Beautiful Flowers From Cameron Highlands.

The things that attracted me to Cameron Highlands are the cool air and beautiful flowers. Whenever I returned from Cameron Highlands, my smartphone camera will be filled with photos, most of them will be of flowers. These flower shots were taken from various farms and parks we visited and some were from the roadsides. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Photo #1 - Hibiscus

Photo #2 - Hibiscus and roses

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Photo #6 - Orchid

Photo #7 - Orchid

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It says, "Do not touch the flowers!"

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In one of the flower farms.

Photo #11 - Orange and pink hibiscus.

Photo #12 - In full bloom!

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We each bought a plant from the Strawberry Farm.

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Look! I got carried away and bought all of these!

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I have been wanting to buy this plant and I finally did!

I will transfer this into a bigger pot.
I hope it will grow and bloom abundantly.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

For the earth has yielded abundant harvests.

God, even our own God, will bless us.

And peoples from remotest lands will worship him.

(Psalm 67:6-7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Deep Pink Fragrant Roses In My Garden.

In an earlier post, I have shared about the rose plants that once grew in my garden. You can click here to see the types of roses I once had. Those rose plants no longer existed in my garden. They were attacked by the mealy bugs again and again even after I cut off the affected parts. I was so fed up that I got rid of them all.

One day, an ex-colleague dropped by my house to collect some baby plants from me and she passed me some rose cuttings from her garden. The propagation was successful and the plants grew. But after some time, the tender shoots and young leaves started to dry up. I kept cutting them off but the same thing happened again to the shoots and leaves. I almost lose heart over the rose plants.

I had with me a pail of sawdust collected from my friend's factory and I added the sawdust to some of my flower pots. I added a layer to the rose plants as well. Surprisingly after a few weeks, I noticed that the tender shoots and young leaves no longer dry up. In fact, they were growing very well. I am wondering whether it has anything to do with the sawdust that helps to retain water and keeps the soil moist? 

 I am now enjoying the blooms of the rose plants and they have a nice, sweet rose fragrance.

You can see that the young leaves and buds are very healthy.

The plants are starting to grow tall. I think I will have to shift the pot to a place where it can get support to lean on.

This is a pot of deep pink roses which is a few months old. I am very happy with my rose plants. Thank you, my dear friend for your stem cuttings.

Rose petals have many health benefits. Eating rose petals or drinking rose petals water are believed to help in weight loss, used as a natural aphrodisiac, help to ease symptoms of piles, well-known astringent for skin.

 The rose petals paste can be used for treating of acne and lightens lip colour. Rose petals in hot water bath releases the fragrance that helps relaxes the body and mind, helps to relieve stress and depression.

Linking with Floral Passions.

There the mandrakes give forth their fragrance,

and the rarest fruits are at our doors,

the new as well as old,

for I have stored them up for my beloved.

(Song of Solomon 7:13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Growing Roses In My Garden

I love roses and I think most people love roses too. There is something about roses that has a special attraction. I enjoyed the rose garden in Cameron Highlands. Roses are not easy to grow in the lowland and most of the flowers can only last a day.

Since I can't resist from growing roses in my garden, I looked for the more hardy local roses to grow. At least the lowland roses can last longer. I managed to get some cuttings from a neighbour.

This is the local specie that is growing in my garden. I planted it in a pot and it has been faithfully blooming the whole year round. But it is susceptible to pest!
The flower has many petals and they are very compact.

It is a lovely, sweet red with rose fragrance. The flowers can last longer. The branches can grow tall and I have to keep cutting them to keep the plant short.

Scientific name for roses is Rosa.
I love this song by Bobby Vinton - "Roses are red, my love....."
You can listen to the song on Youtube.

There are many species of roses and they come in many sizes and colours.

They are very bright and attractive.

A rose bud....

I have another white rose plant that is a climber.

A friend gave this and it is also potted.

This climber rose can grow very tall and it needs a support.

At one time I tried to support it with some tall sticks and strings.

It bloomed beautifully and the flowers have nice fragrance.

The flowers are in clusters and they can last many days.

I have no proper support for the climbing plant and the branches began to droop down. After the flowers faded, I cut off the branches to keep it short.

I then shifted the plant next to the chain link fencing.

Roses are woody plants and they love the sun.

Some are shrubs and some are climbers.

Roses have thorns which are called prickles.

Roses are grown for their beauty and some roses for their sweet fragrance.

Some roses are big, and some are miniature.

New branches of the white rose plant.

Orange miniature rose.

This I bought from the nursery.

I tried to resist but finally bought it after a few trips to the nursery.

It was growing well and blooming well.

About a few years later it died.

Another deep pink rose plant given by a friend.

The flowers are slightly bigger than the miniature rose.

I realized too late that it was infested with pest. It couldn't be saved and I have to dug out the whole plant to destroy it together with the pest before it spread to my other plants.

 The morning sun after the precious night's heavy downpour.

Looking forward to the morning sun rising in the haze free days.

Linking to Good Fences and Skywatch Friday.

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what makes them stumble.

(Proverbs 4:18-19, NIV)