Half a pound of treacle

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Adenium Taipei's Rose, a three-layered dark red bloom with black picotee petals.

Salam Aidilfitri to all Muslim friends and happy holidays to all. Weather has been crazy over here but Adeniums are loving the heat and blooming well.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Coming soon... Royal Floria 2016

Royal Floria 2016 is coming up, running from 27th May to 4th June 2016 with the theme “Magical World of FLORIA”, and featuring the Chrysanthemum as the theme flower. We went to see how a friend was setting up the exhibit and had a chance to see how they set things up.

Chrysanthemums - theme flower for this year's Floria

Main walkway with 'kites'

Quirky garden themes on one of the exhibit

Painting the Gingerbread House

Adding touches to the display inside the Floral Pavilion

Lights and twilight.

This year, the Magic of the Night returns to the site of Floria (ie no longer at Marina Putrajaya), which will make it easier for people to see it. The dancers were busy practicing their moves for the event in the evening.

Magic of the Night at Floria... Yippy

Istana Budaya dancers getting their moves right for Magic of the Night.

We manage to see work done on the Candy Courtyard, which is one of the large exhibits in Floria. The work done on the display is amazing.

View of the Candy Courtyard.

Love the train covered in Chrysanthemums.

Pink elephant at the Candy Courtyard

Another new thing for this year's Floria is the bonsai exhibition and competition by the Malaysian Bonsai and Suiseki Society. Many lovely specimens of bonsai will be on display at the Malaysia-China Friendship Pavillion.