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On my way to church last Sunday I came across these little purple flowers called Lantana. The profusion of flower clusters really caught my attention. Lantana belongs to the verbena family of perennial plants. They are called honey plants because the bees like them so are the butterflies especially swallowtail butterflies. Even birds like them…

Euphorbias are plants that might be mistaken to be cactus plants because of their thorns but is considered succulents and have milky sap that is poisonous. The one I’m talking about is the species named crown of thorns. I was not interested in these plants before because of the thorns but my cousin who just…

In the community garden, you will find gardens that have interesting plants and flowers. I’m always on the lookout for anything that is worth capturing. I have a small camera that do the job very nicely. I always bring it in my garden bag just in case. This day is when I saw these flowers…

After waiting for almost a month, my rare orchid flowers finally opened. It is so out of this world. I never see these in any florist or open markets that sells orchids. The second good thing is it has a wonderful scent that permeates in the living room where I display it. I’m just glad…

My previous blog talks about cacti and succulents. I have this Christmas cactus for a long time and as expected, it flowers during Christmas season. It never fails. I really enjoy the pink flowers every time. Easy to care for, Christmas cactus is also easy to propagate. I accidentally broke a branch and I put…