This is the little garden along our corridor. They are all managed by my mother who is quite a gardening enthusiast. I know nothing much about gardening and can't recognize most of her plants actually. Here are some of the plants we have. Sorry if I don't know the names of some of the plants. :P
Long beans:
Peppermint:
Lady's Finger (no lady's fingers yet):
Pandan leaves:
Sweet potato leaf:
Chillies:
A type of herb. I check with my mother. It's called 红田乌 in Chinese (Hong Tian Wu). It's good for diabetes and high blood pressure. Just boil it with water and drink.
A type of herb called 马尾草, also good for diabetes and high blood pressure.
Pomegranate (石榴):
Aloe vera:
Orchid:
Other flowers:
What a lovely garden you mother had? For your information, the vegetable in the 7th photo(under the pandan leaf photo) is the sweet potato leaf. In the 11th photo, I think it is a pomegranate (or grenadine) tree. I hope that I am right!
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wow your mom certainly has green fingers!! im amazed at the stuffs she's able to plant (plus thrive & grow so well!). for me, everything dies in my hands and i cant stand having to "tend" to anything daily :p
ReplyDeleteWow, sweetie! You definitely have a green thumb!
ReplyDeletewow, that's really impressive! I think the red fruit is pomegranate! How lucky of you to have that in the corridor! And the purple herb should be thai basil. Great in stirfry :)Your mum really have green thumbs.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all of u for helping me to recognize some of the plants. I have updated some of their names after asking my mother.
ReplyDeleteI think she can plant even more if not for the space limited and the weather conditions in Singapore. :)
sweet potato leafs are yummy!
ReplyDeletemy helper used to fry them with belachan when we grew them in our garden last time (:
your mother's good at planting ;)
i thought of planting roselle, but i have yet to find the seeds.
haha
Hi sweet tooth! Yes, I like sweet potato leaves too! Hey, didn't know that u also have an interest in gardening too. :p Hope u can also grow a little garden on your own. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, impressive garden. So now you hv no lack of ingredients for cooking lor :-)
ReplyDeleteHi sherlyn, yes, my mum will pluck some of the vegetables she plants to cook. Too bad I can't cook. :P
ReplyDeletewow~ this reminds me of my trip to malaysia, everyone planted their own vegetables, and we made hakka thunder tea with herbs right from our neighbour's garden!
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