HORTPARK

At the Floral Walk, this brightly coloured variegated Ravenia spectabilis reminded me of the sad and poor specimen that I have at home. I bought it some time ago and it has been faring poorly along my corridor and dropped most of its leaves.

Anyway, two variegated Solanum wrightii (synonym: S. macranthum; common name: Giant Potato Tree; Family: Solanaceae) were planted near to the normal variety that is at least 5 m tall now. The free flowering small tree produces flowers that change its colour from white to purple over time and a link on this tree is shown below:

http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/SOLANUM_MACRANTHUM.htm

Nearby, the ground was littered with pink Periwinkle like flowers, from the small tree Kopsia fruticosa. Right at the HortPark entrance, the Corymbia 'Summer Beauty' was sending out numerous bunches of inflorescences and floral buds. Yet across the Corymbia is an unknown deciduous Barringtonia, or so I was told, with reddish-orange leaves.

RAVENIA SPECTABILIS

From the Rutaceae Family, this hardy, pest free plant is known by the synonym Lemonia spectabilis and the common names Limonia and Ravenia Pink.

If this plant is interesting, the variegated one is simply amazing. 2 links are shown below:

1. http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=Ravenia_spectabilis
2. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lemonia.html

RAVENIA SPECTABILIS (VARIEGATED)

The Ravenia spectabilis is a slow growing shrub with green waxy hard leaves and red flowers. This is another personal favourite plant of mine as it is pest free!

Now there is this variegated leaf variety with pink flowers. It is always a delight to see the beautiful pink flowers contrast sharply against the yellowish-green leaves.

It is a plant you will never miss in a planted landscape due to its stirking colours.