Thursday, May 6, 2010

Before I continue ....


Before I continue on with the introduction to the garden, I just want to mention a bit about my current absolutely favorite flower of the month!

My youngest sister-in-law, Ling, gave me two small cuttings but all she said was that the flowers are fragrant but we have no idea what they were.

Then it grew and blossomed ... that's when the plants were identified.

Yes, it is the Queen of the Night or Night Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum Nocturnum).


From what I read, it is a climbing or spreading shrub that can grow up to 4 metres tall. It blossoms after dark, year round but more so during rainy season. (Page 144, 145 of What's that Tree by David H Engel and Suchart Phummai).

Well, we had them in two tall pots (12"/25 cm diameter) and both plants are about 7'/2.2m - the pots are at the end of the driveway. Now, both plants are entirely clustered with the small white flowers which seems to be very long lasting - they have been blossoming for the last month or so. During the evenings and at night times, the entire front garden/house is scented with a delicate, yet intoxicating, fragrance.

A delight to all!

8 comments:

  1. Suggestion

    Imagine walking under the flowers with the fragrance wafting all over you. Consider building a frame (the top with latticed beams) and plant each at one pole and let both climb up and cover the top. I can see it already.

    I have a similar one in my carport, producing white fragrant flowers each spring. Now I am retired, I will be able to enjoy the fragrance more as I will spend more time around the place.

    Hope it will be in bloom next Feb

    Sui Tin

    Sui Tin

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  2. Three frames will be built against the huge wall along the living room - just waiting for the belian wood posts to be sent from the Sibu house and then will decide on where they go!

    Francis

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  3. Oooh nice....!!! I must start sharing my garden with you too. And must now visit Kuching....in the pipeline.....

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  4. 1/3 of your blog is filled with coloured dots. The pictures are so small that I have to strain my eyes squinting .

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  5. The belian wood from Sibu? You mean from my mum's house? The orchid stand?

    Sui Tin

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  6. Bushido - realised about the fonts - did not catch it on my screen :-) Just enlarged the fonts - it does make for easier reading! The present template is the closest to what I want - I do prefer another template I used before but I cannot find it. Will change when I do!

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  7. Tin, right, the belian posts are from your mum's orchid stand, etc. It would have been criminal to throw these now-rare (and very expensive) hardwood posts away!

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  8. Just to let you know that there are an orange and red varieties of the Night Jasmine.

    The belian posts, at least they will continue to support flowers in another garden, a garden which I will visit once a year. I imagine the new owner will pull them out and discard them without a second thought. Really nice to know TK is relocating them to the Emerald Garden.

    Sui Tin

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