Stephanie

LATEST ARTICLES ( 150 )

• Last Christmas

  

  The weather right before Christmas had been really wet. The rain came around evening time and poured crazily. Hence, the plants in the porch fared better than... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Happy New Gardening Year!

  

  Happy New Gardening Year!! Hope that you have had a productive 2015 and are now looking forward to a flourishing 2016. y first book, Personally, I ended 2015... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Re-blooming Beauty

  

  Something pretty, something pink... my double-flowering Gloxinia is re-blooming! Spot its first bloom from the pic below. The flower looked so pink and brillian... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Feel Good Week

  

  Last week was a happy week, yay! I have finished a rather big project. Incidentally, the flowers in my garden seems to be celebrating with me. First of all is m... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Haze Weather

  

  Do snails and toads like overcast sky? I spotted a few big snails in a container one day, yikes! And on another occasion, a big black toad in another pot!... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Malaysian Ginger

  

  There is place for every plant to flourish well. It was a delight to find a Beehive Ginger, botanically named Zingiber spectabile with so many bright red... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing, Growing :-)

  

  A pleasant surprise in the garden comes from a dainty bloom, Arundina sp. (mini bamboo orchid). I was just pulling weeds from the pot and didn't realise that a... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Rose of the Desert

  

  Tadaa... here are my two heroes of the week. Placed side by side, their pretty blooms stayed on the stems for days :-D Hot and humid weather brought out the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Something Purple, Something Great

  

  Not much sun and most of the time just cloudy. It rained on a few occasions, otherwise a bit humid. Anyway, my One-Day-Yellow Desert Rose is blooming! There is ... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Blooms Under The Clouds

  

  The sky is filled with clouds most of the time but somehow there were lots of grassy weeds in spite of the lack of sunlight. I had to spend some time pulling... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Colourful Gems

  

  Whether one calls it cat's whiskers or bat flower, Tacca chantrieri Andre blooms non-stop. The plant is most pleasing when the stalk of bloom appears up-right... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Outdoors, Indoors

  

  This particular Alocasia sp. blooms quickly. It actually has two inflorescences emerging from the top of the plant right now. In the pic below, you will see... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Marvellous Show

  

  Never once have I planted three pots of roses and them all blooming at the same time. This time they did! Very enchanting blossoms in yellow, some in darker... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Delightful

  

  A plant wilted as I watered too much but am glad there are many others that could withstand my careless watering last week :-P I didn't realise that while it wa... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Say Peace

  

  My Peace Lily is rewarding me with its six white spathes this week. Two have opened and the rest are following suit. Hope they will open soon coz I wanna see... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Pink CNY

  

  This year, my plants seems to be 'enjoying' the Chinese New Year more than I do. The weather was hotter than usual and I stayed indoor most of the time. But my... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Cutting Back

  

  Would a tulip flourishes here? Nope, but the Siam Tulip does :-D The stalk of inflorescence below that emerged from the pot of Siam Tulips in my garden has... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Sweet :-)

  

  Gladness fills my heart as I watched some of plants in the garden in the morning. I am not usually an early riser but those times when I wake up earlier than... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Brilliant!

  

  Oh lovely, lovely! I saw how wonderful the coleus leaves were from the back, hence I snapped the pic below. Then I realised, my plants come in different texture... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Bad Weather Flowers

  

  Something exciting happened in the garden due to the bad weather. Yes I mean it! I even see hibiscus flowering. Well, there is certainly some sunlight after... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME