CONTAINER GARDEN

Recently, I bought a new glass container from IKEA and planted it up with the following plants:

• Saxifraga stolonifera
• Fittonia cultivars
• Hedera helix (variegated Ivy)

When the Saxifraga grows bigger, it would cover the other plants and droop over the edge of the tall container. Meanwhile, these plants act as fillers to the wide container. Anyway, I have not decided where to place it yet though, so it shall remain on my table first.

NEW PURCHASES

These were some of my recent new plant purchases. Most e.g. Fittonia cultivars, and some were for my terrariums.

I bought the dwarf cultivar of Cordyline fruticosa (synonym: C. terminalis) from the Asparagaceae Family because the maroon leaf colour looked interesting. A link on C. fruticosa is shown below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyline_fruticosa

Then there was the Saxifraga stolonifera (variegated) plant that I sought to buy for so long. The more common green S. stolonifera (common name: Creeping Saxifrage, Strawberry Begonia, Strawberry Begonia) is already a true beauty with its furry kidney-shaped leaves, and white veins arranged in a rosette. So when I came across the variegated version with pinkish-white colours, I bought 3 pots of it. However, the ones that my colleague kept were not doing well, so I hope mine would fare better and last for a longer time for me to propagate them from their numerous stolons. A link on the common variety is attached:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxifraga_stolonifera

NB on 21 Oct 10: I was checking something and came across this name Saxifraga cuscutaeformis as the name of the variegated plant.