Hanging Garden In The City: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Buds and Blossoms July-end

July is typically a very wet month. Here's what's blooming this month..

The buds....

purple coleus

summer snapdragon / angelonia

midnigh blue torenia

last batch of hydrangea

I'm very excited about the blossoms.. My zinnias start to bloom but I will feature them next month once the flowers open in cluster.

purple coleus

aster

portulaca

hydrangea

red dianthus

midnight blue torenia fournieri

angelonia / summer snapdragon

yellow mini-zinnia elegans

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Begonia Semperflorens

My wax begonia is very consistent with its flowering cycle.

This cultivar is probably the most common.

One more look... my miniature begonia

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Indoor Plants

These are my collection of indoor plants..

dracaena surculosa

dracaena / chinese bamboo by locals

And there's this plant with green / purple foliage. I need ID of this plant.

nameless plant

leaves

And here's the magnificent "kapa-kapa" plant

leaf sugar

medinilla bud

magnificent medinilla

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Pink Hydrangea

It's the hydrangea's time to shine. I swear its first bloom was a dark shade of pink but this time it's pale. Anyways the flowers still look gorgeous.

Locals call it the "million flower" which is quite obvious.

Just recently I noticed red spots form on the edges of leaves and now they're turning maroon(ish). The leaves are healthy though.

see the red pigments?

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Sakura's a mother once again! Only two puppies made it out of the four - all of them boys! Tsk.. tsk.. tsk...

Anyways, here are some pics of Sakura and the little noisy ones - Dwight (spotted) and Stephen (black).