Thursday 21 August 2014

Greens. Beloved foliage.

Assalamualaikum.

My name is Nabilah and this is (one of) my hobby. Gardening. 

Kailan. Fresh after the morning rain.

Baby spinachs

Young basils. Love their fragrant.


Kuchai


Young papaya leaves


Screw pine leaves. They smell heavenly. Best added in fragrant rice and sweet porridge.

Not really sure what flower this is. Morning glory?

Baby kailan

Not so much a baby kailan anymore. A young one then.

 
Kailans are delicious with salted fish and fried rice. They need lots of space to grow big.

Sawi. A pok choy?

A type of lime. Tastes like calamansi. The design on the fruit and leaves are unique.

Young limes



Classic rose. This plant has produced many flowers for more than a year. The flowers get smaller with time. Perhaps they need more fertilizers.

Sawi

The kailan growing big and leafy

Delicious, aren't they?

Mama spinach

Ah, we have a guest. When i bought the seed, the packaging said "Bayam" but it didn't really grow into the bayam we so often see in our supermarkets, eh? Wonder what breed of bayam this is.

Can you see the flowers? Lots of new seeds coming.

Classic kang kung

New flower for a new roselle fruit. Best boiled for a nice sweet roselle syrup!

Ladies fingers. Still young.

Honey lime

Okay this plant came into the house already big, with fruits. RM 25 at one of the shops in Sungai Buloh. I love lime leaves. They smell heavenly citrusy!

Water orchid. Nice blooms early in the morning.

The flowers and stalk is very unique. Never quite seen anything like it before. Got the seeds from a friend in Indonesia.

Classic kesum!

Pokok misai kucing with purple flowers

Kuchai breeds from its flowers. Once they dry, the seeds will pop out and out will come a baby kuchai!

Classic baby celery. Or daun sup as we know it. Bred from a baby, and into a fine, healthy shrub today maa sha Allah!

Daun selom. An ulam so they say, but i've yet to try it.

Daun sup. Aren't they gorgeous? Gives out a nice fragrant in broths.

Baby aubergines


Aubergine flower 


Recognise this? Yes, it's the pineapple. Just replant the pineapple 'head' when you buy one. 


Baby kailans and sawi

Baby bayam

Chillis. I suspect they need more fertilizers. Or not if they are cili kampung. Just chuck away dried chilli seeds unto the soil!

Chillies in your very own garden maa sha Allah

 It's a green plant given by grandma. Doesn't emit any fragrance. Purely leaf and a very thin, black stalk.

And my very own, classic, calamansi

New ones budding from the flower soon

Beluntas flower

Pokok periuk kera hanging. Or, the pitcher plant in English?

Caught some bugs in the "pitcher" a few times

New pitchers



Oregano. Loves the hot sun. Does not like water.

Winda flowers. Love how they hang so beautifully over the flower pot

They come in various colours. Purple, pink, baby pink, white... No fragrant though.



Our very own classic pegaga

Curry leaves. Good for the bones. Delicious in ahem, curries, and butter prawns

Always good to have bananas in the house. The leaves are always good for baked/grilled food. They'ld come of the griller smelling heavenly indeed...

Some leafy green that invited itself into our garden and we love it


Can't go wrong with Petunias

Purple petunia

Your classic mint leaf. Good in tea of mint infused drinks.

Red petunia




White petunia. Don't last very long though.

Cekur, always fresh with lots of water

Rosemary for the lamb

Thyme. Sad to say, mine is dying due to the excessive amount of water given to it. *sob* Smells heavenly. Try adding it into English dishes.

Gorgeous leaves maasha Allah

Not really sure of the name but smells like Jasmine


A budding bunga raya. The read and yellow hibiscus.
 
Pegaga
   
Ladies' finger

English basil. Leaves are thicker




The sweet Japanese rose. A small, shrubby plant.
 

Sireh kaduk


Aloe vera. Very easy to bread. Just give it space. Good for the skin and to help soothes burn on the skin.