Side Garden
The heliconi sassy pink are doing fine and so is the lower storey of colourful caladiums.
Front Garden
The orange ixoras are in their best blooms. I notice that the other plants in the background are taller .
Front Garden ( Side )
The white ginger lily flowers well together with the 'sepenuh' flowers and the drunken sailor blooms in the far background( partly seen).
CU View of the White Ginger Lily ( Hedycium coronarium )
CU View of the 'Sepenuh' flower
A collection of coleus ( solenostemon scutellarioides) are doing well. These were planted in October.
Another variety of the coleus plant. The coleus collection are planted on the side garden area.
After a couple of months planting and collecting coleus plants in Kuching, the coleus collection at the side garden is showing results. Coleus (Solenostemon scutellariodes) plants are appealing for its multi-coloured saw-edged leaves. Locally we call coleus as 'Bunga Ati-Ati' in reference to its heart-shaped leaves ( Hati= heart in Malay). I think my effort to plant them proved successful because these low shrubs are good as shirting material to to taller plants. They are very colourful, eye-catching and for one variety produces flowers that are attractive to butterflies. I have tried to use them as cut flowers and seemed effective for its colours and lasting effect if the stems receive water in the glass vase. Below are the growing collection of coleus in the Kuching garden right now.
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