Remember Egyptian Stars (Pentas Lanceolata) propagating project in Oct? Thanks to James Missier, these beautiful cutting survived (100%) and replanted into flowerbed. Now they're budding!
Look at the colour-variety of Pentas that you could choose. They looked like little trumpets hehe :D
Pinks and Whites arranged next to Joyweed (Alternanthera Dentata 'Purple Knight') for contrast. Darker reds enhance bright light colours to glow. I'm advised frequent trimming Joyweeds to adequate height because as they grow taller, its stem at base becomes hollow and weak. Guess they'll have to stay short *grins*. Oh by the way, Joyweeds easily propagated.
Will wait out till Pentas filled up the flowerbed for a good picture. The bed is highlighted at the ends with bright purple Globosa and bright oranges; Zinnia (right) and Gerbera Daisy (left).
Need help to identify the plants below.
Chinese favourite Joyweeds for being 'forever red' (red symbolize auspicious). The new orange flower 'forever prosper' and the evergreen plant 'forever live'.
"Loving someone is like caring for a garden, love it too much or too little and it dies, but love it just right and it will live forever." - Anonymous
4 comments:
The orange flower is known as Crossandra infundibuliformis - Firecracker Flower.
Most of the indian people use this flower together with jasmine flowers to adorn in on their hair during traditional festivals.
This flower do not have fragrant.
Watch for the flowers to dry and you can get the seeds from the whole conifer layer-like seeds.
Really like all your pentas plants, you have really managed to keep them in great shape!
The last green plant - I guess its could be a dracanea or song of india.
James, thanks again!
Happy to be able to identify the new plants :)
I found your blog through James Missier's side bar. Your pentas are lovely and you have a great garden blog going on here. Keep up the good work!
Hi, this is also my first time here, followed from James sidebar. Yes Pentas lanceolata are very easy to grow and propagate. They will also bring seeds and sometimes when you have different colors around, the seeds will show a different hybrid color. That happened with us because ours is planted on the ground and left there to support themselves. I found light pink and light purple because we have purple and white. Isn't that great! By the way the last photo, which i am not sure though, might be Dracaena pronounced Draceenah (not dracanea as James put there, typo error of James' fingers, hehe).
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