Flower Fiore | Anything about gardening, flowers and plants.

Petunia hybrida

Fiore — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:57:35 +0000

Petunia is the latest collection on our garden. They have been there for couple weeks – and there is no regret to have them. I put them in two pots using hull of rice and sands as a medium and watering once a day. I added an extra flower fertilizer once a month. I’m planning to have [...]

Arachis pintoi

Fiore — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:06:46 +0000

This plant name is Arachis pintoi. In Indonesia, we called it kacang-kacangan or kacang hias. Beside allamanda, this plant is also one of my favorite plant in my garden. I have Arachis pintoi as a ground cover on some space in front of my terrace. The yellow pea flowers blooming from morning until afternoon and along [...]

FlowerFiore.com in CSSMania

Fiore — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:20:37 +0000

We have been very lucky – our garden featured in a website gallery such as CSSMania. Thanks a lot for guys at CSSMania and the visitors who come from that website. I hope you guys enjoy my garden as I do :)

Evodiaa suaveolens

Fiore — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:25:38 +0000

This plant name is Evodiaa suaveolens. We usually called it as Zodia – a plant originated from Papua, Indonesia. Many people believe that mosquitos do not like the aroma from this plant. So, they put the plant on a pot inside the room. It doesn’t mean the aroma will kill the mosquitos – only make the [...]

Allamanda cathartica

Fiore — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:38:07 +0000

Allamanda cathartica is a vine. Known as golden trumpet or yellow allamanda, while I know this as Alamanda. As a vine, we often saw that allamanda is being used to cover the fence or canopy on the carport. I very much like this alamanda since saw the plant on my parent neighbor’s house. It grow well and [...]

Catharanthus roseus

Fiore — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:51:54 +0000

You know this flower as Madagascar periwinkle or rose periwinkle. Catharanthus roseus is the botanical name for this flower. Here, in Indonesia, we call this flower as tapak dara. Wikipedia wrote that the extract have been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat numerous diseases like diabetes, malaria and Hodgkin’s disease. This plant is easy to grow [...]

Butterfly Plant

Fiore — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:04:06 +0000

I had search the internet for this plant name but didn’t found anything that refer to this one. The leaves looks like a Christia obcordata or vespertilionis, but I think it’s different. We – in Indonesia – usually call it bunga kupu-kupu or butterfly plant/flower in English – because the leaves are really look like a [...]

Zamioculcas zamifolia

Fiore — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:53:00 +0000

I bought this one from a seller who passed in front of my house. He told me this plant name as pohon dollar or dollar tree in English. I wonder where they get that name for this plant. Later, I know this plant name is Zamioculcas zamifolia and in some websites known as money tree. What [...]

Aloha!

Fiore — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:39:42 +0000

This is my first time post here. I made this blog, so I can write up anything and share with you about my daily life with flowers and plants on my small garden – in a suburb near Jakarta, Indonesia. I hope, you will enjoy reading this blog and looking at some pictures here – as [...]