FLOWER DOME - NURSERY RHYMES

After the tulips display on fairy tales, it was followed by the nursery rhymes and here I am showing some of the plants shown in the display. 

Hydrangea cultivar

Hydrangea cultivar

Digitalis (Foxglove)

Pelargonium cultivar

Pelargonium cultivar

butterfly made of artificial flowers

Dahlia cultivar

Dahlia cultivar

Dahlia cultivar

Pelargonium

Pelargonium

Jacobaea maritima 'Silver Dust' (Dusty Miller)

Synonym: Senecio bicolor subsp. cineraria, Cineraria maritima

Campanula (Bellflower)

Rosa cultivar (Rose)

Aquilegia (Columbine Flower)

HORTPARK

I haven't been to HortPark for some time but was there recently and took some of these photos of the Butterfly Garden, Floral Stitches, Recycling Garden, Silver Garden and industry partners' gardens.

TABEBUIA CHRYSANTHA

Just yesterday as I was walking from the Visitor's Centre drop-off bay to the Satay by the Bay, I came across this short avenue of trees that caught my attention. Clusters of breathtakingly beautiful yellow flowers adorn the almost leafless trees.

The trees looked familiar and reminded me of the Tabebuia chrysotricha (Family: Bignoniaceae), which is the National Tree of Brazil, I have seen before although it was not as impressive in terms of its stature and flowering. With excitement, I was certain that this is the Tabebuia chrysantha (chrysantha means golden flower in greek), which on the other hand is the National Tree of Venezuela, although both share the same Common Name (Golden Trumpet Tree). Compared to T. chrysotricha, the leaves of the T. chrysantha are larger and the flowers are in larger clusters. Another interesting feature is the slightly bronzy leaves, floral buds and long dehiscent capsules, which bear wind dispersed winged seeds, are covered with fine hairs.

Another similar looking tree with silverish leaves and golden flowers is T. argentea (Common Name: Silver Trumpet Tree, Carribean Trumpet Tree).

I hope I will be lucky enough to see the ground littered with its fallen yellow flowers to form a beautiful carpet.