Few days back we had a real big visitor to the house! It was a big butterfly or may be moth. I have seen them before but not in my own house!

I tried to chase it away from the house at night before going to bed since i know the lizard love it so much but in vain. Surprisingly it manage to find very good place as hide out from predator!



butterfly/ moth says: no one can see me here....!

Today morning I manage to catch it and release it to my garden successfully! At least i have save it from house lizard! When i came back in the evening from work, i could not see it. May be it have flew away or hiding somewhere. Do you know if it's butterfly / moth?

There are many culture belief surrounding butterfly coming to the house:

1) Indian believe it's a sign that someone close going to pay a visit to your house

2) Japanese believe it's a soul of someone close to you ( dead or alive person soul while that person is sleeping) visiting you

What is your believe?



The 1st winged beans!

Finally the winged beans have set beans! Previously there were so many flowers but most of it drop down. May be the rain have drench them.

The 1st winged beans in my garden!

Curry leaves

Curry leave plants or "karuapolei" in tamil seems to be growing well. But the bottom leaves have many black marks or dots. It seems like some kind of attack. Have you face this kind of problem before? How shall we overcome this problem?

Flowers

I have find passion in growing Marigold flowers!

the bud, the dried seed pods and the flower

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Aglaonema

Aglaonema is also known as Chinese evergreen. It's a great house plant which add vibrant colour and have the capability to purify the air! It's native to the tropical swamps and rain forests of southeastern Asia and north to southern China.

They prefer indirect sun light and should be kept moist but not soggy. They should not be exposed to temperatures below 10°C (50°F), with optimal growing conditions between 20°C (68°F) and 30°C (86°F). High humidity is also important in growing them. In cold country they plant this beauty in greenhouse. It's easy to propagate from cuttings, which will root in a glass of water, or from divisions however be careful of the sap as it contain poison.

Sunflowers

Gardening is not always a successful story. Many time we will face failure due to outer reason or own negligence. Sunflower plants which i have neglected have been flowering but if you look at them you know how negligent i have been.....

The little Seedling of Pak Choy

I make sure I have continuous supply of green leaf vegetable at least for my weekend cooking. All gardening activities was neglected for almost 1-1/2 months and I'm end up with little vegetable to harvest. Past 2 weeks i have been putting my hand in garden again.

I transplanted Pak Choy Seedling which have true leaves ready ! Some of them fail to continue growing. May be I have disturb their main root. Other still adjusting to new place under the sun!

Pucuk Manis - The progress!

Pucuk Manis @ Cekur Manis which is also scientifically known as  "Sauropus androgynus" is popular leaf vegetables in South Asia.



The leaves are in dark green but mine is lighter ...may be due to lack of Sun. The Mango tree is shading them!


Usually the leaves are stir fry with egg or grated coconut. We can also make soup with the leaves. The leaf has a sweet taste. This vegetable is among the few flora which contain Vitamin K.

The propagation of this vegetable is very easy. Just chop few of the branches. harvest the leaf and plant back the stem to the ground! They are very easy to grow!

It's all new area ....again....!

I have told about the Heliconia which i chop down due to it's invasive character and about the place which became ideal place for snake. Once all the Heliconia goes......the area become a bare area. After sometimes Torenia, Zinnia and Periwinkles started to self seeds that area. I throw some sunflower seeds which i thought not healthy but one of it emerge!

I planted 2 of my Euphorbia Milii cuttings and shifted my potted Thuja Platcycladus to the ground. There are still a lot of space available and the weeds are growing happily. I'm planning to put more Euphorbia Milii cuttings to make this place very un-inviting to poisonous reptile but I haven't start any..... I'm having to much to handle at the garden now since i have neglected them so long.....sigh...!

Someone told me that Heliconia is a plant which is very hard to get rid off and I think it's very true! Can you see the  baby Heliconia plant at the end corner?!

Garden Bloggers Bloom day - November!

I have done a lot of weeding and add fertilizer to most of my plants. Things look better now. Many flowers are blooming but many delicate flowers are drenched by heavy rain almost every other day!

Plumeria

Portulaca

I'm not sure of this yellow flower. Is this Tunera? The flower have been drenched by rain though!

Cape Honeysuckle

Bougainvillea

Costus

Periwinkle

For more flower blooming around the world please feel free to visit may dreams gardens

Winged beans flowering!

I should admit that i put very minimum attention to Winged bean vine! I don't know how long it takes for them to flower in good condition but mine took 3 months. I almost forgot about this plant even though it's just front of my back door.

I never put a proper trellis for them to climb, so they decided to get over my Marigold then up to the gate! Plants have their own way to survive!

The flower!

Basil taking the whole bed!

This Holy basil was a gift for me in the midst of me searching for it! You can read about it in Holy basil label on how i got it.

At first i was so careful with them. Every time I pluck their leaves I will check only for the bigger leaves, I make sure I water , do weeding, etc. This Holy Basil was growing with Butter daisy but look at how it had conquered the whole bed for itself! Besides I can see many young seedling around my garden. I think it's invasive plant to some extend! However, for the whole goodness it has, I don't mind the invasion! 

My favourite Hibiscus!

sweet orange!

This is my favourite Hibiscus! It stay low most of the time due to slow growth plus a lot of attack from pest.

roselle - Harvest time again!

I'm getting continuous supply of juice at home now. No more kordel, no preservative, no artificial colouring but pure juice fully packed with vitamin!

Too much fruits make the branches touching the ground. I have harvested all of them for a big bottle of Roselle juice! Enough for atleast 2 weeks consumption!

Pink Hibiscus

A year ago this pink hibiscus shrub was so small. After a year look at how big it is now! It's almost reaching the sky! hahhaa......

It has over grown without any pruning i guess. I just finishing re-potting some plants so the area look so messy.

I haven't done any pruning since i like to see them flowering profusely at height! Hibiscus can be grown from cuttings so I think i should try to propagate this plant!

Lemon or lime?

This is another plant i grow from seed. It's not intentionally grown actually..... As usual i use to throw many kitchen waste to the compose area. I think i have thrown some lime or lemon seeds too.

I'm not sure if it's lemon or lime but i transplanted it to the bed together with Indian Borage. There are many other plants too like weeds and self seeded Amaranth @ Bayam. It reminds me that there are a lot of weeding need to be done! 

Anyway, The lime /  lemon seems to grow happily. It has thorns on the branches. Green little grasshoppers love the leaves.  Anyone know whether it's lime or lemon?

  

From Seed!

I have a sweet surprise long time back but keep hold until today to tell you all.

I use to eat mangoes and throw the seeds into my garden and amazingly one of the seed germinated! It looks very fragile at first that i thought it won't make it but somehow it made to this height!  This is my mango plant from seed! I don't remember the variety as i have thrown a few of them!

I planted it outside my house and it seems to enjoy this place! I never planted fruit plants from seeds all this while. All the plant was bought from nursery.