HORTPARK

These are some plants grown in HortPark:

• Tulbaghia violacea (common name: Society Garlic, Wild Garlic; Family: Alliaceae / Umbelliferae)
• red stemmed Cheilocostus speciosus
• Uraria crinita (common name: Cat's Tail; Family: Fabaceae / Leguminosae)
• Hedychium coronarium (common name: White Ginger Lily, Butterfly Ginger; Family: Zingiberaceae)
• Corymbia 'Summer Beauty' and Whitfieldia elongata

Some of the links are shown below:

1. http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/tulb_vio.cfm
2. http://www.plantzafrica.com/planttuv/tulbaghviol.htm
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedychium_coronarium
4. http://www.floridata.com/ref/h/hedyc.cfm

URARIA CRINITA

If I remember correctly, we received this Uraria crinita (synonyms: Doodia crinita Roxb., Hedysarum crinitium L.; common name: Asian Foxtail; Family Fabaceae) plant from a donor and displayed this during the GardenTech in 2009. Since then, we managed to propagate this plant from the seeds.

The plant sends up erect spikes of small pinkish flowers that open gradually from the base to the tip. 2 links are shown below:

1. http://www.mynicegarden.com/2010/04/asian-foxtail-uraria-crinita.html
2. http://www.natureproducts.net/Forest_Products/Ornamentals/Uraria.html

URARIA (AFGEKIA)

This is possibly a Uraria from the Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Family. However, I am unable to provide the positive identity of this climber.

The leaves are silvery and furry, especially when they are young. In fact, the petals of the flowers are similarly with fine hairs. A vigorous climber, it can grow over a structure pretty quickly and is pest and disease free. The growing inflorescence is so beautiful and the flowers are typical of the legume plants.

NB on 2 Mar 11: Once again, I felt so stupid. I know the identity of this climber. It is known as Afgekia sericea (common name: Silky Afgekia, Silver Afgekia) and I posted about it before! I am so seriously senile. Some links on this plant are attached below:

1. http://floratrail.blogspot.com/2009/05/afgekia-sericea.html
2. http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2010/12/16/afgekia-sericea-a-beautiful-legume/
3. http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Afgekia_sericea.htm

MEDINILLA & URARIA

I took the photo of the pin- flower unusual looking Medinilla at the Home Garden on 20 May 10 because I am not sure how long it would be there.

I also captured the Uraria crinita plant's unopened pink inflorescences near to the neighbouring footpath. It is interesting to see how the pink infloresences curved in different directions from the younger developing inflorescences.

URARIA CRINITA

The Uraria looked so pretty that I couldn't resist taking more photos of it on 18 Dec 09. Here are the additional photos.

URARIA CRINITA

Ah, this Uraria immediately grabbed my attention when I walked in to my office nursery yesterday. In fact, it was more compact, had slightly variegated leaves and had more inflorescence spikes than the ones I saw at One Utama in early Nov 09.

It was grown by my staff again and I must really say he knows how to make his plants grow and display them at the right time and place. Hopefully my other bosses are as impressed by his works as me.

Time for me to plan once again where to plant it at HortPark.