Zebra Garden Collection

I love another thing about colours.
They come with spots, stripes and shades.
Again - there is so many things to speak about them only to find that I'm repeating myself over and over again. Truly - those who enjoy them will understand what I mean.
When colours and everything put together - they are indeed a riot to behold.

Observe and let me know what you see.
Perhaps you see things differently than I do.
It's not making a fashion statement - rather living beings staying in harmony together.

Lady Earth Star

I had recently reset this place, replanted the Golden Hahnii - a Sansevieria species commonly known as the mother in law tongue plant.
They are indeed hardy and handles well to neglect and abuse.
(not that I would recommend that you should abuse it)

My concern for this Golden Hahnii is that they can be succumb to snail attack - making literal holes on the leaves.
The other factor about this species is that it is unstable.
They tend to grow long and leggy and ending up spilling here and there with the rosette leaves, making it a bid more difficult to handle.
(So, its just not going to be that little nice crown of well arranged plant for you.)

And that's why I'm pushing it at the back of the pot
Making them a back-ground plant for my lovely Earthstar Bromeliads.

Earthstar Bromeliads are just practically a beauty.

They are so hardy - just like these Golden Hahnii.
The only wish I have is that they produce more pups as it would colour my garden with their fabulous colours.

These Earthstar (Cryptanthus bivittatus) is easy to care for.
They can handle good watering on them - just like any bromeliads would.

The only caution I would consider is to watch for the pups that forms at the top of the crown.
Sometimes they can be too big and suffocate the parent plant.
Removing them too soon can cause the pup to remain dwarf during its life span.

So - the ideal time to remove them is that they are slightly bigger and taller
(appearing to be leggy & shaky)
Yeah.. I know - this tip is not helping...(Ouch)

Don't put them too shady as they can suddenly die out of shock.
I had once my Black Velvet Begonia overgrown on top of them, overtime - the pink Earthstar had lost all its green and gave me a flashy florescent pink only to succumb to a slow death due to stress.

The non-stripped ones seemed to grow more robust,
fast and strong compared to their counterparts.
And they don't give that much of glow.
I'm guessing these brown greys are from a different sub-species.

Regardless their names and species identification.
(I don't think I can identify them - they are thousands of them)
These are something I would recommend gardeners to have for their perpetual colours that shine & glow in the garden.

If you have an Earth Star.
Share with me your experience.

November Garden Updates - Part 1

Loading these pictures took me forever.
These had been constantly collecting in my database and I have to eventually delete the older ones as they had to be considered obsolete
(Well, most of the duplicates which been taken weeks and months prior to this)

This happens when I have too many pictures in the database - arranging them in sort of a way to tell a story which I end up forgetting or changing or changed due to a different inspiration mood swing.

Regardless,
I really want to push all the pictures by this month end.
(I thought of putting one in a day would suffice - I'm totally in error)
Right now - I'm in denial of having the ability to manage too many pictures in the database.
To delete or to show and the next dilemma of properly arranging them for easy viewing.

Leave aside about the factor of truth:
Living in modern times, one had hardly enough time of anything.

So what's my story here.
I had constantly changing my garden scape for years and finally found a setting that I'm totally happy with.
This setting just suit so well for these years
(hope I'm not wrong - well, it does feel like it)
Yeah.. the year end is coming and so is Christmas..
I may as well - settle all my garden works by this time frame as I can focus on other matters.

Do you know that this whole porch area is fully cemented?
The whole garden area here is all in potted plants.
My point here is all about arrangement with the right type of plants.
Here, I rarely have to prune or trim anything.
All they need is regular watering and routine fertilising.

If you notice - the stacking up of the pots on the bricks gives some body-height for the plant to show a fuller optimum space and visual impact.
Another factor is colours.
I often prefer to have variegated colours.
Pineapples, Pandanus & Agave somehow have those thorny, spiked & grassy effect in making that add difference.

Should I say:
Suddenly something red appeared..
Adds drama to my garden.

The lowest portion of my garden is filled with stones and pebbles and also together with plants. Black Velvet Begonias seemed to love this setting. I often advice most of the gardener's friends to do such a setting for them if they find that planting them on soil don't seemed to work.