A Walk in a Nursery - Aunty Yok
Few things can rival a relaxing afternoon visiting a nursery and enjoying all the colours and fragrances there. Water hyssop, Bacopa sp. , gives tiny beautiful blooms. A light brush through the leaves with your hand and you can enjoy a very refreshing fragrance. Water hyssop, Bacopa sp. , grows in marsh and hence can be a good addition to an aquarium or water feature. Begonia is a genus with loads of different shapes, sizes, and colours. Being under storey plants, Begonia sp. thrives with shading and high humidity. Brazilian bachelor's button, Centratherum punctatum, is easy to grow and has very visible purple flowers that can be quite an attraction to bees and butterflies. Golden dewdrop, Duranta erecta , flowers very regularly and is a bee and butterfly magnet. Golden dewdrops have varieties of flowers with shades, from dark purple to white. Even the white flower variety of golden dewdrop is pretty. Do you know why it is called ...