Greetings From My Garden

We have mostly cloudy sky and rain for the past 2 days and this morning due to heavy rain, we didn't go for our early morning walk. Once the rain stopped, I went out to the garden to check out my plants.

 I found a wild mushroom beside a flower pot.

 Flower of the stubby okra plant.

 Happy to see these little stubby okras.

 Long purple eggplants

 Daikon or white radish.

The last harvest and will take a rest before planting these again.

 Purple custard apple aka sugar apple.

 The birds were eating this fig before I went into the garden.

Might as well leave it to them to enjoy.

 This fig was half gone and now I have to wrap my figs in transparent plastic.

I used plastic which makes it easier for me to check on the figs.

 I managed to harvest a few of my figs.

 With the birds eyeing my figs, I cannot leave the figs to ripen on the plant.

 Once the green fig turns light yellow, it is time to harvest.

Both the birds and I are keeping a close watch on these figs.

 Blue plumbago

 When exposed to the hot sun, the blue is a lighter shade.

 Miniature hibiscus.

Purple Mexican Petunias aka Purple Shower".

Linking to Good Fences.

So overflowing is his kindness toward us that he took away

all our sins through the blood of his Son, by whom we are saved;

and he has showered down upon us the richness of his grace -

for how well he understands us and know what is best for us at all times.

(Ephesians 1:7-8, The Living Bible-TLB)

PURPLE SHOWERS OR MEXICAN BLUEBELLS (RUELLIA BRITTONIANA)

Purple Showers or Mexican Bluebells plant is another member of Mexican Petunia. Its scientific name is Ruellia Brittoniana, same as the Dwarf Mexican Petunia. Purple Showers is a native to Mexico and is a desert plant.

This plant is an evergreen shrub and it loves the sun.

It is very easy to grow and is very fast growing. It is hardy and can survive very dry condition.

Purple Showers is very easy to maintain. You only need to trim it down when it grows too tall or gets out of shape with some of its branches bowing over to the sides.

Once you plant a Purple Showers plant in your garden, it will be a faithful bloomer in your garden.

This plant is easily available, sometimes you can even see them by the roadside. If you need to buy them from the nursery, it is very cheap.

It can grow to a height of 1.2 to 1.5 meters (4 to 5 feet). It has dark green slender leaves and bright, showy flowers.

The flowers have long stalks supporting single flowers with single layered petals. The flowers is 

purple to dark blue and blooms throughout the year.

I have seen the ones with pink flowers but I have yet to get hold of one for my garden.

The shrub is suitable for backdrops especially to covered unpleasant wall surface. It can be potted or as a hedge, as beds, borders or as landscape plants.

It does not need much fertilizer and hardly has any pest problem. The flowers last for a day but is forever blooming.

I used stem cuttings to grow my Purple Showers. Just make sure that one of the nodes on the stalk is buried in moist soil for the roots to grow.

For those of you who claim or feel that you have no green thumbs or fingers, this plant will not fail nor let you down. It is one of the easiest plant to grow.

Unfortunately, in some nation, it is considered a pest plant for its fast growth. From my own experience, the ones I have are grown through stem cuttings and till now I have not seen self-sowing and so they will not grow out of control.

Honor the LORD with your wealth,

with the first fruits of all your crops;

then your barns will be filled to overflowing,

and your vats will brim over with new wine.

(Proverbs 3:9-10, New International Version-NIV)