Goodbye

For an unknown reason, the leggy Magnolia Coco dried up and died. That's very sad especially when I'm losing the hydrangea too.

Birdnest fern doing pretty well, not the Santorini succulent though. Sigh.

Ylang-ylang blooming.

Now that I'm back to just one Magnolia Coco....

Trying to salvage the dying hydrangea, I also planted the sweet potato slips into the same pot.

The sun's been pretty intense lately, my lowland hydrangea is being burned that I shifted to a shaded area.

Assorted plants area consisting dill, chives, bachelor's button, cacti and amaryllis.

Pictorial (So Belated)

Was a little busy of the week.

Edamame blooms come in few colors apparently, I have purple and white so far. I believe there's also yellow.

Tiny pods forming!

Gorgeous Bali Hai Gold, as usual.

I trimmed the Adenium and am thinking to give the avocado seedlings away but to whom??? Meanwhile the lavender revived.

Avocado Miki.

  A shot of the Magnolia Lily for future comparison.

Lowland Hydrangea.

Magnolia Coco. Slow growing as I read somewhere.

So it seems acclimatised hydrangea is still tricky.

Kaffir lime. It was quite neglected until recently I started giving her some fertilizer - the new leaves is the proof she's happy again.

The very abused strawberry is now potted here!

The Indian curry seedling that I repotted to a smaller pot to give way to lowland hydrangea.

Mixed of local aloe vera, cactus, succulents, Amaryllis, mint and chives.

 New ylang ylang bloom.

Haven't seen any growth in this longan.

Tuberose!

Hi

Chives, cactus and mint.

Avocado seedlings and Amaryllis that I force-hibernated for a few months in the kitchen closet. 

I transplanted my stagnant wild strawberry. 

Balsam seedlings (from seed) that I bought from the farmer's market. 

Over-matured Japanese kale.

Lavendar has grown a little too wild.

New hydrangea to replace a recently deceased hydrangea, I lost it to crown rot.

The ever-wild basil. 

New addition: Lemon seedling sharing the pot with a basil seedling (seed from the ever-wild basil) and some portolucas from my dad's pot.

These are french bean plants, dwarf variety. Got the seeds from the farmers' market too. Other seeds that I've bought and sown are pink bachelor's button and edamame.

My happy Ylang Ylang. It was full of blooms a couple of weeks ago.

Bought a Magnolia Coco a month ago and apparently I planted her into the wrong type of soil. The seller was kind enough to replace me with a new one. 

The Good, The Bad and The Busy

I have been very occupied that I'm neglecting my gardening - just doing the bare necessity; watering and conditioning the soil with Yates Uplift. My greens - arugula and mixed greens planter is totally dying. I will find time during the weekend to re-sow some seeds.

Let the pictures talk, ok?

Bali Hai Gold has starting to slow down.

Look forward to seeing Kauka Wilder again. Might be moving her to a new location though.

Was supposed to grow this for its yummy shoots but I was too busy to harvest so I suppose I will look forward to its pea pods! 

 French beans looking good!

Clockwise: Mints, carrot, lavender and french beans.

Moved the fiddle fig leaf plants to balcony -  it suffered sunburn :(

Gorgeous shade of pink - it looked more vivid in real life actually.

Hello desert rose!

Tomato flowers are dying off. I hope they turn fruit!

The blooms of the new Amaryllis has spent. Sad, its lifespan is too short.

Now.... what has been keeping me super busy and caused me to move all my indoor plants out to the balcony - a new puppy! Her name is Odyssey.

Too bad Coco isn't really fond of her playfulness.

Pictorial Update

Look forward to seeing the blooms again.

French beans - unsure if those were leaves or flower buds.

One of the french beans actually broke but it healed itself - note that node. 

One of the carrots are bigger than the rest.

Added spearmint (the bigger leaved) into my mint pot. I grew up eating spearmint - grandma's spearmint in egg drop soup is absolutely fantastic. The other two mints are unknown variety. 

 Super sugar snap pea shoots.

Bali Hai Gold.

Kauka Wilder.

 The new Amaryllis is a multi-petal and is in a gorgeous coral shade. It's heavy that I had to change the pot and has a stick to support. I like this one better as it doesn't have pollen like the other one.