FLORAL CLOCK - 21 SEP 15 and 24 SEP15

Zinnias were added a month ago.

21 Sep 15

24 Sep 15

DRY SCAPE

This landscape has an interesting blend of varied coloured bromeliads and big-flowered Portulaca grandiflora.

LION GROVE & HUB

Today's weather - sunny

From this part of the Hub, one can see a view of the Supertrees in the Lion Grove. On the wall are mounted with panels of a variety of bromeliads.

Now back to the Hub stands a majestic Delonix regia with thick stretched limbs. On the raised planters are various Chorisia speciosa trees of different sizes, extent of spiny trunk and coloured flower varieties. Various Portulaca grandiflora (common name: Japanese Rose) shrubs cover the ground to add a splash of colour to the undulating dunes. Here is also planted with the uncommon purplish-leaved Jatropha gossypifolia with small red flowers and typical Jatropha fruits.

Can this be any better?

HUB

This was a few days before the start of the preview. Everyone was busy getting everything ready to face the world. 


Here at the Hub, it was planted with various species and cultivars of Chorisia of different sizes. Their trunks have varying degrees of thorniness and I love these trees. We transplanted a huge Delonix regia and it shed all its leaves, leaving just a bare crown. However, I am confident that the tree would recover from the shock and would look beautiful once again in time to come.


The Macrozamia cycads in the center of the Hub certainly look interesting and add a different dimension to the design. Some of the Chorisia were also flowering and I was elated to see the palmate leaves, especially the new flushes which show the trees were putting out new growth. This was most definitely a good sign.


The Plumeria 'Singapore Pink', Portulaca grandiflora and Jatropha podagrica are the other few additions to the lower levels of the planting.