CHINATOWN

Chinese New Year came and went away with the bat of an eyelid. Yet, I still feel the fatigue of this period, 2 months into the new year. There is another 10 months to go, which I suspect will happen quickly.

This Chinatown visit almost turned out to be a disaster for me but that is another story. Anyway, the lighted zodiac along the streets had the same design source as those used for the Flower Dome CNY display.

DAHLIA DREAMS: 15 JAN TO 28 FEB 16

This is the first Flower Dome flower field display of 2016. Titled Dahlia Dreams, it showcases at least 200 cultivars over a span of 6 weeks from 15 Jan to 28 Feb.

The Four Gentlemen and Four Noble Ones paintings

Bombax ceiba

the smaller water curtain

Eucomis comosa and Begonia elatior

The Dahlia 'Olson's Folly' against the pig zodiac

one of 6 monkey topiaries

my favourite Monkey is perched on the driftwood

Dahlia 'Santa Claus'

Dahlia 'Bracken Ballerina'

James Doran-Webb's family of monkeys

Dahlia 'Tomo'

the big 4 m water curtain

bed of Dahlia 'Olson's Folly'

Dahlia 'Winkie Whooper'

Dahlia 'Autumn Fairy'

close-up of Eucomis comosa flowers

Ligularia dentata

flowers of Ligularia

Rudbeckia

Phormium

ornamental cabbage

ornamental cabbage

Abutilon megapotamicum

Dahlia 'Night Butterfly'

Dahlia 'Lauren Michelle'

close-up of D. 'Lauren Michelle'

Dahlia 'Show and Tell'

Ardisia variegata

Dahlia 'Santa Claus'

Dahlia 'Eveline'