Stephanie

LATEST ARTICLES ( 150 )

• Promising Start

  

  It's a brand new year! What will 2015 be like? A better year, I hope :-) And a few projects to accomplish for the garden and for myself... I am all set to face... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Have a Joyous Season!

  

  Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas --... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Best Things Are Often Unexpected

  

  My variegated Gardenia produces inconspicuous flower buds so when I spotted one flower recently, I was surprised by its sudden appearance. Anyway, I love the... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• B-r-o-m Time

  

  There is nothing as satisfying as seeing the bromeliads in my garden blooming and glowing. I am so glad to see a few of them blooming at the same time. The... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• New Plants, Old Plants

  

  Glad I spotted the flower of my Kaempferia pulchra plant. Good thing it was facing the doorway, else I would have missed it. Saw it as I was walking out to the... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Therapeutic Indulgence

  

  I spent a few days shopping for (and buying!) plants last week, which was very therapeutic :-) Seeing the many gorgeous plants, I was so tempted to bring home... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Objects of Obsession

  

  Brilliant blooms are attractive even when they are small in size. Past few weeks have been really great for certain plants. Though there were storms and even... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Delight in Chevron

  

  Where flowers bloom, so does hope -- Lady Bird Johnson The Dendrobium orchid flower buds blossomed one by one and they are two sprays of them now. Pale pink so... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Morning Dragonfly

  

  One morning, I woke up earlier than usual and as I walking towards the watering can, I noticed a dragonfly perched on my orchid, resting on the spray of flower... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Flowers, Fruits and Seeds

  

  The sun has been hiding behind the clouds but the roses including Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) made their appearance felt. My One-Day Yellow Desert Rose produce... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Reorganising the Garden

  

  For many months now, the Oxalis regnelli 'Atropurpurea' bulbs seemed like they are all rotted or wilted. They didn't! Instead, the bulbs sent out more blooms... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Merdeka Day Give-Away :-D

  

  What is ahead, Malaysia? I thought one plane crash was bad enough. We had two!! No more, please!!! Perhaps it is time to just forget about the sorrows for... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Replant and Repot

  

  The deep pink boom of this Othello rose (Rosa 'Othello') gets lighter by the days. It is nevertheless a brilliant big rose and it is beautiful. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Progresses

  

  Acerola (Malpighia glabra) seedling is reacting a little strange in my garden. The plant seems to take its own sweet time to grow. While I like slow-growers,... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hot Picks

  

  It has been really hot and dry for the past weeks! Watering plants is one important task that I cannot not do! Ahhh... the joy of gardening? Well it is! I was... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Alive!

  

  OMG... my Money Plant is half dead! I forgot to check on it for more than a week, and my usual watering schedule didn't quite work this time round :-( Good thin... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Glaring Blooms

  

  There are not many plants in my garden that is blooming. Most surprising are the usuals like hibiscus plants... none of them are flowering. The obvious ones... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Surprises

  

  There is not much to update from the garden this week. Just that I am so proud of my Euphorbia bracteata (Synonym: Pedilanthus bracteatus) shrub. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hot Pods & Blooms

  

  There is always a time for a Bromeliad to shine and this time it's Billbergia pyramidalis's turn to take centre stage :-) I noticed the bloom even when it peepe... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Ups and Downs of Gardening

  

  If I am a plant, I probably would have caught a cold by now. The mornings are sunny but in the afternoons, the sky just darkens and heavy downpours follow. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME