost bare stems hung limplessly over the wall. So I had to prune back most of its stems. If it's not recovering, which I thought so, then I would harvest the seeds and chuck the plant away to make room for the younger seedlings.

Finally, the variegated Aptenia grew so much but there were only a handful of flowers and a number of scales pests. I suspected it took up a lot of my soil fertilizer nutrients. I ended up collecting more than a kilogram of it and brought it to the garden for planting. 

The straggly Periwinkle

The variegated Aptenia cordifolia

NEIGHBOUR'S PLANTS

Alright, this is the second post on the same subject. But I am posting this because I took these photos using my camera and felt the owner's beautiful Bougainvillea and Periwinkle plants deserved better publicity.

NEIGHBOUR'S PLANTS

My neighbour from the other block has a most beautiful planting along the corridor.

The multiple-cultivars Periwinkle has been around for a while now and if I remember correctly, there used to be some Hibiscus but in its place now are multi-coloured Bougainvillea. But I hope I don't have to plant the same plants along my corridor.

HUB (ROSE)

Today's weather - sunny

This pink Arundina was planted at the Indian Garden but mine at home finally sent out a new shoot after so many months of growing it since I bought it at last year's World Orchid Conference in Nov 11. To me, I am not as amazed by this colour variety then the more common white-purple A. graminifolia (common name: Bamboo Orchid).


Back to this post, I am actually posting the beautiful plants at the Hub, which is also known as the rose. It is no coincidence that the flowers have a pink tinge or shade. These spectacular plants are namely as follows:

• Plumeria 'Dwarf Singapore Pink'
• Ceiba speciosa (common name: Silk Floss Tree)
• Rondeletia leucophylla or Arachnothryx leucophylla (common name: Panama Rose)
• Plumeria rubra variegated
• Vinca rosea or Catharanthus roseus (common name: Periwinkle)

HOUSE PLANTS

My personal garden was dealt a huge blow recently when my well-established Periwinkle started to wither. After some pruning, I found the base of some branches were rotting and decided it was time to let go of this plant.


It was a busy day for me as I uprooted the entire plant and prune the plants back to keep them tidy.


Some consolation came in the form of a Tacca leontopetaloides that I purchased recently from HortPark's Gardening Bazaar, an emerging leafy stalk of the Calanthe orchid and the mass of germinating Datura metel seedlings. For the Calanthe, I hope this means the inflorescence will appear soon.