I am not sure what exactly the name of this flower but I like to call it Dayflower because it only last a day, just like the hibiscus flower. I think maybe it is a Daylily or Iris. But it is so lovely so I have to wait till it opens so I can take a picture of it because I know it won’t last long. My day seems a litlle brighter each time I see flowers in my garden.
Nasturtiums are my favorites among the edible flowers. They taste distinctively like a wasabi, strong, peppery and pungent. These flowers are good in garnishing your green salads making it more palatable. Nasturtium flowers have a wide array of colors and this is one of them, salmon pink. I also have maroon, and the most common…
I call this plant butterfly bush because butterflies lay eggs on the leaves. The caterpillars eat the leaves until the whole plant is stripped. When the caterpillars developed into beautiful butterflies, they suck the nectar from the tiny flowers. The flowers that has been pollinated developed seed pods and I just saw one today that…
Nasturtiums – Tropaeolum majus – is becoming the number one popular among the edible flowers. It’s not only tasty and peppery but planting and growing it yourself is almost foolproof. They don’t need fertilizer and they grow in poor soils and give more flowers than if you grow them in very rich soil. It prefers…
I posted a picture of a shell ginger awhile ago from a garden in one of the hotels in Waikiki. I liked it so much I want to grow it myself. I bought shell ginger. But then, it would be nice to have pink ginger, red ginger and white ginger so I grow them now…
This is a picture of the lavender field in Maui I took sometime ago when I attended the wedding of my nephew in Lahaina. It was the perfect opportunity for me to be close to my favorite herb of all, the lavender. Lavender is the most popular herb I know. Not only the flowers smell…