Red Amaryllis

The Amaryllis from a friend has finally bloomed. 

Now we know it's a red amaryllis!! Curriosity quenched! :-)

Please enjoy its beauty as captured by my eyes. 

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Hope you all have a great and productive week!

God bless...

 

What's Bloomin' in My Garden

Marigold

Marigold may have been gardener's best friend as it is a good companion plant to send away annoying pests. Marigold had been on my planting list last semester. Unluckily, it hadn't been effective to keep pests, in this case aphids, away, but the other way around 
it had been heavily infested with aphids! 

It especially attacked my African Crackerjacks. 

  Until one point, I decided to chop them off and discarded them.

                       Does anyone know why?

Dianthus

Dianthus Romance Pink (Carnation)

I have fallen in love with carnation since my teenage years. I've always loved the delicate pastel colors and the graceful petals when it started to bloom. Each bloom at each season is unique and lovely in their-own way. When I started gardening, carnation was definitely on my growing list. I always enjoy gazing at and taking pictures of them at each growing season.

Dianthus Romance Pink (Carnation)

The church I attend, where I became a believer in high school, always has flower arrangement on the altar table against the wall, where a big wooden cross was hung. Several ladies always take turn in arranging the flowers every Sunday. 

They will arrange different kinds of flowers and style each week. Sometimes they will use carnation too. On special occasion like women/mothers' day the church would also give a stalk of rose or carnation to each of the women/mothers. 

This tradition went on for many years.   

Dianthus Romance Pink (Carnation)

Dianthus Romance Pink (Carnation)

Maybe not many of you know that Dianthus has about 300 species 

in the family of Caryophyllaceae. They have been extensively bred and hybridized for garden use and floristy with a huge variety of shapes and markings. I myself have just found out the fact that there are that many species only until recently when I purchased 

new carnation plants to replace my old ones, which died from fusarium wilt. I like the fact that they are from the same family though Pink Carnation is still my favorite. 

Dianthus Romance Pale Pink (Carnation)

Dianthus Romance Pale Pink (Carnation)

Dianthus Chinensis

Dianthus Plumarius "White Lace"

Sweet William Dianthus Barbatus

New updates from my rooftop garden

My rooftop garden has gotten bigger in size as the 50 something tomato seedlings survived after being repotted and I've added a mango tree, several flowers and a citrus tree, as well as 3 pineapple crowns which I replanted from the scraps and some ginger, turmeric, galanggal, garlic, onion, and bell pepper. 

Btw, I am so happy to see my tomato seedlings are not only surviving but also growing and branching, though they are not growing into the same size. Some are growing quite fast, but some are slow. I also have given 3 seedlings to my brother's employee for adoption and have also promised to give several others to my tuition student. I am happy if they can thrive and bear fruit in the hands of their new owners. 

These 3 seedlings are bell-peppers from the seed I dried myself. Btw, I'm a little perpelexed to see these orange bell-peppers turned out to be different in forms. Maybe it has accidentally mixed with other seeds. 

Garlic started to sprout

The Citrus Tree which I bought from the market

This is the watermelon radish I replanted from the scraps.

The Cilantro I replanted from the scraps started to grow but then were deterorating and several plants eventually died of rotting roots. Probably the cause was soggy soil because it's been raining a lot lately. I should have planted them indoor though...

I planted some ginger heads from the scraps and the young shoot of this one has grown.

Can anyone of you recognize this seedling? Is it really an orange bell pepper?