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How to Care Asparagus Fern

Commonly known as Asparagus Fern (Asparagus setaceus) but it is not a true fern but from a lily family.WATERINGIt requires good watering, too less watering may cause leaf drop and droopy. Too much...

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How to Care for Selaginella

Selaginella is a fern amd moss ally, not a true fern commonly known as spikemoss.This particular species is known as Selaginella willdenowii due to the blue iridescent blue sheen that appears on the...

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Different Types of Ferns & Allies

Most of the Ferns here in Tropical Region are hardy and easy to care for especially the native types. These can easily weather the storm - so to say, able to handle hot dry weather to daily open to...

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How to Care & Cultivate Tassel Ferns

This particular type has a cascading effect where the plant rather grow downward instead of upward. It has a fern like feather where the often mistaken for a fern, rather it is a fern ally closer to a...

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How to Care for Tassel Fern - Huperzia nummularifolia

This particular Tassel Fern - Huperzia nummularifolia is another common type sold similar with the Huperzia phlegmaria the most common type and easily available in most nurseries. This one is slightly...

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How to Care for Tassel Fern - Huperzia squarrosa

This particular Tassel Fern is considered rare and difficult to find. If sold in nursery, it would very expensive and usually with limited number. Often, it is easier to exchange and cultivate with...

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How to Care for Tassel Fern - Huperzia phlegmaria

This particular Tassel Fern - Huperzia phlegmaria is the most common type and easily available in most nurseries. I would recommend to start with this one first if you fancy growing this and once you...

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How to Care for Tassel Fern - Huperzia carinata

This particular Tassel Fern is considered rare and difficult to find. If sold in nursery, it would very expensive and usually with limited number. Often, it is easier to exchange and cultivate with...

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How to Care for Blue Tassel Fern - Huperzia Goebellii

This particular Tassel Fern is considered rare and difficult to find. If sold in nursery, it would very expensive and usually with limited number. Often, it is easier to exchange and cultivate with...

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Different Types of Tassel Ferns

This particular type has a cascading effect where the plant rather grow downward instead of upward. It has a fern like feather where the often mistaken for a fern,rather it is a fern ally closer to a...

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Easy Blooming Plants

Locally known as Bunga Tongkeng and its a novelty as edible flower which is highly sought after for it is believed to aid eye sight. Often used to fried together with eggs or made into soup.It has a...

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How to Care Rangoon Creeper Vine

I'm actually showing here how the flowers age and differ as it grows older. This particular one is a multi petaled tri-color. It took awhile for to get them bloomed. I can roughly say almost few years...

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How to Care for Maiden's Jealousy Plant

I often have this idea where I can just careless about a vining plant where it will sustain itself with minimum care. Speaking of this plant - it had gracefully formed itself like an arch without any...

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How to Care & Cultivate Variegated Bougainvillea

A little bit of introduction here.I just realized that I had cultivated this begonia for 12 years from a small cutting in a pot to this nice bushy roof canopy like shrub. Sometimes, you will never know...

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Cowslip creeper (Telosma Cordata)

This particular plant was cultivated ages ago and appears to be rare but it's now slowly coming back into gardening community identified edible plants. Telosma Cordata is known as Chinese violet,...

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How to Grow & Care Glory Lily Plant

Gloriosa superba commonly known as flame lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, glory lily, gloriosa lily, tiger claw and fire lily. I would consider this as a unique flowering plant, more likely as an...

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Glory Lily - The Spider & the Bee

I wanted to share this story of predator vs prey in this cat & mouse drama of nectar chasing and entrapment. It was quite a thrilling episode to observe the tactfulness of the spider in trying her...

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How to Cultivate Yellow Walking Iris

One of the great wonders in cultivating this particular plant is to become mesmerized with the human facial features that this particular blooms shows in it's appearance. I can't phantom why such a...

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Black Flamingo Plant Care - Chrysothemis Pulchella

Though this plant appear to be simple and easy, I must say that this is one of the challenging plants to cultivate as it has easily gone dormant and many times totally disappeared from my garden and...

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Sweet Potato Vine Care

I grow my sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) solely for ornamental purpose. They are trailing plant where they form roots at each node sectionThey do form edible tubers but I doubt it is enough for me...

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