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Friday 2 May 2014

Shades of Purple


Other than red, yellow and pink, purple is another colour that appears in my garden lately.  One of them is my favourite flower: purple aster because it is perennial and do not require any care other than daily watering

deep purple aster

2nd pot of deep purple aster

summer purple brocolli- still waiting for brocolli to form

                                        
Kohlrabi purple vienna
                                          
desert petunia

purple chili
purple vanda

purple dendrobium

deep purple dendrobium

purple balsam

purple chrysenthemum

purple renanthera (orchid)

3 comments:

  1. Wow! Up till now, I've never seen any locals growing aster or chrysanthemum. Your flowers are beautiful! I'm actually trying to grow aster powder puff. It's been more than a week and I see nothing yet. Not sure if they're still germinating or I've somehow killed them. =/ Do these two plants require special care?

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    1. Perennial aster do not require special care as long as it has enough water and sunlight. Powder puff aster is an annua . usually it will germinate within 5-7 days. I think your seed is already dead that is why it is still no sign or germination after a week. I suggest you buy this year seed. Thompson and Morgan is a good place to order seeds, so far my germination rate between 80-90%.
      Chrysanthemum needs regular fertilizer and partial shade, I notice purple, yellow and white performed very well in the lowland tropic.

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    2. I see, maybe you're right. The seeds might already be dead but I've still got quite a bit of aster seeds left so I'll try to use cold stratification method to germinate them and see how it goes. And thanks for the tips. Much appreciated!

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