Seeds From The Bleeding Hearts Plant In My Garden.

I have previously posted about this plant named Bleeding Hearts or Nyonya Makan Sireh (in Malay) growing in my garden. If you are interested, you can click here to read about it. 

After I have posted the first time, I cut to shorten the plant for more branches to grow.

It is still in the same small pot and the plant has not grown much.

In my previous post, I only showed the flowers without showing the seeds.

I took some photos of the seeds when they appear and I decided to post an update on it.

After the red flowers have dropped, these tiny green seeds can be seen.

It took some time for the seeds to turn brown.

Some of the seeds have turned brown and have dropped off. So far I have not sighted any new sprouts from the seeds on the ground near the plant.

I have collected some seeds. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo of the seeds. 

Here is my periwinkle plant. It was growing at the edge of this pot. It grew big and it bent over the edge. Since it was flowering non stop, I just left it be.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

That's why those who are still under the control of their old sinful selves,

bent on following their old evil desires, can never please God.

(Romans 8:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Growing Bleeding Heart Or Nyonya Makan Sireh Plant.

I used to know this plant as a common plant found growing in villages. Then when I visited the Perak Herbal Garden, I got to know its local name as "Nyonya Makan Sireh" and that its scientific name is Clerodendrum thomsoniae. Other names are Gloryblower and Bleeding heart.

Bleeding heart can grow very tall. I read from the internet that it can grow to about 15 feet tall. Since I am growing it in a small flower pot, I intend to trim it to control its height and encourage a more bushier growth.

  The plant in my garden was grown from a single stem cutting given to me by a friend.

My plant was only about 1.5 feet when it started to grow these cute flower buds.

I learned that the white are calyces and the red are corollas.

 This plant is tolerant to full sunlight but since it is still a small plant growing in a small pot, I place it in partial shade.

 I used normal garden soil with good water drainage.

 On normal days, I watered it once a day preferably in the early morning. On very hot days, I may water it twice a day.

The cute round buds opened into dainty red flowers.

I feed it with fertilizer once in 2 - 3 weeks.

 I find these white and red combination very striking and attractive and they add colours to my garden. I have read somewhere that propagation can also be done through seeds. I hope to get some seeds soon.

Mealy bugs or spider mites may be a problem to this plant, so I better look out just in case. Bleeding hearts are suitable for climbing or twining garden trellis.
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These white and red flowers are very attractive and showy against the green background.

Linking to Flower Wednesday.

Let your conversation be gracious and attractive

so that you will have the right response for everyone.

(Colossians 4:6, New Living Translation-NLT)